Tag: LGBTQIA+

New Appearance! Citrus Con 2023!

We’re over the moon to announce that we will be appearing at Citrus Con, a new online BL convention, this August! Details are on the Appearances page.

This will be a busy weekend. We have four shows to share with BL fans:

  • Fujin Family Feud
  • BL Wheel of Fortune
  • BL Against Humanity
  • Let’s Play LIVE!: The Jackbox Party Pack

The best part? Registration for the con is FREE! You can register for access to all the fun here.

Please remember! Citrus Con is an 18+ event. If you’re under 18, sit tight, we’ll be coming to many more cons in the coming months and years!

Supporting all of fandom: Update #2

Today we are updating our LGBT State Status page. We have found a new source of information to factor into our decision that allows us to put additional weight on state laws that greatly affect how conventions run (such as bathroom bans or banning wearing clothes that do not match your birth gender).

This is still an imperfect method, as it doesn’t yet take into account laws that are not officially on the books but that are being discussed. For example: although only one state has officially passed an “anti-drag” bill, many statehouses across the country are debating the issue.

We welcome your suggestions on how to refine and perfect our methods, including data sources we may have not discovered yet. Leave a comment below or use the Contact form.

An image of the "progressive pride flag" - on the left side is a white triangle, surrounded by chevrons of pink, light blue, brown, and black. This takes up roughly a third of the flag. The remainder of the flag is covered with six horizontal strips, each a color of the "traditional" pride flag (from top to bottom: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple).

Supporting all of fandom: An update

Sorry for the long radio silence. It turns out the surgery I had is known for being one of the most challenging to recover from. However, I am moving closer and closer to being able to return to full daily normal life in early June!

As I’m working to get back on my feet, I have been continuing to keep track of events unfolding regarding the slew of bills in various U.S. state legislatures limiting or banning basic rights for LGBTQIA+ people, especially our trans community

This means the states in which I will not be performing, attending, or staffing conventions in has grown dramatically. I am making a new page to keep track of states currently on the list, and hopefully celebrate when these laws are repealed.

URL for the current list is at: http://www.animegameshowparty.com/lgbt/

I am not doing this to punish cons for just being in a state with lawmakers who support these laws. I am doing this to tell conventions to raise up the voices that are most affected by these new policies. Conventions, no matter their size,  have a giant social media reach. Many put on annual charity events and can direct the donations to organizations who support trans and other LGBTQIA+ people and their fight to simply exist.

LGBTQIA+ folks are literally in the fight of their lives — especially trans people. We as a community, regardless of how we identify, have to work together to make it crystal clear that this is NOT the America that America wants,

Supporting ALL of fandom

In the past month, many state legislatures in the United States have begun debating bills that criminalize being transgender. There are several different versions of these laws, but the goal is the same. If passed, it would be illegal to present yourself in a manner that doesn’t match the gender you were given at birth.

Anime Game Show Party Studios will NOT support these laws in any manner.

We will NOT participate in any convention hosted in a state that signs these bills into law.

Conventions are supposed to be a place where everyone can be themselves. They’re made up of different groups that are bullied, ridiculed, and attacked in the greater population. Conventions are a place where they can be safe to be their true selves.

If a state will not allow that at its conventions, we cannot support that. Period.