Former professional Gears of War player Nick “Nickmercs” Kolcheff received his first ban from Twitch after using a transphobic slur during a recent stream, and committed yet another Pride Month with his annual anti-LGBTQ+ bullshit.
“Banned on Twitch for using the word ‘tranny,’” he said tweeted on June 28. “Apparently that’s a derogatory term. That’s on me. Next time I’ll use ‘mental disorder.'”
During Pride Month 2023, the FaZe Clan member criticized transgender rights protesters in Florida. tweet: “You should leave little kids alone.” It was a transphobic dog whistle with roots in the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” movement, which campaigned to ban people from acknowledging the existence of LGBTQ+ people in schools. Activision has withdrawn Kolcheff’s in-game skin out of call of Duty as a result.
While Kolcheff claimed in the past that he was not a fanatic, he recently said at one of his Fire ring Currents that “there are no transsexuals.” And just a week ago, he attacked MrBeast employee Ava Kris Tyson, a trans woman, for citing a video of Kolcheff defending Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm. newly emerged allegations that he had sent “sexting” to a minor on June 22. “‘Protect the children’ when someone is a loving parent, as opposed to when their son is currently facing SA allegations,” she wrote in a now deleted tweet.
“You should be ashamed,” Kolcheff replied“Leaving your wife and child to pretend. One day you will wake up and realize what you have done.”
MrBeast supported Tyson, calling her a great mother, while others criticized Kolcheff as a disingenuous loser. Kolcheff later backtracked on his support for Beahm when his colleague call of Duty Streamer admitted to exchanging “inappropriate” messages with an underage Twitch user. My city has asked Twitch for comment on Kolcheff’s ban and will update this story accordingly.
Update 08.07.2024 15:36 ET: Upon his return to Twitch after the ban, Kolcheff claimed he did not know that “slur” was a “derogatory” term. “They said it was like the fucking N-word, I didn’t fucking know that,” he said during the recent stream.
Kolcheff did not deny making intentionally transphobic remarks elsewhere during the stream. “I stand by everything I said,” he told his followers.
