Twitch faces backlash from LGBT+ gamers over PogChamp ‘popularity’ vote: ‘May the best cis white man, win!’

For 35 days, 35 different Twitch streamers have been highlighted as the channel’s popular PogChamp emote, used by viewers in chat to express excitement or shock. But now that’s set to change. The PogChamp emote originally featured the open-mouthed face of streamer Ryan “Gootecks” Gutierrez. However,...