PRIDE ALLEY
Awesome Con has Pride! Awesome Con is proud to partner with Geeks OUT and Metro Weekly to present Pride Alley! A spotlight on queer creators and fans, Pride Alley will unite the LGBTQ+ activities happening around Awesome Con. Pride Alley features a dedicated section of Artist Alley and three days of panels and special events. Awesome Con is proud of all of our fans, guests, exhibitors, and artists – and we’re excited to continue the conversation as we celebrate and educate about the DC LGBTQ+ community.
PRIDE ALLEY EXHIBITORS
Museum of LGBT Culture and History Booth #2556
Head to the Museum’s booth for for free pronoun and pride stickers. They will be handing them out for free all weekend long! Plus, learn about their general history, their progress, projects they work with, other organizations, and ways to help. See 8 examples of the incredible free Pride stickers you can get at the Museum of LGBT Culture and History booth – 49 total designs to cover so many different types of pride!
Geeks OUT Booth #2550
Geeks OUT will be returning with tote bags, enamel pronoun pins, copies of their book Serving Pride, and a limited batch of their popular t-shirts. Plus they’ll be raffling out tickets to Flame Con throughout the weekend during the Pride Alley programming.
Capital Pride Booth #2554
The Capital Pride Alliance, through its stewardship of diverse programming and events, specifically year-round LGBTQ+ Pride festivities centered in Washington, DC and the National Capital Region, serves to celebrate, educate, support, and inspire our multi-faceted communities in order to grow and preserve our history and protect our rights for current and future generations.
The Capital Pride Alliance (CPA), located in Washington, DC, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the needs of the LGBTQ+ community all year long, through educational programs, major events, fundraising, outreach and advocacy, providing platforms for visibility, and supporting the work of our many community organizations and local businesses.
PRIDE ALLEY SPECIAL GUESTS
PRIDE ALLEY SPECIAL EVENTS
PRESENTING SPONSORS
Pride Alley is presented in partnership with Geeks OUT – a diverse and growing organization that rallies, empowers, and promotes the queer geek community. Geeks OUT is behind the awesome LGBTQ convention Flame Con, a two-day comic, art, and entertainment expo showcasing creators and celebrities from all corners of LGBTQ fandom. Flame Con’s been held in NYC since 2015 and invites geeks of all types to celebrate the diversity and creativity of queer geekdom and LGBTQ contributions to pop culture.
Pride Alley is presented in partnership with Metro Weekly. Metro Weekly has been a central part of Washington, DC’s gay and lesbian community since May 1994, and is now the largest and longest-running LGBTQ publication and website in the region. The print edition is published every Thursday. Metro Weekly is a glossy magazine read by more than 45,000 people in DC, Maryland & Virginia. Our news coverage is nationally recognized for producing lively feature stories, unique interviews, and coverage of current interests. Readers also turn to our magazine for its reliable community event calendars, nightlife guides, and to keep up with what’s new in the District’s rich arts and entertainment scene.
