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 Racquel Marie, Author of This Is Me Trying
Racquel Marie grew up in Southern California where her passion for storytelling of all kinds was encouraged by her friends and big family. She received a BA in English with an emphasis in creative writing and a minor in gender and sexuality studies from the University...
Interview with Illustrator Mimo
Mimo is an illustration artist based in Bangkok, Thailand. After obtaining a B.Ed. in Art Education from Chulalongkorn University, she began working for her family business. Yet, painting remains the individual’s true calling, and she has been exploring...
Interview with Cynthia Yuan Cheng, Creator of Love Me Like You’re Real
Cynthia Yuan Cheng (they/them) is a cartoonist based in central New Jersey. They love creating stories centered on romance, masculinity, and everyday life. Their hobbies include making their friends laugh and hunting for the best desserts in town. I had the...
Interview with Sydney Langford, Author of The Loudest Silence
Sydney Langford (they/them) is a queer, Deaf-Hard of Hearing, and physically disabled author who resides in Portland, Oregon. Their biggest passion in life is creating stories that reflect the diverse world we live in—whether that be rom-coms about quirky, disabled...
Interview with Shifa Saltagi Safadi, Author of Kareem Between
Shifa Saltagi Safadi is the author of Kareem Between and several picture books, including The Gift of Eid. She has a bachelor’s degree in English literature, teaches ELA at a local middle school, and reviews Muslim books on her blog, Muslim Mommy Blog. Shifa was born...
Ocean State LGBTQ+ Authors: Catherine Grant
Spoiler Free Review Have you ever wished as a younger person you had listened to that one good piece of advice form a parent or mentor? As we age, most of us will have to unfortunately deal with facing our own mortality as our parents age, and we become the...
Interview with Sarah Myer, Creator of Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story
Sarah Myer is an Eisner-nominated comic artist, writer, and colorist whose work has been published by Macmillan/First Second Books, IDW Publishing, Dynamite Comics, VIZ Media,Good Trouble Comics, and Little Red Bird Press. Throughout their career, they've provided...
Interview with Harry Woodgate, Author of Grandad’s Camper
Harry Woodgate (pronouns: they/them) is an award-winning author and illustrator who has worked with clients including National Book Tokens, Google, The Sunday Times Magazine, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Walker Books, Knights Of, Andersen Press, Bloomsbury,...
Interview with Julie Leong, Author of The Teller of Small Fortunes
Julie Leong is a Chinese-Malaysian-American fantasy author who grew up across both New Jersey and Beijing, China. She studied economics and political science at Yale and works in tech, but she has always nurtured a deep love for sci-fi/fantasy beneath her corporate...
Interview with Tina Cho and Deb JJ Lee, Creators of The Other Side of Tomorrow
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tina Cho is the author of Rice from Heaven: The Secret Mission to Feed North Koreans, Korean Celebrations: Festivals, Holidays and Traditions, My Breakfast with Jesus: Worshipping God Around the World, The Ocean Calls: A Haenyeo Mermaid Story,...