Gaylaxicon 2009
October 9 - 11, 2009
Doubletree Hotel
Minneapolis - Park Place,
1500 Park Place Boulevard
St. Louis Park, MN 55416

Program Book Ads and Artwork
The Gaylaxicon 2009 publications team is currently accepting artwork and advertising for the convention program book. We have changed to a larger 8.5x11 book size, but our ad rates are staying the same. Ads are due by September 20. Early reservations are appreciated. Visit our program book page for more details, including ad rates and format requirements.

How Do We Get to the Hotel?
Whether you are traveling by plane, train, bus, or car, our new Getting to the Hotel page will give you the information you need.

You'll Look Fabulous in the Gaylaxicon
2009 Polo!
Or at least you will when you wear the Gaylaxicon 2009 polo. These limited edition polo shirts are only available for preorder. You can reserve your shirt through our online registration page. To guarantee we will have your shirt for you at the convention, please order by September 26th.

Parties
Parties, Parties, Parties! What's a Science Fiction convention without parties. If you want to host a party either Friday or Saturday evening (or both), please contact us. We have suites reserved overlooking the pool and atrium both nights right next to our hospitality suites for parties, and would love to have you highlight your event or organization by having a party at Gaylaxicon 2009. Don't want to host a party suite? Contact us about hosting an evening of one of our Hospitality Suites.

Social Media: 21st Century Digital Con!
Facebook, Twitter, Livejournal, Yelp, Digg... What do all of these have in common? Gaylaxicon! We've been using online social networking to help spread the word about Gaylaxicon, and you can help! Join our Facebook group, follow us on Twitter, write about us in your Livejournal (and become our friend there), Digg our website, and add us to your Yelp calendar, as well as talk us up on all the myriad sci-fi, fantasy, horror and comic book forums you're already a member of. Whether you're on Comic Book Queers or hang out in Wyvern City, online word of mouth will help make this convention even more successful! You can find links to all of our social network sites in the sidebar on the front page of the Gaylaxicon 2009 website. Help make our network even wider!

Registered Yet?
It's not too late to register for Gaylaxicon 2009. Our pre-registration deadline has been extended to September 25. Visit our registration page to register online, or to download a PDF of our registration form.

Get a Room!
It's not too late to reserve your room for Gaylaxicon 2009. The Doubletree Hotel Minneapolis-Park Place is still holding rooms for us. Visit the Doubletree's Gaylaxicon 2009 reservation page to reserve your room now! Our room block is open until September 17, so don't wait too long! By reserving your room through our room block you will help the convention meet its contract obligations and help to make this convention a success.

A Full Dealers Room!
We are happy to announce that our Dealers Room is now full! We'll have over 17 tables of geek shopping goodness for you, and we'll post a list of the dealers soon.

Art Show
We are looking forward to many artists displaying (and selling) their beautiful work in this year's Art Show! To review the rules and to see other details relevant to artists, visit our online Art Show information page. If you are interested in volunteering or have questions about participating, contact us via artshow@gaylaxicon2009.org. See you in October!

Need More Information?
Visit our website at www.gaylaxicon2009.org to find more information on guests, hotel, activities, and more!

One Month Until Gaylaxicon 2009
We are so close! After two years of planning, Gaylaxicon is nearly upon us. We have an exciting collection of guests and additional attending professionals, a growing list of interesting panels, and activities and events planned for the weekend. Read all about it in this PR!

We have two deadlines approaching. The first is September 17th when our hotel room block closes. Be sure to reserve your room soon. This greatly helps our convention meet its financial obligations, and it means you get to stay and party with the con all weekend! The second is our membership pre-registration deadline on September 25th. If you or your friends haven't registered yet, register now to beat paying the full at-the-door price. Don't delay, get your Gaylaxicon 2009 membership today!

Check Out Our Fantastic Guests!

Margaret Weis
Co-author of the original Dragonlance stories, and former book editor at TSR, Weis comes to us from southern Wisconsin. She continues to write with collaborator Tracy Hickman, and owns Margaret Weis Productions, LTD. Her other series include The Deathgate Cycle, Rose of the Prophet and Star of the Guardians.

Lawrence Schimel
Prolific writer and editor, Schimel currently resides in Madrid, Spain. A Lambda Literary Award winner, he has written and edited fiction, poetry, comics, as well as books on gender studies, sports and even a cookbook benefiting Meals on Wheels programs for AIDS patients. He was also a founding member of the Publishing Triangle.

Andy Mangels
Author, DVD feature producer, journalist and editor. He's written comics taking place in most of the major fan universes. Author of many guidebooks, and companions. Former editor for Gay Comics, he regularly writes columns for The Advocate, Star Trek Monthly, Just Out and Back Issue magazines.

Terrance "SpiderBaby" Griep
By day Terrance is a mild mannered (yeah right) writer of stories for magazines and comics. For DC, he's written stories that have included Superman, Batman, and Green Lantern, but he's best-known as a writer on the DC monthly, Scooby-Doo. However, by night (and weekends) Terrance transforms into professional wrestler, Tommy "The SpiderBaby" Saturday. As The SpiderBaby, Terrance, a multi-titlist, has been featured on TV, radio, and the Internet. The International Gay Outdoors Organization recently named him one of the Nine Toughest Gays in America.

Marc DeBauch
Minnesota artist Marc DeBauch has a long and interesting history. At the age of 23, he joined the sex cult of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh changed his name to Satyarthi, wore only red clothing, sold all of his worldly possessions, (except his paint brushes), and moved to India. When he returned to the USA in 1980, Marc began to paint turbulent landscapes and fantasy art, including homo erotic subjects. In 1995 Marc won first place in the Tom of Finland Emerging Erotic Artists Contest. Since then his art has been exhibited internationally and published in books as well as numerous new age and adult magazines. His interests include archeology, zoology, astrology, mythology, botany, and art history.

Other attending professionals
M. Nicholas Almand, Barth Anderson, Eleanor Arnason, Rob Callahan, Monica Ferris, Pam Keesey, Naomi Kritzer, Catherine Lundoff, Lee Martindale, Lois McMaster Bujold, Lyda Morehouse, Warren Rochelle, Don Sakers, Daniel Wallace

Events:

Meet the Pros
Friday Evening
Make sure you're available for our "Meet the Pros Reception" immediately following Opening Ceremonies on Friday evening. This will be your chance to hobnob with our Guests of Honor as well as all of the rest of our attending professionals in a casual atmosphere. Hot and cold hors d'oeuvres will be served, and a cash bar will be available.

Convention Banquet
Saturday Evening
We want to invite everyone to our fabulous Saturday evening buffet, served before the cabaret in the beautiful DoubleTree atrium. We will have pot roast, baked chicken, vegetarian lasagna, soup, salad and all of the accompaniments. We are asking only $20 for the buffet (although additional contributions are welcome to help defray the actual cost). Space will be limited, so sign up on-line at our web site to reserve your space. We will also accept cash reservations at the convention for any remaining spaces available. We look forward to a wonderful dinner with you.

Cabaret
Saturday Evening immediately following the banquet
Hosted by the fabulous — and slightly nasty — Glori Halleluiah, the Cabaret features comedy, drag, and musical performances by: the Rocky Horror performance troupe, Transvestite Soup, the magical stylings of Barbara Gordon; accordion orchestra drop-outs, The Bellowing Penguins; poet slammer, Wonder Dave; and other performers. The Cabaret will also feature a mini-masquerade for those of you who want to show off a great costume! Admission is included with your Gaylaxicon 2009 membership. If you are not attending Gaylaxicon 2009, the Cabaret tickets cost $15. Admission includes our delicious dessert bar. Cash bar will be available throughout the evening. Doors open at 7:30 PM, with performances running from 8-10 PM.

Program - Panelists Wanted!
Thanks to many suggestions we a have a pretty solid list of panel suggestions which you can find on the Gaylaxicon 2009 website. Please look this over and email programming@gaylaxicon2009.org if you are interested in being panelist or moderator or to suggest other ideas. Check back as the list will be refined over the next couple weeks before the schedule is locked. In your email please indicate which panels you'd like to be on and any times that won't work for you (such as Friday afternoon if that's your travel day). We are also looking to fill out a readings track for the schedule, so email if you'd like to be included. We need panelists to bring these ideas to life, so please step up and help create a great programming experience!

Gaming
The game room will be open all hours of the convention. Please feel free to come and sample the games in our game library. We are looking to offer games that people want to play. To implement that, we urge you to send in any gaming requests that you have so we can happily offer them to you. If you wish to run a game, please let us know and we will add it to our calendar. We look forward to serving you in your gaming needs.

Double Booked: Fallcon Details
If you are a comic book fan you might have noticed that Fallcon, the Minnesota Comic Book Association's annual fall show is the same weekend as Gaylaxicon 2009. As a special bonus to Gaylaxicon 2009 members, Fallcon has invited Gaylaxicon members to come to Fallcon for no extra cost. To get in, just show your Gaylaxicon 2009 badge! Fallcon runs from 10 am to 4 pm, Saturday and Sunday, October 10th and 11th in the the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand. More details about Fallcon can be found at fallcon.mncba.com. Check the site every week as more details are forthcoming! Anyone who enjoys a good comic show will love this convention!