and broadcast worldwide through streaming platform Twitch on February 24, 2021. Tell Me Why was also awarded the Authentic Representation Award for its depiction of LGBT characters. Tyler also received a nomination for "Best Character" by the Pégases Awards. Alongside Erica Lindbeck as Alyson, Black earned a co-nomination for "Outstanding Performance in a Drama, Lead" by the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers' (NAVGTR) awards program honoring video game art, technology, and production in 2020. Analysis As part of their featured article about how Tell Me Why handles the issue of transgender representation through Tyler Ronan, GamesIndustry.biz interviewed a number of industry professionals who identify as transgender. Former games journalist Io Brindle said she was "pleasantly surprised" that Tyler experiences "remotely corresponds to trans people's actual experience". She appreciated how elements of his gender identity, life and history were presented simply as a story aspect which never dominates the wider plot or being designated as its "ultimate truth", and neither is it trivialized as "incidental cosmetic detail". She explained that similarly, gender transitioning is a vital experience for transgender individuals, but is never the only thing that matters in their lives. Leon Killin from consultancy firm Balance Patch concurred with Brindle's view that Tyler's gender identity is successfully portrayed in a nuanced or realistic manner, and noted that there is sufficient "commonality" between his daily life and that of Tyler's depiction, which enriches the representation and made it feel authentic. He believed it would be difficult to further improve trans representation in the game without effectively rewriting Tyler as character. Crucially, Killin drew attention to the fact that Tyler is identified as transgender through the character's own words: players may encounter his "reminders to take testosterone shots and renew his prescription written on his wall calendar", or hear about "his self-directed discussions of binding and how he is considering chest surgery in the future". Killin pointed out that not all transgender experiences are uniform however, and said Tyler's seemingly ample access to a means of transition would suggest that transgender representation in Tell Me Why is "specifically for white, male-passing, trans men with a relatively smooth path by which to access their means of transition". Deitz said the question of memory, a major theme in Tell Me Why, is "doubly important" for Tyler as a member of a sexual minority, because "the issue becomes not only trusting but identifying