Joshua Meadows hails from New York City but currently lives in Melbourne, Australia. A writer professionally, his work has covered a variety of topics from politics & LGBTI+ rights to video games. In the past he has been on staff with XY Magazine, GayGamer.net & had writing appear on websites like WoW.com. Heavily involved in LGBT activism, he founded a not-for-profit in NYC geared towards improving rights and representation for transgender and LGBTI+ individuals of colour. As a teenager he attended the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts and is also a classically-trained vocalist and pianist, having performed at Carnegie Hall when he was 18. He's presently the author of science fiction/fantasy episodic novel series, Iyetra. This series was a quarterfinalist in the 2012 'Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award' competition sponsored by Penguin Books.
Joshua's first video game, an interactive fiction title named Alcyone: The Last City, is in active development. Its highly successful crowdfunding campaign launched in April 2017.
As the founder of GX Australia, Australia's first LGBTI+ convention for geeks & gamers of all stripes, he's heavily invested in ensuring that gaming & geek culture is inclusive and accessible to everyone no matter their background or hobbies. He was also the principal organiser of Sydney Gaymers, the largest LGBTI+ gaming group in Australia and one of the biggest worldwide, until 2016. Since 2012, the not-for-profit has helped connect gaymers of a variety of ages, interests, and backgrounds with one another through various meetups, events, and competitions. The group has marched in the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade every year since 2013, debuting the first gaming float in the parade's extensive history. The group has received sponsorship and support from a number of mainstream developers and publishers such as Electronic Arts, Valve, and Ubisoft.
Joshua has been photographing professionally since 2012, and writing full time since 2008.
As the founder of GX Australia, Australia's first LGBTI+ convention for geeks & gamers of all stripes, he's heavily invested in ensuring that gaming & geek culture is inclusive and accessible to everyone no matter their background or hobbies. He was also the principal organiser of Sydney Gaymers, the largest LGBTI+ gaming group in Australia and one of the biggest worldwide, until 2016. Since 2012, the not-for-profit has helped connect gaymers of a variety of ages, interests, and backgrounds with one another through various meetups, events, and competitions. The group has marched in the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade every year since 2013, debuting the first gaming float in the parade's extensive history. The group has received sponsorship and support from a number of mainstream developers and publishers such as Electronic Arts, Valve, and Ubisoft.
Joshua has been photographing professionally since 2012, and writing full time since 2008.