While PAX continues to get queerer, given the sheer amount of content, it can be helpful to have a guide to point you in the direction of the best and brightest. So, following in our annual tradition, here is our totally unofficial queer guide for your enjoyment!
Built, buff and metrosexually styled — such is the dominant stereotype of what queer men should look like. Magazines, websites, image-based social media and dating apps contribute to creating idealized images of muscular and fat-free men’s bodies. Is it any surprise that body dissatisfaction has been reported to negatively influence queer men’s mental, emotional and sexual health?
While there are a lot of great pop culture cons to attend these days, there’s still one that tops them all. This week San Diego will be filled with an influx of enthusiastic fans of comics, movies, TV, and all sorts of pop culture to celebrate their love of all things geek.
Seattle Pride is coming up in a few weeks! There’s a ton of activities going on to celebrate, so we’ve put together a list of stuff suited to those who want to explore fantasy worlds, roll dice, and get to know people in a more cozy setting. Most events are free and all-ages unless otherwise specified. Event descriptions are taken directly from their event pages.
Queer Geek would love to do more events and be a resource for more people! We are all volunteers. We do as much as we can, but there’s plenty of room for growth. In fact, we have new venues excited to work with us, just waiting for us to come up with the right event idea and someone with the bandwidth to run something.
Emerald City Comic Con is just around the corner! Every year, comic and media lovers of all stripes flock to the convention center to see celebrities, browse merchandise, check out panels and play games. Whether you want to pony up for autographs, see your favorite voice-over actors read scripts in wacky voices, or meet your favorite creators, there’s something for everyone.
We’ve written about OrcaCon before, a mainstay in the local tabletop convention scene, and the largest tabletop gaming convention in the PNW. It’s since moved from Everett to the Bellevue Hilton, but still features a great selection of panels, industry guests, merchants, and, of course, games, games, games!
It’s time for our Totally Unofficial Queer Guide to PAX West 2018, the annual gaming convention at the Washington State Convention Center that draws thousands for an epic, glorious weekend of the latest video games, tabletop, music, costumes and all sorts of general nerdery.
One of the best parts about ECCC is the variety of diversity related panels and events to be found, especially panels featuring queer related content, as well as panels representing accessibility, race, and gender. Here are some of the best panels to be found on the list.
This year’s GeekGirlCon schedule is jam packed with panels, events and meetups, so we’ve picked out a selection that go a little further down the diversity path, addressing race, gender, and/or sexuality in the world of geek pop culture.
If you’re a member of the LGBTQ community and play games, whether tabletop, console or mobile, there’s a robust community and resources available to you. Local groups like Queer Geek! Seattle connect players via social media and through in-person events. Diversity-oriented conventions such as GaymerX and GeekGirlCon connect participants on a larger scale and help foster conversations on better inclusion
PAX West is coming up quickly! We publish this guide because digging through the list of panels to find LGBTQ-relevant content isn’t the easiest task. And amidst the parties thrown by huge gaming publishers, gaming news networks, and podcasts, there’s a few queer focused offsite events you need to know about. It’s time to fill you in.