OutlantaCon
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| Convention | |
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| Name: | OutlantaCon |
| Dates: | 2009 - current |
| Frequency: | annual |
| Location: | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| Type: | relaxicon |
| Focus: | LGBTQIA+ |
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| Founder: | |
| Founding Date: | 2009 |
| URL: | https://www.outlantacon.org/ |
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OutlantaCon is an LGBTQ-focused sci-fi, pop-culture, and gaming relaxicon held in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]
In 2018, OutlantaCon was the host for Gaylaxicon.[2]
Also in 2018, the con added a "Culture & Activism" track to the programming:
This track formed as a spin off from the previous Fandom & Culture track. OutlantaCon recognizes the ever growing challenges faced by the LGBTQQIA community and created the C & A track in response to our family’s need for strength and unity. Creating “Safe Spaces” required a bit of ground work. It’s one thing to say “All are Welcome”, it’s another entirely to GIVE a voice and platform to other members of the community. The space we have created in our Culture & Activism track begins with working to know and understand what we all face in the nerdy LGBTQQIA family. Our family and community have become so diverse that often times it is our Fandoms and Geekiness are the only common ground we have to bring us all together. The idea was to take each letter of our community and set up panels dedicated to them, sharing information that will help us find common ground in our uncommon little world. [...] There is no ONE way to be Gay or Trans or Queer or Disabled. There is not a “right” way to be a fan, to suffer from mental illness, or to be an Ally. Creating this safe space means giving folks an opportunity to tell the rest of the family what they always wanted everyone to know about how they experience life through their identity. We want to expose the challenges faced inside and outside of the community. We hope to dispel the myths through real discussions that enlighten each other without fear of judgement.[3]
The con only invites industry guests who are out as LGBT or that are "allies producing queer material", such as Amber Benson who played Tara Maclay on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.[1] Other past guests include sci-fi authors Nicola Griffith[4] and Kayelle Allen[5][6], actor David Yost (Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers), game designer Andrew Greenberg (Fading Suns, Vampire: The Masquerade), and podcaster Darren Nowell.[7]
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- ^ a b Eric Starker (May 4, 2016). "Outlantacon: Queer Geeking In Hotlanta". Queerspace Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-04-20. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
We are a relaxicon. We are not huge and busy. Our people tend not to want autographs and pictures. They just want to meet them, say hi, and go back to the con parties and programming.
- ^ Jason Rhode (14 May 2018). "Outlantacon/Gaylaxicon Celebrates Geek, Gay Culture". Georgia Voice - Gay & LGBT Atlanta News. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ Ethan Tussey (2018). "OutlantaCon 2018 Safe Space Promo". Critical Commons. Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ^ Anders, Charlie Jane (June 10, 2009). "4 Authors We Wish Would Return To Science Fiction". io9. Archived from the original on 2021-02-14. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
I've just agreed to be a GoH at the Atlanta queer geekvent, OutlantaCon, next year.
- ^ "Come to OutlantaCon! May 2-4 Atlanta @outlantacon #LGBT #Scifi - Kayelle Allen". Kayelle Allen. April 29, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ^ "Meet SciFi Author Kayelle Allen: Book Exchange and OutlantaCon". Kayelle Allen. May 2, 2016. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ^ "OutlantaCon 2015". allevents.in. Retrieved April 8, 2019.