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FlameCon2019 Starts Tomorrow!!!
I AM so happy that I shall have the honor and pleasure of returning to FlameCon, the premier LGBTQ comic con, tomorrow, Saturday, August 17, 2019. This is the place to explore and learn about people of the LGBTQIAPlus Community who are life-long geeks, nerds, and who happen to have a direct connection to comic…
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Less Than Three Weeks to FlameCon 2019
I began writing this blog post on Sunday, July 28, and completed writing it on Saturday, August 3, 2019, exactly two weeks before the first day of FlameCon 2019. This year, I have the honor and pleasure of returning to attend FlameCon, the premier LGBTQ, or, rather, LGBTQIAPlus comic con! As you may recall, the…
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FlameCon 2018
For four years now, FlameCon, the premier LGBTQ Comic Con has been happening, and gaining momentum and fans. It has become the world’s largest Queer Comic Con, too. Intersetingly enough, for the first time in FlameCon’s history, it is being held in Manhattan, as opposed to Brooklyn. For those of you who are unfamiliar with…
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“Bear Your Soul: Summer Camp,” August, 2018
In the vast and ever-increasing diversity of the LGBTQIA+ Community, there is a group of Gay Men called “bears.” Bears are men who are hairy and husky, and usually above the age of thirty (and yes, I AM a Bear). Of course, there are variations on the theme. Slim, younger men, particular under the age…
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“Spirit of the Bear…”
This weekend, I have the opportunity to return to Rainbow Mountain Resort, a year-round, LGBTQ resort, located in the Pocono mountains, in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. I have the opportunity to participate in “Spirit of the Bear” a healing, transformative workshop co-created by the collaboration of PawedNYC and Bear Your Soul of Easton Mountain. “Spirit of…
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FlameCon 2017, Part I…
This was the third year for FlameCon, the premier LGBTQ Comic Con in NYC, taking place in the Borough of Brooklyn in NYC every time. In 2015, its first year, it was held at the Grand Prospect Hall. I remember seeing commercials for this place when I was a boy. And to think that I…
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Rainbow Book Fair 2017…
On Saturday, April 29, 2017 (exactly three weeks as of this writing), 12-6 PM, I have the honor and pleasure of attending the Ninth Annual Rainbow Book Fair. This shall be the second year the Rainbow Book Fair shall take place at John Jay College has been hosting the Rainbow Book Fair since 2015, and…
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FlameCon2, Part II…
Exactly seven days ago, on Sunday, August 28, 2016, I had the honor and pleasure of attending the second and final day of FlameCon2, which was the second annual Queer Comic Con. You can read my blog post about the very first FlameCon by visiting: FlameCon… And so, I was on…
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FlameCon2, Part I…
Exactly seven days ago, on Saturday, August 20, 2016, I had the opportunity to attend the first day of the second annual FlameCon, the NYC area’s first LGBT comic con. After finding out about the very first FlameCon, I knew that I would be attending FlameCon2. For those of you who may have missed it…