District of Columbia

If you know of a convention that needs to be added to the list or have updated your own convention's policy, you can fill out the form here. If you find any broken links or have any questions about this page, please contact Fractali at admin@cosplayer-ssn.org. This is a perpetual work in progress!

A guide to some of DC's laws can be found here.

A means they meet the criterion.
A means they have partially met the criterion.
A means they fail the criterion.

Additional notes for clarification can be found below the table.

Note: conventions with ^* have either not updated for several years, have a malfunctioning website, or may be defunct.

Note: Otakon's policy is an extension of Otakorp's code of conduct and it legally applies to Otakon. However, on the website itself, it is unclear that it contains an extended policy than the one on Otakon's conduct page exists. It's difficult to find, difficult to make a report, difficult to tell what they deem "harassment," and overall does not serve as a functional policy.