Women have been in gaming from the beginning. It's important to pay attention to the ways they influenced the industry (and continue to do so).
Women in Gaming
![Female gamers playing during an e-sports tournament.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.lifewire.com/thmb/x5GNQJojOBpr_j8SzfzWCPR37e4=/2000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/WomeninGaming_GettyImages-1395688501_Maskot_Getty_CROPPED-879a39555c2b4c869413033cb8b13112.jpg)
The Latest Tech News
![Sara Kadry on Twitch](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/2YUZkeZeNhj8vMsPRNrkpXcGtyw=/540x405/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ImagefromiOS-f5524448807246938b5772ae2e2a0224.png)
How TikToker and Streamer Hijabberwocky Created Her Own Niche
![Brianna Wu](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/bjZxZn45LwMCB0qvKH0VZrRmXy0=/540x405/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/BriannaWu-14c3c26e5b9e4a3d93ae8ba9724581fe.jpeg)
Brianna Wu Battles More Than Video Game Villains
![Jay-Ann Lopez holding an Xbox.](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/A2aHnhbrA37anYrnsxGhPmuK51Q=/540x405/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Jay-AnnLopez-db0e07f11dd94db0ba5e04ed6cac43e7.jpg)
How Jay-Ann Lopez Makes Gaming Inclusive
![Krysta Eason, aka Krystalogy during one of her twitch streams](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/jYRcfPdtNI6tXDgrTbnTO06LdQ4=/540x405/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ScreenShot2022-04-08at12.07.28PM-362efc4e7603490a932bf9ac6e0f0113.png)
Digging Deep With Twitch Streamer Krystalogy
![Kay Arutyunyan](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/DwsDy9imoz85_yJbP3D7n-APAnE=/540x405/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/unnamed2-60f231b72c19491683c2166c9285b34d.jpg)
How Kay Arutyunyan Builds Diversity in Gaming Animation
![Krysta Eason, aka Krystalogy during one of her twitch streams](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/oDBtHFju_PrLVfl6mlPIp_ffC9s=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ScreenShot2022-04-08at12.07.28PM-362efc4e7603490a932bf9ac6e0f0113.png)
Digging Deep With Twitch Streamer Krystalogy
![Kay Arutyunyan](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/ihHXhscRd_7pjZenuKYSLpv9OwM=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/unnamed2-60f231b72c19491683c2166c9285b34d.jpg)
How Kay Arutyunyan Builds Diversity in Gaming Animation
![Tenzin Dolkar aka TrulyTenzin](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/NuBPQKGpFRpOVqR7xNylAxCX7Sw=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ScreenShot2022-04-22at1.17.11PM-f27a0b83d95b4fa38c82c2941d549102.png)
The Power of 'Doing Whatever You Want' With Valorant Streamer TrulyTenzin
![Twitch streaming LIZZ](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/DQW_DgiTrWEEKSfhCiTYbZowf6w=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ScreenShot2022-05-06at12.52.29PM-b15a98af58fe4504b19f145dc06af1e5.png)
How Twitch Streamer LIZZ Became the Platform’s Emerging Singing Gamer
![Giulia Mazza, aka StudyTme, streaming on Twitch](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/_Ej_X3hPH3B-NysfuGKlyGpeXA4=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ScreenShot2022-05-13at12.45.28PM-5adf863e855c43f8805feadfbe1a7672.png)
How Giulia Mazza Became a Must-Watch Streaming Star
![Kaelena in a Twitch recording studio.](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/Fhi4TrGYB1DvidcjRvkVPHMZpHY=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Kaelena2-c3f8b50c11fb482b88ea4dbcad79e278.jpeg)
How Twitch Streamer Kaelena Uses Gaming for Good
![Twitch streamer AshleyRoboto in her streaming room looking at something](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/-r2FQ2PQFLG4mDqc5GgYlp6WWjc=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ScreenShot2022-01-14at12.36.22PM-8a595c9af6dc49f09abafcea8ab8e98c.png)
Twitch Streamer and YouTube Creator AshleyRoboto Is Here to Spark Joy
![Promo image for Fe/Male Switch video game](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/5gDgaYKc1yghtNmOZoUL0vdX3g4=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ScreenShot2022-01-28at1.31.59PM-51c7b26d3d0e4393a587f0fd791f18a8.png)
Fe/male Switch's Startup Video Game Aims to Close the Gender Gap in Tech
![Flo Tran streaming Apex Legends on Twitch](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/9XoHJzt8ZnNyam3jHqzXVgxBSfs=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ScreenShot2022-02-11at1.22.45PM-02505fa8dc964c87bedbbce2c59bfd32.png)
How Respiratory Therapist Flo Tran Became a Viral Streaming Sensation
![Kason Patterson, aka Cupahnoodle, on Twitch.](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/gJKFG61aOboY-p-Jj99nDXe3X4A=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/KasonPatterson2-7a0b0bc9de574c37a2bc5cdd310ce142.png)
Twitch Streamer Cupahnoodle Has Wisdom to Share
![Katie Robinson / Pikachulita on Twitch, whit the Twitch logo displayed beside her.](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/hcb4VjSx2v1IdQ8Ipb16PkbYJe0=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Pikachulita1-87a993aab8d94a93830a26b6bed77df3.jpg)
Why Streamer Pikachulita Wants to Reform Twitch From the Inside
![streamer TheDanDangler during one of her Twitch streams](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/VC6Z365Ifu4Fhz-LHk9d6JABNmU=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/TheDanDangler1-6cbb89dca92a4d66995f1a2dd9d44f62.jpeg)
How Streamer TheDanDangler Turned an Instagram Following Into Success
![Cimrai's VTube profile on Twitch.](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/ffNLpc-c3s41hXlKLIHluWIm158=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/unnamed3-811dc04ac827434a8a7e6390258c8ae1.png)
VTube Streamer Cimrai Brings Virtual Authenticity to Twitch
![twitch streamer Storymodebae next to the twitch logo](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/FwKLtOoMDFA-a8krrcZ0pqELLAo=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ScreenShot2021-09-10at2.23.25PM-c1325fa5bdf44bb59ac275ef7e6ed754.png)
Twitch Streamer Storymodebae Is Here to Make an Impact
![Dylan Cottle on Twitch](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/mK-HmnWarrLiD8ffOlJlcSgm-2U=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/unnamed-6870a02faf0b4509a94bb66c2b174d72.jpg)
Why DylanCottleMusic Brings a New Kind of Love to Streaming
![VTube Streamer girl_dm_ on Twitch.](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/-vafUpSgeycKmsSh-eI5NbQWVpU=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/unnamed1-e515218d114c4c8684edc781c0b8a6e9.png)
This Twitch Streamer Is More Than Her Virtual Avatar
![Streamer Evelien Smolders, aka GabSmolders](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/siASk6ug5XxPdLigzsCwwXe_C8w=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/unnamed1-9c9badc69b6246a986855f6f923185d8.jpg)
Evelien Smolders Turned a Passion for Gaming Into Streaming Success
![bbjess on Twitch.](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/wU7bqEJLxd7hKqXXCIIPcKbCflM=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/unnamed-8f711a656ea6497c992a49bd81c31b60.jpeg)
Streamer BBjess Offers Gen Z a Refuge on Twitch
![Game designer Brenda Brathwaite Romero speaks onstage at Jiro Dreams of Game Design during the 2013 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival.](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/8JVTYE2c8KwSjdVqXKNOdeyAbEk=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-163487467-d8687e19afcd430eaaabf62c550177a6.jpg)
How Brenda Romero Is Building a Legacy
![Cahlaflour](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/eh5Uc_gzKCVvn-08sTyP2bJc2uI=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Cahlaflour1-31d410658870432f8ea92f42d16f89f8.jpeg)
How Cahlaflour Became One of Twitch’s Reigning Scream Queens
![Twitch Streamer Kruzadar](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/zBEl_bEu07nfTMzj3iet9cEOY3E=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Kruzadar2-997fddec8bfa45e5895b020f282d02aa.jpg)
Twitch Streamer Kruzadar Exposes the Dark Side of Gaming
![Zepla HQ, aka Jessica St. John in a recent YouTube video](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/Pc02X6UByoQd3JZSqe8i2ct8aeE=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ScreenShot2021-12-17at1.09.03PM-76f8bca0f2f44a3987bca5104dbb7e35.png)
How Final Fantasy XIV Helped Free Streamer Zepla HQ
![Elix, a Twitch streamer.](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/b330Mnk6vZGwaEimuQ0G_x3mqEU=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Elix1-638163802c12449092ca16520ba4ed38.jpeg)
Elix Uses Streaming to Help Others Embrace Radical Self-Confidence
![Kandi Montgomery](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/YmyWpMubSoQ4agwqZDoQursEKUI=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Kandi2-1c86a437105c42a48b11c2ea2641dd26.jpg)
Meet iAM_iKandi: Game Streamer Kandi Montgomery
![YouTube streamer AyChristene](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/2UWIgqbr75rmWly-a-xGhza73uU=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/AyChristene-b8de2a027d1f42d882b220e439204882.png)
Streamer AyChristene Has Big Dreams and Bigger Talent
![Profile picture of JazzyGuns.](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/yiCG9aCDz-S_uEZuz03MfJhTX40=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/unnamed-3ea2024baf504584905b3806f88613e5.jpg)
JazzyGuns: Putting a New Face on Competitive Gaming
How Ericka Bozeman Claimed True Crime On Twitch
![Veronica Riley - Twitch Streamer Nikatine](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/XV2DVVK-WUARc5HX9NbKMjUKlUo=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/unnamed-73cf43c8e3ae418bb426cb3b0b450125.png)
How Nikatine Became a Voice for Trans People on Twitch
![Portrait of Pathra Cadness.](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/MD-H4Qz6P_9lnelH34Q5w394kTc=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/pathra-e4d704c32b464fae85640612f626dd22.jpg)
Crushing Gender Barriers: Streamer Pathra Cadness
![Carol Shaw in her interview shown at The Game Awards](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/IuZVeoF7iiuXJRUtHK1ImS0_oss=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Carol-Shaw-79d9d446a5a2468e86da63c182f939f7.jpg)
Carol Shaw: Atari Superstar
![Jessica Kim](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/h1uQ70G3WrivjMChLK0le7avCS0=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ImagefromiOS5-ca6e3fd0fecb4cf8b7022b98e9e1ffaf.jpg)
How Influencer Jessica Kim Found Her Voice
![Twitch streamer ShelbyRenae](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/jAi8Xb1jre_Lr6bsOaZJkhj1fEI=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ImagefromiOS-9a95e65871f04396b53fda8e27a7c2c8.jpg)
ShelbyRenae: Building a Streaming Empire With Authenticity
![A portrait of HeyShadyLady - Ty Baka](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/yDubcUuOYVEk_ceoNsUgznspxC0=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/HeyShadyLady-22186519f6af42d699084922c04b92de.png)
How HeyShadyLady Reinvents Herself on Twitch
![A stream-capture of Amira Virgil.](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/S38L-iV0SaOTCbQndhFff22cEEc=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/EsiT5fdXEAEs0A3-503736188b9943edba694c60b3be7776.jpg)
How Xmiramira Disrupted 'The Sims' to Help Bring Diversity to Streaming
![Deligracy](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/1U94UuPNjs9sWrmhW2oYZdtQOGo=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/delioption2-9bda55697741460689d37ff358db63f8.png)
How YouTuber Deligracy Became One of Twitch’s Top Sim Gamer
![LumiRue on Twitch](https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/SEVu3EpdgfJYCTdu_cgCSA8kcdY=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/unnamed-49937c026b71448bb5b21c5b6b4311b6.jpg)
LumiRue's Quest to Bring Positivity and Feminism to Twitch