Flame Con 2026 Programming Schedule

Queer RPG Library

Play Board Games with the Library!

Drop In Gaming

Shane Cherry Board Game Library

Queer Indie Video Games Showcase

Smash Bros. Bootcamp with Johto Jonny

RPG: Star Trek

RPG: Sleepaway

Gayme Chaynger: A Very Special Episode

Knight Life: Exploring and Crafting Queer Knight Tales

The Art of Drag Transformation: How makeup can be used to bring characters to life!

Corsetry 101: For Drag, Cosplay, and Fashion

Our Queer Stories

Comics Reading Comics

Royals vs. Rivals – Heated Rivalry and Red, White, & Royal Blue Meetup

Q&A with Queer Vox: Navigating the Voiceover Industry & Troubleshooting Auditions

Meet & Greet with Alice in Cosplayland (PearlPeony)

RPG: Escape From the City of Dreams

CEREBRO Presents: Did You Hear About Mimi Green?

What if We Were Gay and Both Dolls: Monstrous Play and Queerness

Comix Action

The Art of Coming Out: A Creative Writing Workshop

Signing with Cait Jacobs, Taylor Grothe, & Kallie Emblidge

10 Minute Queer Characters with 9th Level Games

Queer Modern Romance

Embodiment, Failure, and Trans Mechanics in Hades, Celeste, and Deltarune

Masculinization Tips for Cosplay!

Smash Tourney (“Ridley’s Treasure”)

Signing with K.M. Enright, Ryan La Sala, Emery Robin, & John Glynn

SPOTLIGHT: Kiana Khansmith with PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE I DON’T WANT TO BE A MAGICAL GIRL

Heated Rivalry Core & Flexibility Workout

Graymalkin Lane Podcast Presents: Mutant Fashion Review

Health & Fitness While Trans: An Exercise & Nutrition Q&A for the questions the fitness industry refuses to answer

RPG: Dungeons & Dragons: Humblewood

RPG: Stewpot

Q&A on Editing Comics with Tea Fougner

Story and Song: Celebrating THE ADVENTURE ZONE Graphic Novel

Queer Rage & Queer Joy: A Comics Reading Slideshow

Creatures of the Night: The Rocky Horror Picture Show at 50

Signing with Casey McQuiston, Page Powars, & Ally North (ARC Drop!)

On the Mic with Queer Voiceover

Kweendom LGBTQ+ Comedy (Oops! All-Geeks Edition)

Queer Takes on Classic Tales: Writing Retellings

Writing With Teeth

Featured Cosplayer Q&A

Boshi’s Challenge Triathlon

Queers Seeing Themselves: Marvel in the 1980s and 1990s

Queer Voices in Horror

Signing with Carey Pietsch, Benjamin Wilgus, Calista Brill, & Phil Jimenez

Designing Identity: Creating Diverse Marginalized and Minority Characters

Cosplay Contest

All Grown Up: Queer Comics for Adults

Roll the Dice: Dungeons & Dragons Meets Speed Dating (18+)

Portfolio Reviews with Erica Henderson, Kiana Khansmith, & Sara Gómez Woolley

RPG: Viva La QueerBar

RPG: Definitely Wizards

Sexual Gory-entation: Queering the Slasher Film (18+)

Working Together: Organizing Queer Anthologies of Writing and Comics (18+)

Signing with Nataly Gruender, Maddie Martinez, Jamie Flanagan, & Eric LaRocca

Queer Indie Video Games Showcase

Queer RPG Library

Play Board Games with the Library!

A Choral Performance by TRANScend

Graphic Pride: Celebrating BL, Yuri, & LGBTQ+ Manga with Kodansha

The Queer Happy Ending: Writing Queer Love Stories

Flamboyant Fiber Facial Hair

Discone Guided Mountain Climb

RPG: Voidheart Symphony

Learn to Play DnD

Signing with Drawfee!: Julia Lepetit, Jacob Andrews, Nathan Yaffe, & David Clarke

Behind the Scenes of Graphic Novel Publishing with Benjamin Wilgus & Gina Gagliano

Lolita Fashion 101

LGBTQ+ Representation in Comics for Youth

Posing for the Unposable

Awesome World Characters in 10 Minutes

Meet & Greet with Logan Stone

Drag Storytime with Drag Artists for Expression NYC!

Behind The Magic of Witch Hat Atelier with Coco (Anjali Kunapaneni) & Kodansha

Creep it Real: Stories for the Brave

Signing with Casey McQuiston, Zakiya Jamal, Micaiah Johnson, & Ryan La Sala

Ask An Agent: What You Should Know About Working With An Agent as an Indie Author or Comic Creator

Drawfee Live!

Queering the Hero

Zine Making

Meet & Greet with Diebreado Cosplay 

Discone Hide & Seek

Mutant Studies 101 LIVE: Understanding The Draco

Supa Soca: Liberation In Motion Experience (L.I.M.E.)

Whose Canon Is It Anyway?

Anime & Manga Meet-Up With Kodansha

Signing with Simón Estrada, Corinne Halbert, Mina Elwell, & Taylor Grothe

RPG: Big Gay Orcs

The Best in New Queer Graphic Novels

Queer Magic: Tarot and Divination

Queer Educator Meetup

Signing with Al Ewing, Anthony Oliveira, Jadzia Axelrod, & Phil Jimenez

X-Men Fan Meet-Up Team -Up

Cosplay Runway

Signing with Anjali Kunapaneni, Suzana Harcum, & Owena White