Hbomberguy's Donkey Kong 64 Trans Charity Marathon Stream
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Hbomberguy's Donkey Kong 64 Trans Charity Marathon Stream, also known as the #ThanksGraham Charity Stream, was a charity livestream started by YouTuber Hbomberguy in support of Mermaids, a UK-based charity organization focused on providing services for transgender youth and their parents. During the livestream, he completed a 101% completion run of Donkey Kong 64 over the course of 57 hours, raising over $340,000 for the charity. The stream attracted notable guests such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Grant Kirkhope, Jim Sterling and Chelsea Manning.
Background
On August 31st, 2018, YouTuber Hbomberguy posted a video about speedrunning and the speedrunning community. After discussing a streamer who played Donkey Kong 64 to 101% completion, he stated that he would stream himself beating the game to 101% completion rate no matter how long it took. At the time, he did not specify the date (shown below).
In mid-December of 2018, it was reported that the National Lottery would give a £500,000 grant to the UK charity organization Mermaids, which provides services to transgender youth and their parents along with campaigning for recognition of gender dysphoria among professionals.[1] The National Lottery is the UK-run state lottery, which also provides grants for good causes, with distribution handled by the Big Lottery Fund public body. However, the grant was put under review due to a campaign held by anti-trans activists, with the most notable voice coming from comedian and writer Graham Linehan. Linehan, known for creating TV shows such as Father Ted and The IT Crowd, has also been known for his overt transphobic stances.[12][13][14] On December 16th, Linehan posted on the parenting forum Mumsnet, urging other users to email the CEO of the Big Lottery Fund with their complaints on the grant. On December 17th, the Big Lottery Fund released a statement saying they would review the grant, which was met with both disappointment and condemnation among users online.[2]
Developments
On January 14th, 2019, YouTuber Hbomberguy uploaded a video (shown below the quote) announcing the date of livestream, citing Grant Linehan's Mumsnet campaign as inspiration for choosing the Mermaids charity, stating:
“I chose to support this charity because as a person living in Britain, I find the media discussions surrounding this issue in my country, especially in its tabloids, to be woefully misinformed, and I’d like to do my bit to help support the people who do the hard work of contributing to people’s thinking on an important issue. I chose Mermaids in specific because when they were designated some funding by the National Lottery, Graham Linehan, a comedy writer who did some work on a good show, uh…20 years ago, who happens to be a very normal man who’s just very angry about trans people all day nowadays, went on Mumsnet and told them to email a lady from the National Lottery en masse and now the funding is under review. So, well done Graham! You have a massive audience and the power to choose to fight for progress in all the many forms we need in the world right now, and you used it to make sure some children won’t have access to helpful resources.”
The stream started on January 18th and ran for over 57 hours. Throughout the livestream, notable figures have appeared in support of the charity and cause, ranging from YouTubers such as Jim Sterling, and Lindsay Ellis, musicians such as Grant Kirkhope and Patricia Taxxon, to notable figures such as id Software co-founder and game developer John Romero and Democratic House representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The streamed gained a total of over $343,000 with the stream still up for donations as of January 21st, 2019.
The livestream has received coverage among not just LGBTQ+ blogging sites, but also news sites such as Metro UK,[3] Newsweek,[4] and gaming sites such as Kotaku Australia[5] and TechRaptor.[6]
Ocasio-Cortez Appearance
Ocasio-Cortez' appearance on the stream drew national attention. On the stream, she declared her support for trans rights, discussed her recent proposal of introducing a 70% marginal tax rate on the very wealthy, and helped Hbomberguy with some Donkey Kong 64 play (clip shown below).
Here’s
— New Super Blood Wolf Moon Bros. U Deluxe (@GenePark) January 20, 2019aoc</a> talking about how Nintendo 64 was the best system. She’s on <a href="https://twitter.com/Twitch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">twitch helping to raise money for trans kids. pic.twitter.com/cJIfUif1mv
The appearance was covered by Polygon,[7] Splinter,[8] The Hill,[9] and others.
Graham Linehan's Response
Linehan spent much of January 20th, the day following the stream, tweeting against Mermaids, alleging they gave untested drugs to children. In one tweet, he made a joke about allegedly "transabled" persons using saws to give themselves disabilities, getting ratio'd (shown below, left). He also tweeted "Let's get those kids on those untested drugs!" in a reply to YouTuber Lindsay Ellis.
Scottish Parliament Acknowledgement
On January 21, 2019, the Scottish Parliament passed a motion congratulating Harris on the money he raised for the Mermaids organization on his charity stream.[10] They mailed him a framed copy of this motion to him as well.[11]
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External References
[1] Pink News – Big Lottery Fund reviews grant to trans kids charity Mermaids
[2] Independent – Campaigning to halt Big Lottery funding for trans support charity Mermaids isn’t noble – it’ll directly harm children
[3] Metro – YouTube star Hbomberguy raises $200,000 for trans charity Mermaids in Twitch stream ‘to spite’ Father Ted creator Graham Linehan
[4] Newsweek – TWITCH STREAM PULLS IN $250,000 FOR MERMAIDS CHARITY, FEATURING ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ, OWEN JONES AND MORE
[5] Kotaku Australia – Marathon Donkey Kong Stream Raises Over $350,000 For Transgender Charity
[6] Techraptor – [Update] Streamer Hbomberguy Raises Over $230,000 for Trans Charity
[7] Polygon – How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wound up on a Donkey Kong 64 Twitch charity stream
[8] Splinter – AOC Breaks the Internet by Dropping in on Charity Twitch Stream for Trans Kids
[9] The Hill – Ocasio-Cortez raises money for transgender youth on video game live stream
[10] Scottish Parliament – Motion S5M-15504: Patrick Harvie, Glasgow, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 21/01/2019
[11] Twitter – Ellen Murray – Yo @Hbomberguy look out for a framed copy of the Scottish Parliament motion congratulating you in your PO Box! #ThanksHarris #ThanksGraham
[12] Medium – It’s Time to Call Out Graham Linehan’s Ugly Transphobia
[13] Attitude – 'Father Ted' Creator Graham Lineham: I'm Not Transphobic. I Don't Think I’m Saying Anything Controversial
[14] MSN.com – How Graham Linehan went from national treasure to divisive figure for trans community
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![SOCJuS [socjus] Streamer Hbomberguy Raises Over $230,000 for Trans Charity to spite Graham Linehan (self.KotakulnAction) submitted 10 hours ago by Yourehan 45 http://archive.is/2xswkl11 A trans charity was supposed to get a bunch of money from the national lottery in the UK. This was successfully blocked by a campaign led by former IT Crowd and Father Ted writer (as well as occasional KiA punching bag, feel free to search the sub) Graham Linehan. This led Leftist youtuber Hbomberguy to announce a Donkey Kong 64 100 percent charity stream. It's blowing up and people like Cher and Neil Gaiman have donated He's over 50 hours in, and is breaking down. It's a fun watch https://www.twitch.tv/hbomberguyl21 Here's a description of the charity, Mermaids UK Mermaids UK is a group that aims to raise awareness of gender nonconformity and gender dysphoria in children and young people. The group lobbies for improvements in professional services for transgendered children and has won numerous awards over the years for their work, including the European Diversity Awards Charity of the Year 2016 and the British LGBT Awards 2018 for Outstanding Contribution to LGBTLife for Mermaids CEO, Susie Green 170 comments source share save hide give award report crosspost hide all child comments [- MazInger-Z [-1] 91 points 9 hours ageo Nevermind the charity in question seems to push for prepubescent children to transition Think of the homeless or poor charities that would like this money permalink source embed save save-RES give award hide child comments 个[-] MuhTaxReturns [-1] 52 points 8 hours ago I can't call it a charity when it's basically child abuse. Kids are kids.. they deserve to be left alone until they reach adulthood before they make radical life-altering decisions permalink source embed save save-RES parent give award - lyra833 -11 GET THE BOARD OUT, I GOT BINGO! 65 points 9 hours ago >SJW spites sJW by giving other SJWs' money to more SJW's Cool, I guess permalink source embed save save-RES give award hide child comments -BaDe -1] 59 points 9 hours ago gender nonconformity and gender dysphoria in children and young people Oh, so literal child abuse. Gotcha. I don't care what adults do with their own body, but to continue to subject children to this dangerous trend of permanent body modification and suicide is pure evil. F--- Hbombmerguy, f--- Cher, f--- Niel Gaiman, and f--- everyone who donated money to this child abuse scheme permalink source embed save save-RES give award hide child comments iteral child abuse - Socalwackjob [-1] 51 points 9 hours ago So it's a leftist circlejerk to piss off a lefty that no one likes permalink source embed save save-RES give award hide child comments FrankoWhirlyBird -1] 29 points 9 hours ago HBomberguy is an SJW scumbag and he looks like a creepy p---. And this is child grooming that he is contributing to permalink source embed save save-RES give award hide child comments he looks like a creepy p--- DeathHillGames [-1] RainbowCult Dev 24 points 9 hours ago awareness of gender nonconformity and gender dysphoria in children Uh, I'm gonna have to stop you there. How about you let young people get over puberty, and preferably over the age of consent before you start trying to put them in little boxes and weaponize their sexuality for your cause permalink source embed save save-RES give award hide child comments virtue signaling It essentially feels like a political event, not a charity thing The charity is abuse Is this just child abuse charity? why would anyone watch that bleach blond cuck Our society is f------ doomed](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/001/452/259/709.png "True Gamers on r/KotakuinAction react to man on charity stream")
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