[Applause] [Music] [Applause] When I was a kid, I used to watch my mom getting ready to go out with her friends for the night. She would spritz herself with perfume, curl her asymmetrically cut hair. She'd spritz on perfume, put on her makeup, grab grab her pumps and her doornocker earrings because this was the late 80s and early 90s.So, I would be transfixed. It was like watching a magic trick. This person would go from being my mommy to being this beautiful and powerful being.I remember one night when my ...

Being a part of the LGBTQ+ community, there are a lot of challenges. It's really easy to feel othered, especially in spaces like the internet and gaming, just because there are a lot of unsafe spaces out there. So when we see people like us on stages or in video games or on the front page of big websites, it really does make us feel like we belong here.Finding yourself is such a hard journey, and having people in your corner makes that journey a little bit easier. Having someone be there for you when you co ...