I enjoy quite a few YouTubers and Twitch streamers, and these are the ones I've followed that have spoken up about Palestine:
Hasan Piker is a Twitch streamer and political pundit who has been covering Gaza and raising money for medical aid for Palestine since Day 1. He raised a million US dollars divided among these orgs all the way back in October and has not stopped centering Palestinian voices since then. Of all Western influencers, he's the biggest voice in raising awareness and support for the people in Gaza and Palestine as a whole.
Thomas "Tomska" Ridgewell (of ASDFmovie fame) called his MP in the UK to call for a ceasefire months ago. Though it may seem like a comparatively small act, I highlight it because he did it very early on, and publicly called for a ceasefire in a video in November.
"I'm not neutral because my country is standing in support of one side of it [...] For all I know my taxes, my money is being spent on the bombs that are being dropped on the people in Gaza. So I'm not neutral. For all I know I'm entirely complicit [...] It just feels like we're being told to look away, [...] close your eyes and stick your fingers in your ears and when you turn back the situation won't be complicated anymore because Gaza will be gone."
His full statement is at the end of his video "Last Month I Said Goodbye" if you're interested.
More recently:
Now I don't follow Dan & Phil, but I strongly believe that them raising money for the PCRF was a tipping point for certain other creators finally going public with their own pushes for relief in Gaza. And maybe it's just a coincidence, but nonetheless it's a big deal.
Jacksepticeye quietly donated $10000 to a fan-run relief effort that would divide proceeds between the PCRF and E-Sims for Gaza. When the fan announced it, he then went on to publicly post about the horrors of Gaza and retweeted how to provide aid and resources.
During his yearly Thankmas event, he also raised millions for the World Central Kitchen, which is currently providing food in Gaza (depending on what relief can get through the crossing being blocked by Israeli protestors).
Of the "big" YouTubers, he's always been the most candid about his beliefs, so I always liked him regardless, and his actions have been heartening but thankfully not surprising.
And tomorrow, Drawfee is doing a charity stream for PCRF! Support them if you can. Their previous charity stream for Pride and Trans rights raised over $108000 for the Stonewall Community Foundation in 2023.
I love Drawfee in particular. This was heartening to see today.
Anyway, I genuinely hope this pushes more creators to finally speak out. Even if it's late, it's always better late than never, and their influence is massive.
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Hi everyone!
RTGame is streaming Mario Kart 8 and raising money for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund through Tiltify.
Here is the link for the Tiltify donation page!
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Someone call RTGame right now.
Edit: he doesn’t want to play any more ace attorney apparently. I didn’t know that when I made this post, my bad! He doesn’t have to if he doesn’t want to, I hope no one bothers him over it
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For real guys, this DbD streamer I followed for a long time didn't recognize Alan Wake from the game awards but thanks to that dance, went and crunched the first two games just in time for Alan Wake to be added to DBD and he is jazzed.
That musical number really did get people to play the game and that's awesome.
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Parabéns Quackity, he absolutely deserves the award for International Streamer for creating one of the largest international communities in the internet space. The Qsmp has given me and so many others representation and a community for our cultures, as well as a motivation to learn languages and break through the culture barrier. I hope he's proud of himself, because his friends and the community he's made are prouder than words can describe. Obrigada Quackity, te amamos <3
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Wanted to make some fan art for my favourite streamers @facefullabugz and @friendlyfrankenstein
I really enjoy tuning in to watch their livestreams, it’s always a silly fun time! I hope y’all like this drawing!
Maybe someday I’ll be able to commission bugz…
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what streamer pet phrase is your big echolalia/repeat phrase that you can’t say out loud? mine is platy’s “what the freaking fucky wucky?”
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It's so funny seeing people on Twitter, tiktok even here trying to say the trans community is sending everyone death threats for playing howarts legacy when that's not even the case. Majority of the comments are just saying they're disappointed and no longer will be supporting said twitch streamer. Trans people are the ones that are getting sent death threats because they're talking about the game and saying these streamers should know better. It's so funny seeing these twitch streamers scream "Trans Rights are human rights" knowing the people they're going to attract and then play this game. I honestly have no sympathy for them and no one is telling them that they should stop playing, they're just gonna stop watching them.
I feel like at this point a lot of them are crying and freaking out because it's not about this game, it's about them losing followers and not getting donations. That's why I personally feel like GirlfriendReviews started crying. If you look at the chat, not a single person was sending her death threats saying her and her boyfriend are awful people. They were just saying they weren't gonna watch them anymore so she got all upset, left to go cry then stream for another 6 hours. Play the game all you want, it doesn't matter but don't go around spreading some lie trying to make trans people look bad. Her and her boyfriend just made up this fake trans person in their head like they were arguing with them in chat, when no one was sending them hate comments period so what the fuck are you crying for?
I wasn't gonna talk about this game or Jk Rowling period, but seeing all these comments is just so laughable and I honestly can't not believe this is what people are arguing about on the internet in 2023. I honestly don't understand why people watch twitch streamers anyway I find them to be very boring but people find entertainment in watching people play video games I guess?
This is why people should always not be disappointed when they find out their favorite person is not who they expected? The best thing for the trans community is to honestly just ignore it and worry about other things at this point. People are going to play the game regardless and there's nothing you can do about it so just leave it alone. Go watch Castlevania or something....
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