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An LGBTQ+ focused sci-fi, fantasy, and horror convention in Minneapolis, MN • October 3-5, 2025

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If you can't make the whole weekend at #Gaylaxicon2025, day rates are still available for Saturday and Sunday at gaylaxiconmn.org
Illustration of a cityscape frames the text “DAY RATES AVAILABLE. Saturday, October 4: $50. Sunday, October 5: $25.”
October 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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#Gaylaxicon2025 starts TODAY! We’re kicking things off at 1 pm. Visit gaylaxiconmn.org for the full program and to register if you haven’t already! Hope to see you all there!

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Gaylaxicon 2025: October 3-5, 2025 Crowne Plaza Suites, Minneapolis/MOA. Guests of Honor: Nghi Vo, Emma Törzs, Jim Johnson, K.D. Edwards, and Greg Ketter. Celebrate LGBTQ+ stories in sci-fi, fantasy, and horror with guests, panels, gaming, and community fun.
October 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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We had a wonderful evening with the #Gaylaxicon2025 guests of honor at DreamHaven Books! Thanks to all who attended and made the evening special.

The convention is less than a day away and there are just a few hours left to save $5 on a full membership. Be sure to register at gaylaxiconmn.org
Nghi Vo, K.D. Edwards, Emma Törzs, Greg Ketter, and Jim Johnson inside DreamHaven books.
October 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Our annual Chocolate Symposium is this Saturday, Oct. 4 at 3 pm! Gaylaxicon will supply an array of chocolates. Stop by the ConSuite and bring your favorite chocolates to share!

Find our full programming for #Gaylaxicon2025 at www.gaylaxiconmn.org#preview
“Chocolate Symposium” with illustrations of chocolate bars and cocoa plants.
September 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Dine and mingle with #Gaylaxicon2025 Guests of Honor at our Friday Banquet (October 3). Tickets are $40 for convention members and enter you for a chance to win door prizes. Register at gaylaxiconmn.org
Menu for the Friday Banquet. Starters are Anti-pasta salad: vegan and gluten free; Mixed green salad: vegan and gluten free. Entrées are Butternut squash ravioli: vegetarian; Broiled walleye: gluten free; Wild rice stuffed chicken. Sides are Roasted seasonal vegetables and Yukon gold mashed potatoes: all sides are vegetarian and gluten free. Dessert is the Chef’s selection.
September 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Can’t make the whole convention? Day rates are now available for #Gaylaxicon2025! Register for the full convention or by day at gaylaxiconmn.org
Illustration of a cityscape frames the text “DAY RATES AVAILABLE. Friday, October 3: $40. Saturday, October 4: $50. Sunday, October 5: $25.”
September 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: E.M. Hamill is a writer of #queer #scifi & #urbanfantasy. Their novel Peacemaker was a finalist in the BookLife Prize for Fiction. Whiskey and Warfare was runner-up in the LesFic Bard Awards & a top-four finalist in the Self-Published Science Fiction Competition.

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Photo of Elisabeth Hamill on a multicolor space background. Book covers for the award-winning Whiskey and Warfare; the Dalí Tamareia Missions series, including Dalí, Peacemaker, and Third Front; Nectar and Ambrosia; and Impact.
September 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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#Gaylaxicon2025 is kicking off with a free event open to the public, featuring our guests of honor! Join us for the early release of Nghi Vo's A Mouthful of Dust, plus rapid-fire readings with Emma Törzs, K.D. Edwards, and Jim Johnson.

🗓️ Thursday, October 2 at 7 pm
📍 DreamHaven Books & Comics
“EARLY BOOK RELEASE” banner above a photo of Nghi Vo and a book cover for her latest novella in the Singing Hills Cycle, A Mouthful of Dust. Event details are included: “7 pm Thursday, Oct 2 at DreamHaven Books, 2301 E 38th St, Minneapolis, MN 55406. With guests of honor: Nghi Vo, Emma Törzs, K.D. Edwards, Jim Johnson, Greg Ketter”
September 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Dax Schwartz is the author of the novels Superpowers, a Nebula finalist, & Gooseberry Bluff Community College of Magic. They also write short stories & nonfiction and are currently writing a #mystery novel with an #autistic, #nonbinary detective in Minneapolis.

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Photo of Dax Schwartz on a rainbow space background. Book covers for the novels Superpowers and Gooseberry Bluff Community College of Magic. Additional covers for Uncanny Magazine, Glitter & Mayhem, and Interfictions 2: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing.
September 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Lee Brontide is an artist, author, and therapist from St Paul. After a decade in indie comics, they now write novels about family, disability, trauma, and queerness. Their #YA #sci-fi series includes the novels Secondhand Origin Stories and Names in Their Blood.

#Gaylaxicon2025
Photo of Lee Brontide on a space background. Book covers for Secondhand Origin Stories and Names in Their Blood alongside the text “The first two books in the series Second Sentinels”. Additional covers for the comic anthologies The Sleep of Reason and Oath.
September 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Haddayr Copley-Woods is a #Minneapolis writer, radio commentator & essayist. Her stories have been published in Apex, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Uncanny Magazine, & Best American Erotica. She writes #darkfantasy & #horror short stories on #disability & queerness.

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Photo of Haddayr Copley-Woods on a blue and gold space background. Covers for Uncanny Magazine, Best New Romantic Fantasy, Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Apex Magazine.
September 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Joe, aka J.M. Lee, is a #Minneapolis writer best known for his television, novels & comics within the world of Jim Henson's #TheDarkCrystal. He teaches on world building, magic systems, and constructed languages. His most recent novel is The Nightland Express.

#Gaylaxicon2025
Photo of Joe on an orange and purple space background alongside book covers for The Nightland Express and several books within The Dark Crystal universe, including: Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal Author Quest, Songs of the Seven Gelfling Clans, and Books 1 through 4 of The Dark Crystal Series that is “Also a Netflix Original series”.
September 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Stephanie Burt is the Donald and Katherine Loker Professor of English at Harvard, where she teaches classes on sci-fi, comic books, #poetry, being #queer & trans, and Taylor Swift. Her most recent books are Super Gay Poems and We Are Mermaids.

#Gaylaxicon2025 #comicbooks #scifi
Photo of Stephanie Burt on a blue and violet space background. Book covers for We Are Mermaids, For All Mutants, Don’t Read Poetry, Super Gay Poems, and Taylor’s Version.
September 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Watt started making small watercolor zines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their tabletop RPG writing creates a venue to explore existential anxiety, body horror, climate change, and connect with friends.

Register at gaylaxiconmn.org

#Gaylaxicon2025 #TTRPG #zines
Photo of Watt and Cloud Empress book covers, including the Rulebook, Last Voyage of the Bean Barge, Land of Cicadas, and a collection of five additional RPG books.
September 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Rachel Gold is the author of multiple award-winning #queer & #trans YA novels. Their debut novel, Being Emily, was the first #YA novel to tell the story of a transgender girl from her perspective. Rachel is a nonbinary lesbian, all-around geek and avid gamer.

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Photo of Rachel Gold on a red, orange, and violet space background. Book covers for Just Girls and its sequel Nico & Tucker, My Year Zero, and Being Emily next to the text: “Winner of the Golden Crown Literary and Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards. Lambda Literary Award finalist.”
September 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Kelly Barnhill received the Newbery Medal in 2017 for her novel The Girl Who Drank the Moon. She has made the NY Times Best Seller list & the Indie Bestseller list. She is the author of When Women Were Dragons, The Witch’s Boy, and Iron Hearted Violet.

#Gaylaxicon2025 #SFFH #YA
Photo of Kelly Barnhill on a magenta and green space background. Book covers for The Girl Who Drank the Moon and When Women Were Dragons alongside the text: “Winner of the Newbery Medal. World Fantasy Award winner and New York Times Best Seller list”. Additional book covers for Iron Hearted Violet, The Witch’s Boy and The Mostly True Story of Jack.
September 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Eleanor Arnason is a #Minnesota author whose work often depicts cultural conflict & change, and characters who seldom live by their societies' rules. Her novel A Woman of the Iron People won the 1992 Mythopoeic Award and the very first Otherwise Award in 1991.

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Photo of Eleanor Arnason on a purple and blue space background. Book covers for A Woman of the Iron People, Ring of Swords, and Hwarhath Stories alongside text that reads: “Winner of the Otherwise, Mythopoeic, and Minnesota Book Awards. Galactic Spectrum and HOMer Award winners. Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award nominees.”
September 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Adam Stemple is an award-winning author, poet, & musician. Like many authors, his life experience is broad and odd, and it also includes 20 years spent on the road as a musician. His works range from children’s literature and YA, to #SFFH novels, poetry & music.

#Gaylaxicon2025
Photo of Adam Stemple on a dark space background alongside book covers for Singer of Souls and Steward of Song, Deed of Empire, and Bad Company and Company Men. Text reads “winner of the Minnesota Music Award”.
September 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: C.M. Alongi is a #scifi #fantasy author and content creator from the #TwinCities. She's best known for her TikTok series CaFae Latte. The book based on that series, Heart of Iron, comes out Oct 7! Her 2023 novel Citadel was nominated for a Minnesota Book Award.

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Close-up photo of C.M. Alongi holding a sword on a blue and purple space background. Book covers for To Kill a Necromancer, The Witch Who Trades with Death, and Citadel with the text “Minnesota Book Award nominee.” Additional book cover for Heart of Iron with the text “Based on the TikTok series CaFae Latte, ‘Heart of Iron’ comes out on October 7, 2025”.
September 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Gaylaxicon 2025 is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and welcoming convention experience for all attendees and guests. To support our Boldly Inclusive mission, masks will be required in all convention spaces. More information can be found at www.gaylaxiconmn.org/covid-19-saf...
“Masks required in all convention spaces: high quality masks are strongly encouraged” on a white, pink, and light blue background. Illustrations of KN94 and KN95 masks alongside written examples of high-quality masks, including “N95, KN95, KN94”.
September 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Lyda Morehouse is a Shamus Award winning author who came out as a lesbian in the 80s, remade herself as the best-selling #paranormal author Tate Hallaway, and recently published Welcome to Boy.Net in her own name.

Register for #Gaylaxicon2025 at gaylaxiconmn.org
Photo of Lyda Morehouse on a rainbow space background. Book covers for “Welcome to Boy.net”, the duology comprising “Tall, Dark & Dead” and “Dead Sexy”, and the five-book series beginning with “Arcangel Protocol”. Text reads: “winner of the Shamus Award”.
September 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Naomi Kritzer is a Locus, Hugo, Nebula, and Lodestar award-winning author. Her first duology featured a lesbian protagonist and her YA duology, starting with Catfishing on CatNet, centers #neurodivergent #queer youth.

Register for #Gaylaxicon2025 at www.gaylaxiconmn.com
Photo of Naomi Kritzer on a multicolor space background. Book covers for Kritzer’s duologies: “Fires of the Faithful” and “Turning the Storm” and “Chaos on CatNet” and “Catfishing on CatNet”. Text reads “winner of the Lodestar, Nebula, and Hugo Awards”.
September 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Time is running out! Book a room at📍Crowne Plaza Suites MSP Airport - MOA by 🗓️ Friday (9/12) to reserve a spot in our #Gaylaxicon2025 room block and get special pricing rates.

Book today at www.gaylaxiconmn.org#hotel
Photo of Crowne Plaza Suites exterior with text “Book your room today! Crowne Plaza Suites MSP Airport - MOA, 3 Appletree Square, Bloomington, Minnesota 55425” alongside the dates of the convention “October 3-5”.
September 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Miss Shannan Paul is a comedian, host, and professional chaos-wrangler. Join us Saturday, Oct. 4 for her live show Comedy Through the Chaos: Cabaret Edition — Out & Outrageous for an evening of #fandom, inclusion, and laughs at #Gaylaxicon2025!

Register at www.gaylaxiconmn.org
Photo of Miss Shannan Paul on a blue and yellow nebula background. Text reads “Miss Shannan Paul, Comedy Through the Chaos: Cabaret Edition - Out & Outrageous”.
September 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Register now at www.gaylaxiconmn.org to save $10 on your Gaylaxicon 2025 membership! From now through September 15, tickets are $80 for three days of #LGBTQ+ focused sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. Join us October 3-5 in Minneapolis, MN for a Boldly Inclusive #Gaylaxicon2025!
Gaylaxicon 2025 logo and tagline “Boldly Inclusive” on a light pink background. On a gradient pastel event ticket, text reads “Save $10 thru September 15. $10 off registration. Only thru September 15. Register now!” Gaylaxicon website is below: gaylaxiconmn.org
September 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM