Who is Biofrost?

• Vincent “Biofrost” Wang was born in China, but came to Canada at an early age. He is considered one of the best and most successful support players in US LoL of all time. He is known for his play with heroes like Thresh or Karma.
• Biofrost had his most successful time in League of Legends playing alongside ADC Doublelift on “Team SoloMid”, winning three consecutive US Championships in 2016 and 2017. However, after a disappointing 2017 Worlds, TSM completely revamped the team; they wanted to have success internationally as well. But that went wrong and the next championships were won by Team Liquid, where Doublelift had switched to.
• In 2019 Biofrost came back to TSM, they also got Doublelift again and TSM became champion again in the summer of 2020. In the meantime, however, Biofrost plays for Dignitas in the midfield of the LCS. TSM is in 2022, without Biofrost and Doublelift, again in a deep crisis.

Biofrost was afraid of losing his job if he came out

Here’s what Biofrost says now: In a May 7 post on Twitter, Biofrost talks about his experience as someone who is gay but is only now coming out at, 25 years old. He says:

“I’m gay. I’ve struggled with my identity all my life.”

Biofrost explains that even as a child he was confronted with not “acting like a girl” but pretending to be male. He was virtually bombarded with sexist remarks.

He always had to watch how he acted and that he didn’t “sound gay.” Nevertheless, he was constantly bullied and harassed at school. Biofrost says: No child should ever feel like they don’t belong.

When he went on to work in the gaming industry, it didn’t help:

“Almost every team I was on, I heard anti-gay comments, either from my teammates or the staff, and I felt uncomfortable. I was downright afraid of losing my job if I told the truth.”

Now, however, he says he is at a point in his life where he has accepted who he is.

But he is not an isolated case. The gaming industry is full of prejudice, sexism and homophobia. People in e-sports need to be educated to behave properly in the workplace. Everyone has to treat each other with respect.

He’s not making this announcement because he wants to share the details of his personal life with people or because he owes it to anyone, but because he wants to raise awareness about the issues the community is facing.

Community wholeheartedly supports Biofrost

Here’s how the reactions are: Many of Biofrost’s former companions from the LoL scene speak out and say how proud they are that their friend finds the courage to speak out like this:

• Former team manager Leena Xu writes, “We love you – no matter what, Vincent.”
• His former Botlane partner Doublelift writes, “You’ll always be one of my best friends and I’m so proud of you for posting it.”
• After just under 44 hours, the tweet has received more than 12,000 retweets and nearly 170,000 likes. BioFrost says he didn’t expect this amount of support.

Riot Games made recent attempts to create awareness and signal support for the LGBTQIA+ community in LoL. They made their mark here. However, not in all countries:

LoL proudly celebrates gays and lesbians – Except in Turkey, where you are not allowed: Problems around LGBTQIA+