Taking place October 4-5, 2024 on Smith College campus in Northampton, Mass., the very first Gender Expansive Live Streaming symposium is a two-day event to investigate, debate, and celebrate the gender expansive activism that women, non-binary, and trans folks engage in on live streaming platforms around the world.

AnyKey has been announced as the new eligibility verification partner working with Raidiant on the Calling All Heroes Overwatch tournament series for marginalized-gender competitors. Now on the second year of doing eligibility verification in the esports space, AnyKey's custom system will bring the dual-goal of player comfort and integrity protection to support women, non-binary and trans Overwatch competitors.

AnyKey is welcomed back as the eligibility verification partner for VCT NA Game Changers tournament series in 2024. After a year of growth based on experience and feedback with the marginalized genders VALORANT community, the AnyKey team is happy to bring an updated and improved verification system to benefit Game Changers competitors.

Video games can be crucial sources of social and emotional support for players of all kinds. As part of our AnyKey Spotlight Series, we interview several women gamers who have found that games can help them stay connected to loved ones wherever they are, and help to ease the challenges of military life.

We're thrilled to announce the winner of our 1st Changemaker Grant: the EGD Collective! This grant from AnyKey & the U.S. Air Force will boost EDG Collective's training workshops, guidance programs, and competitive events for underserved student gamers. Learn more about them on our Changemakers page!

Empathy really goes a long way! Sue ‘Smix’ Lee shares her story of being a fan, player, and host in esports and explains why the GLHF pledge means a lot to her.

The debate about women’s esports tournaments is older than the term “esports” itself but blooms anew every year, ageless and unchanged. In this article we answer the question: if our goal is to see players of all kinds represented together on the global championship stages of esports, why then would we support tournaments for girls, women, and non-gender-conforming players?

The premier event for women’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is back with the Intel Challenge at IEM Katowice 2019! For the fifth year in a row, we are excited to support ESL and Intel in this partnership tournament effort to showcase the talents of the most well-established women’s scene in esports. The tournament will take place February 28th – March 2nd, and the teams will be vying for their share of the $50,000 prize pool.

Angie Klingsieck, originalExecutive Director of Crimson Gaming at the University of Utah, is one of our AnyKey All-Stars. Watch our video profile to learn more about her role with one of the largest collegiate gaming clubs in North America. She talks about the rapid growth of their club, their goal of bringing gamers together, and how they have worked to foster diversity and help women gamers to feel actively welcomed into their club activities and tournaments.

We rarely get to see the people behind the scenes of the esports industry. This AnyKey Spotlight feature provides an introduction to a figure who has helped drive the growth of esports for more than two decades. Corey Rosemond is Global Business Development Director for Plantronics, and a long-time advocate of esports and the power of social gaming. Learn more about him and why he is one of our AnyKey All-Stars.

Meet Jaycie "Gillyweed" Gluck, caster, commentator and former analyst for Heroes of the Storm. Learn more about how she got started, how an important mentor influenced how she prepares for tournaments, what her experience has been like as the only woman caster, and some key things that have motivated her along the way.

If you’ve been a follower of competitive gaming since before it was called “esports,” there’s a good chance you’ve heard of our next AnyKey All-Star, Christine “Potter” Chi. She has been competing in Counter-Strike since 2002, and has been a regular fixture of the professional scene since the mid 2000’s. Watch her Spotlight feature video!