Twitch Celebrates Pride Month with Emotes, Fundraising, and More

Twitch Is Gearing Up for Pride

Twitch is celebrating Pride Month with the release of new permanent Pride-themed emotes, โ€œCheer for Qualityโ€ shirts, fundraisers for LBGTQ+ charities, and features that spotlight LGBTQ+ members within its community on each day of the month of June.

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Not only that, they are set to take part in this yearโ€™s Pride parade, which takes place in San Francisco from June 23 to 24.

โ€œEvery year, San Francisco hosts one of the oldest and largest Pride parades in the US,โ€ the Twitch team wrote in a blog post. โ€œAs SF is the home of Twitch, you can bet weโ€™ll be there in full force. Weโ€™ll share highlights from SF Pride on Twitchโ€™s social media, so stay tuned on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Once Pride Month wraps up, weโ€™ll put together a video with info about how much money you raised for HRC, footage from the parade, and more.โ€

The company also partnered with nonprofit It Gets Better to create a video (which can viewed on the their blog) of the staffโ€™s coming out stories.

โ€œTwitch is a place where everyone can be themselves, and this June, weโ€™re standing with all of our LGBTQ+ viewers and streamers around the world to celebrate love during Pride Month,โ€ the team wrote on the blog. โ€œWeโ€™re highlighting LGBTQ+ creators, unveiling a bunch of new Pride shirts, taking part in the SF Pride Parade, and weโ€™re partnering with the Human Rights Campaignยฎ (HRCยฎ) to raise money for equality.โ€

โ€œOur community is strongest and our creators make the best content when everyone on Twitch feels like they belong and can be themselves,โ€ said Brittany Brown, the community campaign manager. โ€œSince diversity and inclusivity are core principles of Twitch, we have planned an entire month of events and fundraisers dedicated to promoting and maintaining these values.โ€

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