Female gamers playing during an e-sports tournament.

Women in Gaming

Women have been in gaming from the beginning. It's important to pay attention to the ways they influenced the industry (and continue to do so).

A gamer wearing headphones at a tournament.
Femme-Identifying Gamers to Get More Opportunities With the*gamehers In 2025
Sara Kadry on Twitch
How TikToker and Streamer Hijabberwocky Created Her Own Niche
Brianna Wu
Brianna Wu Battles More Than Video Game Villains
Jay-Ann Lopez holding an Xbox.
How Jay-Ann Lopez Makes Gaming Inclusive
Krysta Eason, aka Krystalogy during one of her twitch streams
Digging Deep With Twitch Streamer Krystalogy
Kay Arutyunyan
How Kay Arutyunyan Builds Diversity in Gaming Animation
Tenzin Dolkar aka TrulyTenzin
The Power of 'Doing Whatever You Want' With Valorant Streamer TrulyTenzin
Twitch streaming LIZZ
How Twitch Streamer LIZZ Became the Platform’s Emerging Singing Gamer
Giulia Mazza, aka StudyTme, streaming on Twitch
How Giulia Mazza Became a Must-Watch Streaming Star
Kaelena in a Twitch recording studio.
How Twitch Streamer Kaelena Uses Gaming for Good
Twitch streamer AshleyRoboto in her streaming room looking at something
Twitch Streamer and YouTube Creator AshleyRoboto Is Here to Spark Joy
Promo image for Fe/Male Switch video game
Fe/male Switch's Startup Video Game Aims to Close the Gender Gap in Tech
Flo Tran streaming Apex Legends on Twitch
How Respiratory Therapist Flo Tran Became a Viral Streaming Sensation
Kason Patterson, aka Cupahnoodle, on Twitch.
Twitch Streamer Cupahnoodle Has Wisdom to Share
Katie Robinson / Pikachulita on Twitch, whit the Twitch logo displayed beside her.
Why Streamer Pikachulita Wants to Reform Twitch From the Inside
streamer TheDanDangler during one of her Twitch streams
How Streamer TheDanDangler Turned an Instagram Following Into Success
Cimrai's VTube profile on Twitch.
VTube Streamer Cimrai Brings Virtual Authenticity to Twitch
twitch streamer Storymodebae next to the twitch logo
Twitch Streamer Storymodebae Is Here to Make an Impact
Dylan Cottle on Twitch
Why DylanCottleMusic Brings a New Kind of Love to Streaming
VTube Streamer girl_dm_ on Twitch.
This Twitch Streamer Is More Than Her Virtual Avatar
Streamer Evelien Smolders, aka GabSmolders
Evelien Smolders Turned a Passion for Gaming Into Streaming Success
bbjess on Twitch.
Streamer BBjess Offers Gen Z a Refuge on Twitch
Game designer Brenda Brathwaite Romero speaks onstage at Jiro Dreams of Game Design during the 2013 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival.
How Brenda Romero Is Building a Legacy
Cahlaflour
How Cahlaflour Became One of Twitch’s Reigning Scream Queens
Twitch Streamer Kruzadar
Twitch Streamer Kruzadar Exposes the Dark Side of Gaming
Zepla HQ, aka Jessica St. John in a recent YouTube video
How Final Fantasy XIV Helped Free Streamer Zepla HQ
Elix, a Twitch streamer.
Elix Uses Streaming to Help Others Embrace Radical Self-Confidence
Kandi Montgomery
Meet iAM_iKandi: Game Streamer Kandi Montgomery
YouTube streamer AyChristene
Streamer AyChristene Has Big Dreams and Bigger Talent
Profile picture of JazzyGuns.
JazzyGuns: Putting a New Face on Competitive Gaming
Self-portrait of Ericka "Boze" Bozeman.
How Ericka Bozeman Claimed True Crime On Twitch
Veronica Riley - Twitch Streamer Nikatine
How Nikatine Became a Voice for Trans People on Twitch
Portrait of Pathra Cadness.
Crushing Gender Barriers: Streamer Pathra Cadness
Carol Shaw in her interview shown at The Game Awards
Carol Shaw: Atari Superstar
Jessica Kim
How Influencer Jessica Kim Found Her Voice
Twitch streamer ShelbyRenae
ShelbyRenae: Building a Streaming Empire With Authenticity
A portrait of HeyShadyLady - Ty Baka
How HeyShadyLady Reinvents Herself on Twitch
A stream-capture of Amira Virgil.
How Xmiramira Disrupted 'The Sims' to Help Bring Diversity to Streaming
Deligracy
How YouTuber Deligracy Became One of Twitch’s Top Sim Gamer
LumiRue on Twitch
LumiRue's Quest to Bring Positivity and Feminism to Twitch
Krissy Gomez, AKA MzKrissy, in front of a mic with gaming headphones on
Facebook Streamer MzKrissy: Keeping it Real
QueenEliminator. Lillian Trawick
From Mixer to Facebook Gaming: How QueenEliminator Stayed on Top