Warming up the engines

This year’s Pride 48 event is a little over four months away, and planning is well underway to make it an even bigger success than last year. But now it’s time to turn it up a notch, and there’s a lot to tell you about already!

This year’s event will be held September 14-16 at the Luxor in Las Vegas, Nevada. There will be some events before the 14th, and some people will be staying in Las Vegas after the 16th, but the 14th through the 16th is when the live podcasting magic will be happening.

We have special discount codes for those staying at the Luxor, and we also have discount codes for people staying at the Excalibur.

Make your room reservations now! Room rates will only go up, so it’s best to make your reservations early. Just be sure to use the special Pride 48 codes to get special discounted rates (just click the links above to make your reservations).

After you’ve made your reservations, be sure to send your confirmation number, your real name and who else is staying in your room (all will be kept confidential) to Big Fatty at ruined@bigfattyonline.com. This is optional, but we’d like an idea of numbers of people attending, so please at least tell Big Fatty how many people are attending.

And something for podcasters: GLBT and GLBT-friendly podcasters who want to take part in this year’s event, whether in Las Vegas or not, and whether you've taken part before or not, should contact me at arthur@pride48.com to tell me that you want to participate, and whether that will be in Las Vegas, somewhere else, or you’re not sure. Don’t worry—you can change your mind! We just want to know who wants to take part this year. Don’t worry about asking for specific timeslots since we’re nowhere near ready to start making a schedule yet (we'll ask for that information later).

There’ll be more information more often from now on, so to get updates on the Pride 48 2012 event, follow us on Twitter or visit our Facebook page. Both will have links to the information.

Now, let’s get started!