Farrah Moan, Rock M Sakura & more guest stars revealed for the Gayming Awards 2026 with Trixie Mattel & Darion Lowenstein being honored
The Gayming Awards, from our sister magazine Gayming Mag, today revealed an awesome lineup of guest stars including Farrah Moan (RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9 & All Stars 4), Rock M Sakura (RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12) and Evan Michael Lee (Transformers One, Fortnite, Guilty Gear: Strive) & Chase Kolozsi, aka The Gaymer Guys, and drag D&D host Alex Stompoly. They will all be joining hosts Erika Ishii (Ghost of Yōtei, Apex Legends, Game Changer) and newly named RuPaul’s Drag Race All Star Dawn (RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 16 & All Stars 11) for the biggest Gayming Awards yet, airing June 8th at 7pm PT exclusively on WOW Presents Plus.
With the premiere of the Gayming Awards 2026 just four weeks away, we’re excited to also reveal that games and entertainment industry veteran Darion Lowenstein will be honored with the Gayming Icon Award, and drag legend Trixie Mattel will be presented with the new LGBTQ+ Content Creator Superstar Award, sponsored by Logitech G.
Darion Lowenstein is a veteran gaming executive and CEO of Secret Code, with nearly three decades of experience and leadership roles at Rockstar Games, Activision, Electronic Arts, Scopely, and Gamblit Gaming, helping bring over 90 games to market with more than $9 billion in lifetime revenue. A passionate LGBTQ+ advocate, he has supported GLAAD’s work in games since 2017, helping establish GLAAD Gaming, and is a sought-after speaker at GDC, Comic-Con, and DICE, with features in The New York Times, Bloomberg, and Game Informer.
“Representation isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s the difference between someone feeling like they exist in this world or they don’t,” said Darion when asked about the importance of LGBTQ+ representation in gaming.
A drag superstar turned digital mogul, Trixie Mattel rose to international prominence through RuPaul’s Drag Race and All Stars before expanding into award-winning podcasts, YouTube, Twitch and the gaming space, proving that queer creators can dominate digital content platforms, build loyal communities, and monetize authenticity without compromise. Her content has become a blueprint for unapologetic, community-driven queer digital entrepreneurship, inspiring a new generation of LGBTQ+ content creators.
Trixie Mattel said: “Video games have been with me since I was 5 years old and, in a way, were my first deep love. The art and storytelling of games has been with me longer than the art and storytelling of my drag.”
Tune in on June 8th at 7pm PT on WOW Presents Plus to see both of these icons accept their awards on the show.
With over 60 nominees competing across 14 award categories, the Gayming Awards promises an unmissable celebration of geek culture. Throughout the show, special guests will be appearing in exclusive segments, adding their own unique flair to the evening.
Opening the show as the Dungeon Master of Chaos in a D&D-style cold open foreshadowing the epic night that is to follow, Alex Stompoly guides our hosts on their quest as the two prepare to do battle with golden envelopes, guided only by the teleprompter of truth.
Farrah Moan will be showing off a new set of skills as she builds a gaming PC from scratch, proving that she’s not just a beauty, she’s got the brains too. Under the expert guidance of Leslie Pirritano, CEO of Prisnodo, Farrah builds and autographs a high-spec gaming PC which one lucky viewer will be in with a chance of winning, courtesy of online PrEP and doxyPEP provider, Q Care Plus.
Rock M Sakura joins Dawn for a segment dedicated to discussing the most important issues of the games industry, ranking hot video game characters! These two thirsty queens lap up all the hotness and reveal possibly too much about their personal tastes in a mini ‘award-show-within-an-award-show’ called The Thirsties.
Lastly, the Gaymer Guys are set to return to the airwaves for the first time in seven years having previously aired for three seasons on WOW Presents YouTube, ending in 2019. In a segment called the Gaymer Guys Reunited, Chase Kolozsi and Evan Michael Lee are back with their unique brand of humor as they take a sideways look at the world of games.
The Gayming Awards will premiere Monday, June 8th, 2026 at 7pm PT / 10pm ET exclusively on WOW Presents Plus with highlights from the Awards being shared across Gayming’s social media accounts.
For more information on everything Gayming Awards, head to gaymingawards.com and follow Gayming Magazine on all socials @gaymingmag
