Fighting game star Dominique “SonicFox” McLean took home the award for eSport Player of the Year at The Game Awards on Dec. 6.
SonicFox, 20, is an openly-queer gamer, rotating multiple fighting games in his roster in a community that is dominated by straight males.
After being told to wrap up his speech, SonicFox took the time to finish on a high note stating “I guess I just gotta say that I’m gay, black, a furry—pretty much everything a Republican hates—and the best esports player of the whole year, I guess!”
SonicFox took to Twitter later on in the evening to reaffirm his closing statement.
https://twitter.com/SonicFox5000/status/1070913600993189889
yall have literally oppressed me my whole life and the livelihood of me and others, yet.. I still made it here. Its definitely more than a game. Yall catching that dunk on a huge platform right quick lmfao https://t.co/GTKkh469uf
— SonicFox (@SonicFox) December 7, 2018
Watch his entire speech below
