Denver Comic Con and Denver PrideFest - A Celebration of Diversity

Written by John Edward Betancourt

There's a lot of reasons as to why we love Denver Comic Con. If you're from Colorado, you're proud of the fact this is a home grown convention. Or maybe you're all about the awesome guests that attend year after year. But for me, there's one big reason I love this convention over any others out there...the fact that they legitimately care about the people who take the time to attend the con and give back to the community that they serve.

After all, Pop Culture Classroom is an amazing program and having seen it in action, up close and personal, it allows me to take great pride in knowing one of the largest conventions around makes the world a better place and gives children a chance to succeed in life by teaching them important skills in reading and writing, and it is perhaps the best way to quantify how DCC and PCC take care of the community that has embraced them over the last five years.

But Pop Culture Classroom's initiatives and programs are just the beginning. Denver Comic Con wants to be remembered as a convention that instantly makes you think about unity and diversity because pop culture knows no bounds and it doesn't matter where you come from, who you love or what you look like, this is a place for you to celebrate your favorite fandom with others who enjoy it as much as you do and that push is how they demonstrate that attendees matter and this year they have taken it to a whole new level by announcing a partnership with Denver PrideFest. 

This year Denver Comic Con will celebrate diversity and welcome the start of PrideFest Weekend by featuring LGBTQ programming on Friday, June 17. There will be panels that include topics on how we can add diversity to comics, science fiction and fantasy along with a discussion as to how young adult literature with queer themes can disrupt norms, and it doesn't end there. Because on Sunday, June 19 from 4-5 p.m. in the Bellco Theatre, DCC will play host to a group wedding ceremony where couples both gay and straight are welcome, in their finest cosplay of course, to be wed in the geekiest of fashion.  

There will be geek themed wedding vows on display, along with live music of course and any DCC guest with a valid Sunday badge will be allowed to attend. If you and your significant other wish to take part in this unique and lovely ceremony, head over to this registration form at the DCC website and apply before April 22nd, and the best part is...there are no fees associated with any of this. Either way, this inaugural event is truly something to behold because it continues to demonstrate how Denver Comic Con is committed to unity, diversity and the wonder that is humanity with this celebration of love.

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