League of Legends Celebrates Pride Month for the Third Year Running — Dozens of Champions Officially Out, CN Server Players Unbothered: 'Tencent Won't Bring This Over'

It's June again, which means it's time for Riot Games' annual Pride Month content drop. League of Legends has officially revealed its 2024 Pride Month artwork and emotes, shipping with patch 14.11 and running through 14.12. This year brings new missions and a Pride-exclusive emote called "Unite," plus a parallel event in Teamfight Tactics (TFT).

While the NGA gossip board posted the announcement, the comments were surprisingly nonchalant. A top-voted reply pointed out: "This isn't LoL's first Pride rodeo — it's a foreign server thing, and the Chinese client will never ship these emotes." Another user added: "Riot does this all the time. But the CN server won't get it. Besides, LoL has its own mobile version — no need to port everything over."

What really ignited the discussion was a deep dive into champions' sexual orientations. A returning player was shocked: "Haven't played in years — Vi, Twisted Fate, and Graves are all gay?" Someone confirmed immediately: "Vi and Caitlyn, TF and Graves — all officially canon now." When someone brought up TF's couple skin with Evelynn, they got shut down: "That was just for show. TF's real partner is Graves now, and TF is the top."

But the real bombshell was the full roster rundown. One commenter catalogued the ever-growing list of confirmed LGBTQ+ champions: Leona and Diana are a lesbian couple, Neeko and Nidalee too, and Nami has both a boyfriend AND a girlfriend. Sett is officially pansexual, Taliyah is transgender, and K'Sante is... well, "his lore speaks for itself." The real kicker? K'Sante's launch featured Lil Nas X — an artist who, as one commenter put it, has "every buff in the book stacked on him." The commenter concluded: "If you really dig into it, LGBTQ+ representation is literally everywhere in this game."

Chinese server players, meanwhile, have perfected the art of not caring. One commenter summarized: "LoL has been pushing Pride content for ages now — this isn't news." Another nailed the elephant in the room: "Sure, there's real LGBTQ+ content, but it's a foreign company. Tencent has nothing to do with it." The unspoken consensus is crystal clear: Western servers get Pride Month, Chinese servers get radio silence, and everyone's cool with it because "Tencent knows the deal."

Of course, not everyone in the comments was zen about it. One player threatened to unleash every single ability in Sett's kit on "these you-know-whats" (using crude slang). Others roasted the emote art, saying it's ugly enough to "stink through the screen." One unlucky player even self-deprecatingly confessed: "LGBT plus Black — the most overpowered combo — and I pulled his skin from a chest." In the end, it's the same story every June: Riot runs its annual Pride campaign, CN server players watch from the sidelines with popcorn, and peace is maintained.