Someone on Kick showed my Twitch stream to their community and repeatedly said that myself and the other LGBTQIA+ streamers are all pedophiles.
I will say it again with my whole chest, Kick can get in the bin.
I got an email asking me to be a co-streamer for Gamescom and they asked me for "Deliverables: 2h Co-Stream + interaction with your community"
When I said great, if there are deliverables you want from me, let's talk about a budget to pay for my time, this was the reply:
"no ethical consumption under capitalism" means having to buy food from a shitty megacorporation because you need to eat, it doesn't mean you can buy a videogame guilt free.
I want to be clear:
- I do not encourage bullying towards anyone playing Hogwarts Legacy
- There have been enough voices to say why the game is harmful
- If people decide to play anyway that is their decision, but they know what they're doing, and their spaces are no longer safe
Since
#trans
is trending, I won't let the transphobes win.
Hi, I'm Ant Thunderfun, a nonbinary digital entertainer.
I am hosting one of the biggest Pride events on Twitch, the Pride Collaborations Universe.
If any brands want to work with a trans creator, I'm available 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Since this is getting a wee bit o' traction, I will pass on some wise advice that a friend told me years ago that changed the game for me:
Your stream has value. Your "about me" panels have traffic. Your stream has traffic. That is worth money if brands want to advertise.
Buying and/or streaming the HP game keeps her socially relevant, when her relevance should be dying out. You don't need it that badly. She's doing so much harm.
I can't stop you doing your own content, but if you do stream it, don't call your community a LGBTQIA+ safe space.
Matched with a beautiful man on Tinder, and after he tells me he doesn't know what twitch is (happens all the time) he makes an account, follows me, and tunes in for my entire 5 hour stream live. I just -- 😭💖
In just 7 hours, the support I have received from friends and anonymous gifters has single handedly saved my streaming career.
The sense of support, community, and kindness has hit my heart with the force of a freight train.
With every fibre of my being, thank you everyone ❤️
In my first tiny personal act of public gender defiance as a nonbinary person I purchased my glasses from the women’s section. It doesn’t seem like a lot but it was big for me.
CALLING FOR
#LGBTContentCreators
Pride Month is coming up so that means...PRIDE COLLABORATIONS 2024!
Announcing The PCU!
(details in thread)
This event aims to network and showcase LGBTQIA+ streamers of all sizes and locations on Twitch!
Reply or DM if you're interested!
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📢 Calling out
#LGBTContentCreators
📢
Pride Month is coming up soon so that means...
PRIDE COLLABORATIONS 2023!
This is an event I'll run again this year which aims to network and showcase the beautiful and diverse LGBTQIA+ streamers on Twitch!
Reply if you're interested!
Had a good long talk to my parents over the weekend, and we decided that it's time to start planning another new chapter of my life.
Guess who's moving to Melbourne next year? 🥰
Fuck today is a hard day.
I say this a lot, but I'll keep saying it - tell your friends you love them. Message them right now and tell them how your life is better with them in it ❤️
Can y'all stop using the term "goon" pls it's an Australian word and now that it means "using poppers and wanking", it makes a friendly game of Goon of Fortune very weird at family BBQs
Remember when like a solid third of my friends showed their whole transphobic asses in one foul swoop?
I'm glad I cut them off, but it was a surprise. What if people kept silent?
Anyway, trans rights are human rights. Protect trans kids. Don't give your money to rich terfs.
This is your unfriendly reminder that not all queer streamers offer safe spaces. Some people thought nostalgia was more important than being an ally to our trans siblings, and that's the tea. 🍵🐸
@zachbussey
That explains the language barrier. They mentioned they were from Audiencly, so I presumed they were working on behalf of Gamescom.
I'd love to hear updates on what you find from Gamescom!
Well that was a fun day of going mildly viral 😅
If you'd like to pay a creator, feel free to pop into my stream and mess with my game with Crowd Control as I play Skyrim!
Live now, over on that you know where website 🥰
First off, men need to do better. Rhi, nor anyone for that matter, deserves to be treated like this.
Secondly, if anyone ever needs an escape at events, you can ALWAYS approach me and say "hey friend can I sit with you for a bit?" and I will ALWAYS play along.
This is not a post I take any joy in making, and I wouldn’t be making it if I felt like I had any other choice.
For those of you who don’t know, I took an unplanned break from regular content creation due to my mental health absolutely tanking, largely due to the effect that an
It's straight up sucked seeing some friends play it. They know what's going on, and they decided to promote the hell out of it anyway.
The internet is full of weird, angry trolls, but I thought the people I surrounded myself with were compassionate enough.
Today was a rough day, I'm sorry I ended stream early, but I couldn't keep up the happy face.
Although I distanced myself from a lot of people today who showed no compassion for the trans community, I think it's still valid to mourn the loss of a friendship.
My heart is so full tonight. We've raised $890 for Transgender Law Center, I watched new friendships blossom, we saw some passionate speeches, but so far this event
#TLC4TLC
has been nothing but love and respect 🏳️⚧️
If you wanna tune in, link to the setlist in replies ⤵️⤵️
What a wild day. 12hrs 45m stream. 160+ new subs. Countless bits. This little birthday enby feels so goddamn loved ❤️
(My birthday is on Tuesday but I had SUCH a fun party stream today)
In an astonishing yet thoroughly refreshing and welcome change, I have had an influx of trans people follow me today rather than the usual influx of porn bots
Today is a good day 🏳️⚧️💜
Alright fuckers what a fun day that was. A bunch of subs, a bunch of bitties, I got to chat with some new friends for the first time, I got to chill out with some older friends, today was all love and support and I wanna thank y’all for celebrating 1 year on twitch with me 💖
📢LGBTQIA+ CONTENT CREATORS!📢🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
I already have 70+ creators express interest in joining the
#PrideCollaborationsUniverse
for June 2024, and I have space for more creators!
If you're looking to book Twitch collabs this coming Pride Month, get in touch or reply ⬇️⬇️
I refuse to be held captive at home by my own depression. Well, my friends refuse it for me anyway. No stream tonight, being dragged out of the house ❤️
I reached a high of 48 organic viewers today and it just felt surreal that at one point 48 people were watching me, without raids, without being on front page etc.
Feeling very thankful today ❤️
Just in case anyone feels anxiety about going live on Twitch:
I have been streaming 5 days a week for about 2.5 years now, and I just spent half an hour crying and panicking before I went live on stream tonight.
It happens, you're not alone <3
5 hours of driving, 2 utes and a trailer load, worked hard with my dad, finally got to hug my mum, I have another round trip to do to get the animals and finish up the old house, but the heaviest carrying is DONE and my house is BEAUTIFUL
Welcome to my new adventure ❤️
I'll try to keep this thread as short and sweet as possible, but I wanted to say a massive THANK YOU to all who donated, and all the streamers who took part in this event with
@QVentureTime
and I. The weekend is over, and we've ended up on $6,608.00 for
@TransLawCenter
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remember when the creators/ceo of black myth wukong said things like "we dont need females playing our games, sometimes things are for males only" or "do not mention feminist propaganda" and people were like yikes I'm not gonna support that
then big creators played it anyway 🤷
Little update, dealing with heavy grief and worry, and my depression has kicked it up a notch
I have amazing friends keeping tabs on me, and I'm going to try and keep my stream schedule, but streams may be a little lower energy or shorter than usual ❤️