Fausto Fernós (right) with Mashable's Pete Cashmore, named by INQ Mobile in 2009 as the world's most influential twitter user.

Yeehaw! We’ve been having a grand time meeting lots of great people and making some really great connections at the South by Southwest Media Conference (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. As part of the conference Fausto Fernós moderated and spoke at “Engaging the Queer Community,” a panel dealing with the issues that come up for LGBT bloggers and content creators (like podcasts and video blogging.)

Obviously, we only scratched the service in the hour long session, but the response was overwhelming. As the first ever queer panel of its kind for the 23 year old conference, it was a long time coming.

According to the organizers of the conference, the only reason a session or panel on LGBT online issues hadn’t been done before is because it never was submitted by anyone. So props out to Trish Bendix from After Ellen who had the idea, got all the panelists together and pushed for it to happen!

Being a part of this landmark session is important for the health of Feast of Fun as it introduces us to new partners, listeners and readers, but also because it allows us to share our expertise with others for increased visibility for gay people in not only at tech conferences, but on the internet at large.

We’ve lined up interviews with some of the hottest talent SXSW and Austin have to offer-

• Kerthy Fix- director of the brand new documentary that just premiered at SXSW- Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields.

See the trailer-

• Paul Soileau- actor and film maker with an outrageous drag alter-ego Christeene.

• Heather Gold-comedian, speaker, and solo performer.

We also want to give a big thanks to Orbitz for helping with our travel costs in getting us to Austin.

Orbitz has a new program that if you select two LGBT or HIV/AIDS charities when you book through them, they’ll donate to that organization. It’s a win-win when you book your next trip.

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