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We’re excited to have you all for the biggest and best GaymerX event! This year has more programming than ever before so make sure you fill your schedules so that you don’t miss a thing!

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5:00pm PST

Badge Pickup (Th) San Jose Marriott

8:00pm PST

VIP Party featuring The Super Soul Bros! -- (VIP Ticket Required)LIMITED GX Ballroom A & BRobbie Benson • Jeff Benson

8:00am PST

Badge Pickup (F) San Jose Marriott

10:00am PST

Opening Ceremonies!LIMITED GX Ballroom A & BMatt Conn • Jennifer Hale • Toni Rocca Donor Lounge (Open for Donor Tickets) (F) Donor Lounge Unicorn Booty Press Lounge (Open for Press) (F) Unicorn Booty Press Lounge (3rd Floor)

11:00am PST

Expo Hall & Indie Space Open (F) GX Expo HallPhilip Jones Tabletop & Card Gaming Open (F) Tabletop & Card Gaming Room Golden Bay PKMN League Open (F) The Golden Bay PKMN GymSean M Brooks • George Diez • Jerel Hight • Minh Nguyen • Aaron Reynolds • Kevin Rich • Joshua Stephenson • Sky (GCPL Trainer) GX Arcade Open (F) The Arcade

12:00pm PST

How to Deal with Depression in the Games Industry GXTalks BZachary Snader Queer Gamers Coast to Coast GX Ballroom 2Matt Baume • James Morris Sneaky Tips to Boost Downloads, Increase Sales, and... Get Banned GXTalks APeter Heinrich Cynical Reasons to Diversify Your Cast GX Ballroom 1Anthony Burch POC Safe Space The Turing Room A & BTanya DePass

1:00pm PST

Gaymers: The Difference A 'Y' Makes GXTalks BPaul S. Nowak Make Your Own Damn Game GX Ballroom 1Rob Jagnow Introduction to Unity Game Development GX WorkshopTobiah Zarlez • Kat Harris • Adina Shanholtz Coming Out in the Game Industry GXTalks AMathew Anderson • Joe Carriker • David Gaider • Joe Perez • Donna Prior How To Give Your Best Job Interview GX Ballroom 2Richard Bannin

2:00pm PST

Finding The Fun Via Rapid Development~~ GXTalks BBritt Brady • Cullen Dwyer Make Your Body The Controller GX WorkshopKat Harris • Adina Shanholtz • Tobiah Zarlez We Need More Diverse Games, How To Get There? GX Ballroom 1Tanya DePass • Gil Almogi • Arthur Chu • Katherine Cross • Rachel Keslensky • DJ Kirkland How to Evolve Players to Fans GXTalks APeter Heinrich Not Just A Queer In Gaming GX Ballroom 2Gordon Bellamy • David Gaider • Molly Jameson • Wesley Schneider Ladies of GX3 Meetup The Turing Room A & BKnave Murdok

3:00pm PST

Being Queer in Games Journalism GX Ballroom 2Gil Almogi • Blake Peterson • Kevin Schaller • Nick Tan • Jessica Lj Vazquez Creating a Queer Game: The Story and Mechanics Behind Diverse Development GX Ballroom 1Mata Haggis • Joe Ortega Costumes, Cosplays, & You GXTalks BAi Rika • Kitty Stryker Podcast X Zone #3 GXTalks ARob Roberts • DJ Kirkland • Mario Raul • Captain Spike • Jaime Summers • Jason Toups Cherry's Triple-Glazed Donut Jam with Sprinkles, Part II GX WorkshopCherry Cupid

3:30pm PST

Non-Binary Safe Space/Hangout The Turing Room A & BDietrich Squinkifer

4:00pm PST

Gayme Design Declassified GXTalks BMickey Blumental • Allison Cole • Terry Fairfield Creating Queermunity: When Your Faves Are Problematic GX Ballroom 2Amber D. Garza • Avi Ehrlich • Sarah Godfrey • Hazel Newlevant • Ion O'Clast Journalists Discuss: Actual Ethics in Game JournalismLIMITED GX Ballroom 1Nick Tan • Gil Almogi • Ludwig Kietzmann • Sal Mattos • Carolyn Petit Getting Into Game Creation without Being in Game Creation GXTalks AKayla Bayens • Veve Jaffa • Jesseca Lee • Amber Roy

5:00pm PST

Bayo Studies: Year One -- A Deeper Look at the Bayonetta Series GX Ballroom 2Todd Harper • Katherine Cross • Gita Jackson • Maddy Myers Mental Health for Trans and Gender Non-Conforming Gamers GX Ballroom 1Serenity Sersecion • Joey Hannah Beneath The Surface: A Body Painting Panel GXTalks ABrandon McGill GTFO Screening: A Documentary About Women in Gaming GXTalks BShannon Sun-Higginson

6:00pm PST

Romance Options: Game Writing for Gay, Bi, and Straight Audiences GXTalks AKasey Van Hise • Jo Fu • Conrad Kreyling • Arden Ripley MidBoss Update Hour GX Ballroom 1Matt Conn • Philip Jones • Toni Rocca Streaming Your Queerness GX Ballroom 2Tanya DePass • DJ Kirkland • Adam Koebel • Dylan Zaner Building Inclusive Gaming Communities On & Offline GX WorkshopRobyn Exton • Sean Howell • Alan Patrick • Donna Prior

6:30pm PST

Justice Points Podcast The Turing Room A & BTzufit Allen • Apple Cider

8:00pm PST

Friday Night GaymerX ConcertLIMITED GX Combined Event SpaceRobbie Benson • Jeff Benson • The Doubleclicks • Sammus Music

8:30pm PST

Furoticon How-to-Play & Beginner Tournament The Turing Room A & BPenelope Owl

9:00am PST

Badge Pickup (Sa) San Jose Marriott

10:00am PST

Tabletop & Card Gaming Open (Sa) Tabletop & Card Gaming Room Donor Lounge (Open for Donor Tickets) (Sa) Donor Lounge Unicorn Booty Press Lounge (Open for Press) (Sa) Unicorn Booty Press Lounge (3rd Floor)

11:00am PST

Queering Your Company GX Ballroom 1Matt Boch Queer Youth Making Video Games (Maven) GXTalks BMonica Arrambide Unheard Voices GXTalks AKen Gagne • Shawn Alexander Allen • Tanya DePass • John James • Anna Tarkov Gaming In Color Screening GX Ballroom 2Philip Jones What's LARP got to do with it? The Turing Room A & BPeter Svensson Beginners Guide to Queer Game Making GX WorkshopVeve Jaffa • Allan Keith Expo Hall & Indie Space Open (Sa) GX Expo HallPhilip Jones Golden Bay PKMN League Open (Sa) The Golden Bay PKMN GymSean M Brooks • George Diez • Jerel Hight • Minh Nguyen • Aaron Reynolds • Kevin Rich • Joshua Stephenson • Sky (GCPL Trainer) GX Arcade Open (Sa) The Arcade

12:00pm PST

The Effects Of Gayme Addiction On Queers GXTalks BDaniel Villarreal Diversity In Games - What's Next? GXTalks AMathew Anderson • Tanya DePass • David Gaider • Joe Perez • Donna Prior Passing and My Trans Identity GX Ballroom 2Raine Scott The State Of Play GX Ballroom 1evan jude • Linus Larsson • Zoe Quinn • Anita Sarkeesian • goldberg uggelberg

1:00pm PST

Cute in Games GXTalks BNess Io Kain • Eva Jolene Ifs, Ands, or Butts: The Totally True Story of Cheek2Cheek    GXTalks AAdam Rickert • Dream Sequence On Indie Game Pricing w/ Dan Adelman GX Ballroom 2Dan Adelman POC Safe Space II The Turing Room A & BTanya DePass

2:00pm PST

Gaming While Trans: A Discussion on Gaming & Trans CultureLIMITED GX Ballroom 2Katherine Cross • Brianna Wu That One Time I Repeatedly Gave Birth to Fully Grown Wolves, and Other Gay Sex Games That We Deserve GX Ballroom 1Robert Yang

2:30pm PST

Blogs, Boys, and Bullies: A Q&A with YouTube's Will and RJ". The Turing Room A & BRJ Aguiar • Will Shepherd

3:00pm PST

Queer as a 3 Sided Die GX Ballroom 2Tim Motishaw • Joe Carriker • Jeremy Crawford • Steve Kenson • Donna Prior • Wesley Schneider Voice Acting 103 GX Ballroom 1Sarah Elmaleh • Jennifer Hale • Adam Harrington Knave Murdok at Game/Art Portfolio Consultation booth GX Expo HallKnave Murdok

3:30pm PST

Asexuality Safe Space/Hangout The Turing Room A & BDietrich Squinkifer

4:00pm PST

Kickstarter: Tips and Tricks to Succeed GX Ballroom 2Serena Nelson • Maxwell Salzberg • Josh Trujillo • Zach Weinersmith • Rosanna Yau

5:00pm PST

Being Successful as a Nerd Musician!LIMITED GX Ballroom 2Jeff Benson • Robbie Benson • The Doubleclicks • Sammus Music Natasha Allegri and Friends Do StuffLIMITED GX Ballroom 1Natasha Allegri • Efrain Farias • Hans Tseng

5:30pm PST

Dallas Robinson at Game/Art Portfolio Consultation booth GX Expo HallDallas Robinson

6:00pm PST

How to Be Nice to People That Hate You GX Ballroom 1Jamin Warren Queer Divinities: Diversifying Your Fantasy Religion GX Ballroom 2Joe Carriker • Lauren Comp • Jeremy Crawford • Wesley Schneider Lesbians Who Tech - Meet Up The Turing Room A & BLindsay Brothers • Erica Chang

8:00pm PST

Coffee: A Misunderstanding The Turing Room A & BDietrich Squinkifer Saturday Night Cosplay Prom/Dance PartyLIMITED GX Ballroom A & BAlanah Pearce

9:00am PST

Badge Pickup (Su) San Jose Marriott

10:00am PST

Building Believable Fantasy Worlds GX Ballroom 1Sarah Elmaleh • Terry Fairfield • David Gaider • Dan Plunkett Gaming and the Performance of Deviant Sexuality GX Ballroom 2Greg Langner • Jace Keough Allen • Sal Mattos Localizing Games for a Worldwide Audience GXTalks AMolly Jameson • Gordon Brown • Brad O'Farrell Gaymers: The Web Series GXTalks BArtur Prakapas • Ken Bernardo • Laura Charette • Louis Cunningham • James A Pierce III • Andres Quintero GM Skills For Immersive Role Playing GX WorkshopJoe Carriker • Steve Kenson • Wesley Schneider Tabletop & Card Gaming Open (Su) Tabletop & Card Gaming Room Unicorn Booty Press Lounge (Open for Press) (Su) Unicorn Booty Press Lounge (3rd Floor)

11:00am PST

Creating Characters and Stories with Ethnic Dysphoria GXTalks ALeisha-Marie Riddel Build real-time, in-app chat for millions of global users GX Ballroom 1Lukas Sliwka How to Work on What You Want & Get Paid Doing It - A Patreon Panel GX Ballroom 2Tanya DePass • Soraya Een Hajji • Zach Weinersmith • Alex Woolfson • Brianna Wu Expo Hall & Indie Space Open (Su) GX Expo HallPhilip Jones Golden Bay PKMN League Open (Su) The Golden Bay PKMN GymSean M Brooks • George Diez • Jerel Hight • Minh Nguyen • Aaron Reynolds • Kevin Rich • Joshua Stephenson • Sky (GCPL Trainer) GX Arcade Open (Su) The Arcade

11:30am PST

DONOR Lunch! :D ArcadiaMatt Conn • Philip Jones • Toni Rocca

12:00pm PST

Connecting Us: The Power Of Online Collaboration For Queer People GX Ballroom 2Kortney Ziegler Games Will Warp Your Mind and Turn You Gay (or They Could) GX Ballroom 1Naomi Clark How My Geeky Interests Got Me A Job GXTalks AChris Lam • Matt Baume • Becca Canote • Arthur Chu Earthbound Saga - ScreeningLIMITED GXTalks BRobbie Benson • Jeff Benson

1:00pm PST

Ricki Ortiz Vs. The World GX Ballroom 1Ricki Ortiz All Your Culture Are Belong To Us: Appropriation, Erasure and RPG's GXTalks AMario Raul • Arthur Chu • Tanya DePass • Donna Prior Why You Should Create A Webcomic GX Ballroom 2Megan Praz • Zach Weinersmith • Alex Woolfson I Wanna Be A Producer! GX WorkshopLauren Comp • John Faciane • Christopher Spivey

2:00pm PST

Trixie Time: Trixie Mattel Meet, Greet & Storytime!LIMITED The Turing Room A & BTrixie Mattel Donor Lounge (Open for Donor Tickets) (Su) Donor Lounge

3:00pm PST

The GX CrossPlay & Drag Show (Yes, Really) GX Combined Event SpaceMatt Conn • Trixie Mattel • Kaiisha Gault • Scarlett Letters • QWEEN • Johnny Rockitt • Andrew Slade POC Safe Space III The Turing Room A & BTanya DePass

4:00pm PST

Cosplay Pageant - Hosted by Trixie Mattel!LIMITED GX Combined Event SpaceTrixie Mattel • Natasha Allegri • Matt Conn • Toni Rocca

6:00pm PST

Closing CeremoniesLIMITED GX Combined Event SpaceMatt Conn • Philip Jones • Toni Rocca

7:00pm PST

Q&A & Feedback w/ the GX Staff The Turing Room A & BMatt Conn • Tanya DePass • Soraya Een Hajji • Philip Jones • Brian Kunde • Toni Rocca

8:00pm PST

Dead Dog Party GX Combined Event SpaceToni Rocca