GLAAD Gaming Announces New Queer Emerging Developers Program

GLAAD Gaming Announces New Queer Emerging Developers Program

Over the past decade, GLAAD Gaming has worked to improve how the video game industry engages with LGBTQ stories and players. This commitment has included consulting directly with video game studios and dev teams to ensure LGBTQ content is authentic, spotlighting queer-inclusive games at the GLAAD Media Awards, and publishing research on representation in games [...] The post GLAAD Gaming Announces New Queer Emerging Developers Program first appe…

GLAAD is launching a program for LGBTQIA+ games developers

The LGBTQIA+ advocacy group GLAAD has announced a new program called Queer Emerging Developers (QED). Sponsored by Logitech, this program aims to provide developers who are within the early-to-middle stages of their career with tools, support, and mentorship from industry professionals. GLAAD says that its organisation “works to ensure fair, accurate, and inclusive representation and creates national and local programs that advance LGBTQ accepta…

GLAAD launches new program to mentor early-career LGBTQ+ developers

GLAAD, a nonprofit organization focused on celebrating positive LGBTQ+ representation in media, including games, is launching a new Queer Emerging Developers (QED) Program for early-career developers from the LGBTQ+ community.