The International Friendship Conference (IFCON) is an annual social gathering hosted over the years by members of the International Friendship Alliance (IFA) and Long Yang Club (LYC) \u2013 two groups dedicated to promoting friendship among gay Asian men and the people who love them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It started in 1988 as a small, informal gathering of Asians & Friends members from Washington and New York to celebrate the D.C. group\u2019s fourth anniversary. The following year there was a reciprocal visit to NYC. In 1990, it was decided to invite other groups to participate, and ever since, a simple gathering of friends has blossomed into an exciting international social and educational gathering every Labor Day weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IFCON offers fun, support, and camaraderie for Asian men and their friends. It is hosted by a different member chapter each year and has drawn participants from around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IFW Host Cities (International Friendship Weekend)<\/strong> iCON Host Cities (Independent Event until 2005)<\/strong> IFW \/ iCON Host Cities (Joint Hosted Events<\/strong>) IFCON Host Cities (After Name Changed in 2009<\/strong>) <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Brief History of IFCON The International Friendship Conference (IFCON) is an annual social gathering hosted over the years by members of the International Friendship Alliance (IFA) and Long Yang Club (LYC) \u2013 two groups dedicated to promoting friendship among gay Asian men and the people who love them. It started in 1988 as a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-47","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifcon.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifcon.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifcon.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifcon.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifcon.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ifcon.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104,"href":"https:\/\/ifcon.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifcon.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Washington, D.C. \u2013 1990
Chicago \u2013 1991
San Francisco \u2013 1992
Pittsburgh \u2013 1993
New York \u2013 1994
Dallas \u2013 1995
London, England \u2013 1996
Los Angeles \u2013 1997
Cleveland \u2013 1998
Washington, D.C. \u2013 1999
Chicago \u2013 2000
Houston \u2013 2001
Bahamas Cruise (Hosted by AF South Florida) \u2013 2002
Pittsburgh \u2013 2003
Philadelphia \u2013 2004<\/p>\n\n\n\n
London, England \u2013 1999
Seattle, WA, USA \u2013 2000
No iCON Event(due to 9\/11) – 2001 ~
Montr\u00e9al, Canada \u2013 2002
Paris, France \u2013 2003
Bangkok, Thailand \u2013 2004<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Toronto, Canada \u2013 2005
San Francisco \u2013 2006
Minneapolis \u2013 2007
Berlin, Germany \u2013 2008<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Atlanta \u2013 2009
Caribbean Cruise (Hosted by AF Chicago) \u2013 2010
Houston \u2013 2011
Denver \u2013 2012
San Diego \u2013 2013
Washington, DC \u2013 2014
New Orleans (Hosted by AF Houston) \u2013 2015
Chicago \u2013 2016
Montr\u00e9al \u2013 2017
Puerto Vallarta – 2018
Palm Springs – 2019
No IFCON Event(due to COVID) -2020
Orlando – 2021
Toronto, CN – 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n