The Geeks OUT Blog
Enjoy our extensive catalogue of geeky media coverage with an eye towards the LGBTQ+ community. Our editors strive to provide a diverse range of topics, genres, figures, and perspectives just for you.
Interview with Author Jas Hammonds
Jas Hammonds (they/she) was raised in many cities and in between the pages of many books. They have received support for their writing from Lambda Literary, Baldwin for the Arts, the Highlights Foundation, and more. They are also a grateful recipient of a MacDowell...
Native American Heritage Month 2022
In honor of November being Native American Heritage Month, we here at Geeks OUT would like to take this opportunity to highlight interviews conducted by our own Michele Kirichanskaya featuring queer indigenous authors....
Interview with Comics Creator Tab Kimpton
Tab Kimpton is a manchester based queer comic artist with a background in webcomics, crowdfunding and self publishing. His work includes comics such as Minority Monsters- An explorer's guide to Alphabet Soup Land. He's also the co-editor of two PRISM award...
Interview with Award-Winning Editor Diana M. Pho
Diana M. Pho is a queer Vietnamese-American independent scholar, playwright, and Hugo Award-winning fiction editor. She has over a decade of experience in traditional book publishing, including Tor Books, Tor.com Publishing, and the Science Fiction Book Club. Diana...
Interview with Author Adib Khorram
ADIB KHORRAM is the author of DARIUS THE GREAT IS NOT OKAY, which earned the William C. Morris Debut Award, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature, and a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor, as well as a multitude of other honors and accolades. His...
Interview with Author C. L. Polk
C. L. Polk (they/them) wrote the Hugo-nominated series The Kingston Cycle, including the WFA-winning Witchmark. The Midnight Bargain was a Canada Reads, Nebula, Locus, Ignyte, and WFA finalist. They have worked as a film extra, sold vegetables on the street, and...
Interview with Webcomic Creator Nez
Nez is the webcomic creator of Friends With Benefits and Timeless Eclipse. He is based in New Zealand with an academic background in Animation Storyboarding. His story and art styles vary greatly from humorous and light-hearted, to dark and gritty moments. He works...
Interview with Author Alison Cochrun
Alison Cochrun is a former high school English teacher and a current writer of queer love stories, including her debut novel, The Charm Offensive. She lives outside of Portland, Oregon with her giant dog and a vast collection of brightly colored books. She...
Interview with Author Foz Meadows
Foz Meadows (all pronouns) is a queer Australian author, essayist, reviewer, and poet. She has won two Best Fan Writer awards (a Hugo Award in 2019 and a Ditmar Award in 2017) for yelling on the internet and has also received the Norma K. Hemming Award in 2018 for her...
Interview with Comics Creator Velinxi
Velinxi is the creator of DPS Only! and the ongoing webcomic Countdown to Countdown. Her greatest passion lies in storytelling through illustrations, which she has been doing for the past few years (with varying stages of success). You can find more of her work on...