One of gaming’s most successful grassroots charity events, Awesome Games Done Quick, will not be held in Florida next year, due to the state’s policies about COVID-19 and LGBTQ+ rights, organizers say.
Organizers originally had rented a venue in Orlando but will pay a cancellation fee.“This decision was made first and foremost for the safety of our community,” AGDQ director of operations Matt Merkle tells Axios.
On Twitter, organizers blamed Florida’s “anti-mandate policies” regarding COVID masks and vaccines as well as “an increased aggression toward LGBTQ+ individuals, including the law colloquially known as ‘Don't Say Gay.’”AGDQ has been held virtually for the last two years, but ran in person in Orlando in 2020. Merkle said that event drew 3,500 people.The big picture:
Organizers of large sporting events and conventions will sometimes threaten to avoid holding them in a specific city or state to pressure change to a controversial governmental policy.its All-Star Game out of Georgia in reaction to the state’s restrictive, new voting law.
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