LGBT HQ is back at Awesome Con for our annual #LGBT programming and special events! This year we will be hosting 3 amazing panels; #BuffyAt20, Heroes Of Diversity: Spotlight on Latinx, and Sexuality In Cosplay: Nuff' Said. Saturday is also our 4th Annual Unofficial Awesome Con LGBT After Party, sponsored by Green Lantern Bar, Skin Tight USA events, and LGBT HQ, complete with our famous Costume Contest and raffle worth over $1,000 in prizes!
Come by the booth to pick up our custom "passport" br...
LGBT HQ is back at Awesome Con for our annual #LGBT programming and special events! This year we will be hosting 3 amazing panels; #BuffyAt20, Heroes Of Diversity: Spotlight on Latinx, and Sexuality In Cosplay: Nuff' Said. Saturday is also our 4th Annual Unofficial Awesome Con LGBT After Party, sponsored by Green Lantern Bar, Skin Tight USA events, and LGBT HQ, complete with our famous Costume Contest and raffle worth over $1,000 in prizes!
Come by the booth to pick up our custom "passport" brochure, with all your LGBT+ and diversity programming, vendor supporters, and a complete list of Pride Alley. Join us on Saturday at 5PM and Sunday at 3PM for our vendor raffle fundraiser. Donate $5 to LGBT HQ and draw a ticket to win a prize from vendors all over the convention floor. You could win anything from an action figure to T-Shirts to Key Blades and everything in-between.
Special guests and panelists include but are not limited to Matthew Levine Director of LGBT HQ, Battleboy Ryan, Jessica Crouse, Jazmine Cosplays, Shirley U. Jest, Paul Charles "The Gay Comic Geek", Dax Exclamationpoint and Kid Riot creators Nico Vasilo and Kevo Risse
(Panel Listings below are tentative. Time and location could be changed)
Friday, 2:30 - 3:15 PM, 204 ABC
Heroes Of Diversity: Spotlight on Latinx
Public Pop Culture figures from minority groups who overcame adversity, disability, and or prejudice to find success in their chosen fields. Explore how you can be a hero to a new generation by just being and living your true self.
Friday, 8:45 - 9:30 PM, 204 ABC
Sexuality in Cosplay: Nuff' Said
A focused and serious discussion about the acceptance of the influence of comics and Anime bringing sexuality into cosplay. Discuss how the more adult nature of pop culture has influenced comics, cosplay, movies, and pop culture and how do we judge between appropriate and inappropriate at comic cons, events, and nightlife parties. Talk with representatives from NYC nightlife, LGBT Organizations and cosplayers from all walks of life.
Saturday, 3:30 - 4:15PM, 202 A
#BuffyAt20
Since its premiere in March of 1997, Buffy The Vampire Slayer has become iconic and beloved in the sci-fi/fantasy genre, both as a character and series. In the twenty-plus years since it premiered, a lot has changed in the television landscape - and a lot of that is thanks in part to how progressive and often controversial Buffy was. Possible guests from Darkhorse Comics.
Saturday, 5:00 PM, Booth 1036
Mega Vendor Raffle Fundraiser
(Items donated by LGBT+ supporters at the con)
$5 Per Draw. You can draw as many times as you like, but you must get back in line to draw a new ticket.
Saturday, 9:00 PM - 2:00 AM
Unofficial Awesome Con LGBT After Party
The Green Lantern Bar, 1335 Green Ct NW
DJ Jerrbear, Hosted By Shirley U Jest and a Midnight Cosplay Contest and 2 Raffles Hosted By Shirley U. Jest and special appearances by Paul Charles "The Gay Comic Geek" and Dax Exclamationpoint
Sunday, 3:00 PM, Booth 1036
Mega Vendor Raffle Fundraiser
(Items donated by LGBT+ supporters at the con)
$5 Per Draw. You can draw as many times as you like, but you must get back in line to draw a new ticket.
Special Photo-Op Backdrop for social media. Great for cosplayers, con-goers, vendors, patrons, LGBT Allies and YOU! Tag the Frack' out of your pictures on social media, just include our handles too.