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Creating, disseminating and celebrating Yuri in anime and manga since 2000

Welcome to Yuricon!

Yuricon was founded in 2000 by Erica Friedman with the mission of bringing together fans of lesbian narrative in Japanese animation and comics to discuss and create stories that represented an entire continuum of lesbian experience. Yuricon community members participate in panels, write articles and conduct lectures all over the world, in order to expand the global Yuri community.

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Wednesday, June 1, 2022

We’re super proud to welcome By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anima and Manga to the world for it’s official birthday! To celebrate, we’ve got a lot of events on tap – all of them virtual, so you can join us wherever you are. Here’s where you can find Yuricon founder Erica […]

Monday, May 16, 2022

Yuricon founder Erica Friedman will be doing 6 panels at Anime Boston, May 27-29 at Hynes Convention Center, Boston Massachusetts. By Your Side: the First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga will be for sale at the CheapManga.com table in the Dealer’s Room.   Friday, May 27 Featured Panelists Roundtable – 11:00 in Panel […]

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