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Speakers

Below are some of the fantastic speakers we can't wait to hear from at QFX East 2020! More speakers to be announced soon...

Alex Mcelwee (She/Her)
Alex Mcelwee (She/Her)

Panels:

The Search for Waverly: A Wynonna Earp D&D One Shot

Just a girl who loves to turn her favorite tv shows into a game of dungeons and dragons.

Greetje den Holder (She/Her)
Greetje den Holder (She/Her)

Panels:

Queer Networking: The Ins, the Outs and the How To's.

Greetje den Holder is a blogger and vlogger for Meemoeder.com. The Dutch version of this website focuses on lesbian parenting in the Netherlands. The international version of this website focuses on lgbt+ representation in film, TV series, and web series. On her YouTube channel, Greetje visits international lgbt+ media events, where she vlogs and interviews actors and filmmakers of queer projects.

Mika Epstein (She/Her)
Mika Epstein (She/Her)

Panels:

Hey, Alexa, What's Queer on TV Today?

Mika has been deep in fandom since she could say 'Trekkie.' With decades of experience in running fansites, developing software and organizing communities, she's taken on the challenge of delving into the recesses of television for queers long forgotten. Mika lives with her wife and their cats in Southern California. Of course she has a hybrid, but she'd rather ride her bicycle.

Nadia Tursi (She/Her)
Nadia Tursi (She/Her)

Panels:

Notes From The Hostel: Live

Nadia is a podcaster, musician, and rabid Jeopardy fan. No personality could ever be accurately represented in a single sentence, but that seems like a pretty good summary to her (it's me, I'm writing this in the third person). She hosts Notes From The Hostel: A Marvel's Runaways Podcast with her girlfriend and it's a great joy for her to talk almost uninterrupted for an hour straight.

Nikki Tantum (She/Her)
Nikki Tantum (She/Her)

Panels:

Hey, Alexa, What's Queer on TV Today?

Nikki is a Staff Writer for LezWatch.TV and a self-identified queer TV nerd. She was a co-host of the Harold They're Lesbians podcast and loves to talk endlessly about her favorite queer characters and superheroes.

Rae D. Magdon (She/Her)
Rae D. Magdon (She/Her)

Panels:

Hard Shell, Soft Center: Queer Women as Antiheroes

Rae D. Magdon is a writer of queer and lesbian fiction. She believes everyone deserves to see themselves fall in love and become a hero, especially lesbians, bisexual women, trans women and women of color. She has published over ten novels through Desert Palm Press, spanning a wide variety of genres. Her cyberpunk novel, Lucky 7, received a 2019 Goldie (Fantasy/Sci-Fi) and a 2019 Rainbow Award (Fantasy/Sci-Fi). When she isn't working on original projects, she writes fanfiction for She-Ra: Princesses of Power, Mass Effect, Legend of Korra, The 100, and Wynonna Earp.

S.W. Andersen (She/Her)
S.W. Andersen (She/Her)

Panels:

Hard Shell, Soft Center: Queer Women as Antiheroes

From old west gunslingers to a love that transcends time and space, S.W. Andersen has penned six romantic adventures, including the best selling lesbian romances, Love By Design and Switchback. Having been raised by her mother, a strong female character in her own right, she has always been attracted to stories that depicted independent, determined, capable women. A romantic at heart, her characters are rooted in hope and perseverance. When she isn’t working or writing, she enjoys outdoor activities and traveling with her wife and best friend of twenty-two years, Dianna. They share their ten acres in rural Florida with a rambunctious crew of dogs, cats and horses.

Tagan Shepard (She/Her)
Tagan Shepard (She/Her)

Panels:

Hard Shell, Soft Center: Queer Women as Antiheroes

Tagan Shepard is an author of lesbian fiction and an incurable romantic. Her previous publications with Bella Books include Visiting Hours, Bird on a Wire, Across the Dark Horizon and And Then There Was Her. Her latest novel, The Queen of Humboldt, will be published in late 2020. She’s also a history buff, gamer, and unrepentant nerd. Hollstein, Wayhaught, Avalance. She lives in Virginia with her very patient wife and two surly cats.

Tracy Levesque (She/Her)
Tracy Levesque (She/Her)

Panels:

Hey, Alexa, What's Queer on TV Today?

Tracy is America’s favorite biracial, TV obsessed lesbian. She is the co-founder, co-Editor In Chief and co-developer of LezWatchTV, The Greatest Database of Queer Female, Non-Binary, & Transgender TV. She will also watch almost any show with queer female characters and has a lot to say about it. She lives with her wife and kid in Philly.

Youstina Anis (She/Her)
Youstina Anis (She/Her)

Panels:

Notes From The Hostel: Live

Youstina is a Southern Californian who started a podcast with her girlfriend about Marvel's Runaways, a show she loves very much. She enjoys bad jokes and making Harry Potter references in her spare time. She is also the PR & social manager for QFX.

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