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Gaylaxicon is a recurring science fiction, fantasy and horror convention that focused on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender topics. It has taken in various locations in the United States and occasionally Canada, often on the East Coast.

Started in 1988 in Provincetown, Massachusetts, Gaylaxicon was organized by member organizations of the Gaylactic Network. The Gaylaxian Science Fiction Society (GSFS) was the New England–based chapter of the Network, which organized the original convention.

The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards were sometimes awarded at Gaylaxicon and were instituted by the organisers of the conference. They are now managed by the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council, an independent organization.

Contents

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  1 Origins
  


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  2 Spectrum awards
  


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  3 Past conventions
  


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  4 See also
  


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  5 References
  


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  6 External links
  

Origins

Main article: Gaylactic Network

Gaylaxicon was organized by member organizations of the Gaylactic Network.^[1] The Gaylaxian Science Fiction Society (GSFS) is the New England–based chapter of the Network, which organized the original convention in Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1988. ^[2]

Spectrum awards

Main article: Gaylactic Spectrum Awards

The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards are given to works of science fiction, fantasy and horror that explore LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) topics in a positive way. Established in 1998, the awards were initially presented by the Gaylactic Network, with awards first awarded in 1999 at Gaylaxicon. In 2002 the awards were given their own organization, the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Foundation.^[3]

The results were generally announced and presented at Gaylaxicon, although they have also been presented at Worldcon in the past.^[4][5]

Past conventions

Year	Location: Town	Location: State	Guest(s) of Honor: Author	Guest(s) of Honor: Other	Note	Refs.
1988	Provincetown	Massachusetts	J.F. Rivkin	—	Gaylaxicon '88, 90 attendees	[6]
1990	Tewksbury	Massachusetts	Melissa Scott	Hannah M.G. Shapero (artist)	Gaylaxicon '90, 130 attendees	[6]
1991	Tewksbury	Massachusetts	Samuel R. Delany	Hannah M.G. Shapero (artist)	Gaylaxicon '91, 245 attendees	[6]
1992	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Tanya Huff	Tristan Alexander (artist)	Gaylaxicon IV, 360 attendees	[6]
1994	Rockville	Maryland	Jewelle Gomez	Tom Howell (artist) Forrest J Ackerman (special guest)	Gaylaxicon V, 350 attendees	[6]
1995	Niagara Falls	New York	Don Sakers	Heather Bruton (artist)	Gaylaxicon VI, 180 attendees	[6][7]
1996	Burlington	Massachusetts	Ellen Kushner Delia Sherman	Colleen Doran (artist)	Gaylaxicon VII, 342 attendees	[6]
1997	Marlboro	Massachusetts	—	—	Gaylaxicon Lite '97, 90 attendees	[6]
1998	Troy	Michigan	Anne Harris	Kurt Erichson (cartoonist) Frank Gembeck, Jr. (artist)	Gaylaxicon 8, 60 attendees	[6]
1999	Arlington	Virginia	Diane Duane	Nancy Janda (artist) Jean-Pierre Dorleac (special guest)	Gaylaxicon 1999, 303 attendees, the 10th Gaylaxicon	[6][8]
2000	Arlington	Virginia	Fiona Patton	Nan Fredman (artist)	Gaylaxicon 2000, 265 attendees	[6][9]
2004	San Diego	California	David Gerrold	Joe Phillips (artist) Virginia Hey (actor, Farscape)	285 attendees	[10]
2005	Boston	Massachusetts	Lois McMaster Bujold	Phil Jimenez (artist: Star Trek: Hidden Frontier)	250 attendees	[11]
2006	Toronto	Ontario (Canada)	Nalo Hopkinson	Ellen Muth (actor) Richard Arnold (media) Michael Rowe (editor)	Gaylaxicon 2006	[12][13][14]
2007	Atlanta	Georgia	Jim Grimsley	Georges Jeanty (artist)	Other guests: David Gerrold, Joe Haldeman, Steve Berman, Toni Weisskopf, James Cawley, David B. Coe	[14][15]
2008	Bethesda	Maryland	Geoff Ryman	Alicia Austin (artist)		[14][16]
2009	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Margaret Weis	Andy Mangels Lawrence Schimel Terrance Griep	Gaylaxicon 2009, 313 attendees	[17][18]
2010	Montreal	Quebec (Canada)			Canceled [19]	[20]
2011	Atlanta	Georgia	n/a (Wayback of Outlacon website lists guests, but only three GoHs)	Amber Benson (GoH)[21] Don Schermerhorn and Wayne Hergenroder (fan GoHs)[22]	May 13 to 15. Hosted as part of Outlantacon.	[23]
2012	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Kyell Gold	Gary Russell (Writer/Producer) Lyda Morehouse (Writer) Barbara Schulz (Artist)	Gaylaxicon 2012, unknown attendees	[24]
2014	Atlanta	Georgia	Philip Bonneau		May 2–4	[25]
2016	Minneapolis	Minnesota			unknown	[26]
2018	Atlanta	Georgia			May 11-13 Outlantacon/Gaylaxicon 2018 attendance unknown	[27]

See also

• 
  LGBT portal
  


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  Speculative fiction portal
  

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  Homosexuality in speculative fiction—including science fiction


• LGBT themes in comics


• List of science fiction conventions


• Lambda Literary Awards winners and nominees for science fiction, fantasy and horror

References

1. 
   ^ Gaylactic Network Yahoo groups page
   


2. 
   ^ Gaylaxian Science Fiction Society official web site
   


3. 
   ^ "About the Gaylactic Spectrum Award". Gaylactic Spectrum Award Foundation. 2000–2008. Retrieved 2008-11-14..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


4. 
   ^ "Books and Publishing June 1999". Locus Publications. 2003. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
   


5. 
   ^ "News Log July 2003". Locus Publications. 2003. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
   


6. 
   ^ ^abcdefghijk "Gaylaxicon Photo Album - Master Index". Fanac.org. 2009-01-04. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
   


7. 
   ^ Gaylaxicon 1995 Badges
   


8. 
   ^ Gaylaxicon 1999
   


9. 
   ^ Gaylaxicon 2000 on the 1999 web site
   


10. 
    ^ Gaylaxicon 2004
    


11. 
    ^ Gaylaxicon 2005
    


12. 
    ^ Gaylaxicon 2006
    


13. 
    ^ Gaylaxicon 2006 Sampler web page
    


14. 
    ^ ^abc Gaylaxicons Yahoo Groups page
    


15. 
    ^ Gaylaxicon 2007
    


16. 
    ^ Gaylaxicon 2008
    


17. 
    ^ Gaylaxicon 2009
    


18. 
    ^ Gaylaxicon 2009 Yahoo Groups page
    


19. 
    ^ 2010 Gayaxicon redirected website Accessed April 12, 2010.
    


20. 
    ^ Gaylaxicon 2010
    


21. 
    ^ Wayback Machine 2011 May 11 archive of Outlacon main webpage
    


22. 
    ^ Wayback Machine 2011 July 25 archive of Gaylaxicon 2011 Guests webpage
    


23. 
    ^ Gaylactic Network Gaylaxicon Page Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
    


24. 
    ^ Gaylaxicon 2012
    


25. 
    ^ http://www.outlantacon.org
    


26. 
    ^ Rhode, Jason. "Outlantacon/Gaylaxicon Celebrates Geek, Gay Culture" Georgia Voice May 14, 2018
    


27. 
    ^ Rhode, Jason. "Outlantacon/Gaylaxicon Celebrates Geek, Gay Culture" Georgia Voice May 14, 2018
    

External links

• The Gaylactic Network


• The 2004 Gaylaxicon site


• The 2005 Gaylaxicon site


• The 2006 Gaylaxicon site


• The 2007 Gaylaxicon site


• The 2008 Gaylaxicon site


• The 2009 Gaylaxicon site


• The 2010 Gaylaxicon site


• The 2011 Gaylaxicon site

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