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HavenCon may be over, but the LGBTQ+ spirit lives on! The official "unofficial" HavenCon page. RIP HavenCon 2015-2022.
Austin Bricks & Minifigs was a great vendor of past Havencon events. However, due to the behavior of BAM's CEO, we will not allow vending or sponsorship from any BAM store going forward. Should the Austin store break from corporate and go independent (and a name change), they'll be welcome back.
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Some of our crew gathered around our banner at our first Austin #PrideParade as #Havencon in 2015. #cosplay #spiderman #texas #austin #atx #convention #safespace #gaymer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #queer
Some of our crew gathered around our banner at our first Austin #PrideParade as #Havencon in 2015. #cosplay #spiderman #texas #austin #atx #convention #safespace #gaymer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #queer
Some of our crew at our first Austin #PrideParade as #Havencon in 2015. #texas #austin #atx #convention #safespace #gaymer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #queer
Some of our crew at our first Austin #PrideParade as #Havencon in 2015. #texas #austin #atx #convention #safespace #gaymer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #queer
Here's a look at the banner we used at our first #PrideParade as #Havencon in 2015. #texas #austin #atx #convention #safespace #gaymer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #queer
Did someone want photos of #Spiderman? Here you go! He was with us at our first #PrideParade as #Havencon. #cosplay #texas #austin #atx #convention #safespace #gaymer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #queer
Flashback to the very first #PrideParade that #Havencon attended in August 2015. Our furry mascot, Haven, didn't exist yet, but we were joined by this #furry friend. #texas #austin #atx #convention #safespace #gaymer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #queer
Flashback to the very first #PrideParade that #Havencon attended in August 2015. #texas #austin #atx #convention #safespace #gaymer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #queer #furry
relooted is being made by a team of developers from numerous african countries, but only its white south african creative director was able to demo it to summer game fest attendees. this was most certainly not always the plan
![“At least three people before me in the queue were denied without having their documents looked at,” they said. “In fact, as I left the consulate, someone else who had their visa approved with no issue, who had no travel history and did not provide concrete travel plans, asked me if I noticed what was happening inside. You can probably guess what the main difference between myself and this other applicant is.”
Myres believes he was only able to attend SGF on behalf of Nyamakop because of his unique history: While he was born in Australia, his parents moved to South Africa when he was just six months old. Due to their histories and his own, he possesses an Australian passport, a South African passport, and a British passport. This has repeatedly come in handy for Nyamakop, which – even prior to the past few years’ documented increase in refusal rates of visas from African countries – faced difficulties when it came to visiting Western countries.
"We had the same problem on our previous project where, if I didn't have a British passport, basically our company wouldn't exist,” Myres told Aftermath. “Because if you don't have enough lead time to go to important events, you just can't get a visa from an African country. And on [Relooted] specifically, it's kind of fucked up to be making a game about reclaiming African artifacts that are in Western countries, and Africans [on the team] can't even visit those artifacts. Hundreds of dollars in visa application fees, and then it might get declined. Thousands of dollars for accommodations and flights just to even visit your own cultural heritage, and that's a best-case scenario. But in this case, most of the people on the continent can't even get a visa to travel [to the United States]."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5gdejlhcswjbzraadoltdpps/bafkreihle42aqaz7bqvfvn7m73hajdyp6cn4tfmzjyy2anhrderhix56ru)
Aftermath@aftermath.site · last yr.How Relooted, a game about reclaiming African artifacts from Western museums, ended up being show by a white guy at Summer Game Fest aftermath.site/relooted-gam...
An awesome #StevenUniverse cosplayer at the #HavenCon 3 booth we had at #PaxSouth in 2017. #cosplay #texas #austin #atx #convention #safespace #gaymer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #queer
This great #cosplayer stopped by #HavenCon 3 booth during #PaxSouth 2017. #cosplay #texas #austin #atx #convention #safespace #gaymer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia
A #TeamFortress2 Scout takes a break from grabbing the brief case to take a photo at our #HavenCon 3 booth from #PaxSouth 2017. #texas #austin #atx #convention #safespace #gaymer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia
May the Fourth be with you! #starwars #resist #rebels #rebelalliance #theforce #jedi #texas #austin #atx #convention #safespace #gaymer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia
Check out this DVa #cosplayer from our #PaxSouth #Havencon booth in 2017. #overwatch #cosplay #texas #austin #atx #convention #safespace #gaymer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia
This person brought the kind of energy we need these days! Photos from 2017 #PaxSouth at the #HavenCon booth there. #pride #transrights #texas #austin #atx #convention #safespace #gaymer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia
(Queer) love is in the air, and so is this year’s Pride event! We’re thrilled to announce that Pride The Hague will return this year on May 16th & 17th to continue celebrating the power of community, visibility, and love in all its forms. #LGBTQ #Pride #netherlands