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.
On Being the (Second) Drag Queen in the Marvel Universe
My Interview with Actor Terrence Clowe Photo courtesy of terrenceclowe.com Earlier this month, Marvel announced it will be expanding its podcast offerings to include several scripted programs and nonfiction shows. This makes sense, given the success they’ve...
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival: Slayed! Review
"Bathroom Troll" This year marks the second year for Slayed! LGBTQ Horror Shorts at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. This co-presentation with NYC’s queer NewFest film festival continues to offer an eclectic and interesting selection, even if a couple of...
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival Review: Carmilla
Devrim Lingnau and Hannah Rae in Carmilla It feels like it’s been a few years since we had a good old fashioned Victorian horror film; perhaps not since Guillermo Del Toro’s underrated Crimson Peak. So the moody, intelligent Carmilla (inspired by the gothic novel by...
GEEKS OUT BOARD INTERVIEW #3 – NICOLE GITAU
We here at Geeks OUT want you, the reader, to know more about who we are. To help with that, we've started interviewing members of our board so you know what makes us tick. Here's our third interview! Who are you and what do you do for Geeks OUT? I'm Nicole Gitau,...
A Look Back at Sina Grace’s run on Iceman.
Back in June of this year, Sina Grace shared a blog post about his experience working at Marvel. The post has already been subject to plenty of media coverage and online discussion, including on the GeeksOUT Podcast. For those of us familiar with the historical...
Interview: Joe Zaso, the Himbo Chef
“It was one of those freezing cold days,” author and actor Joe Zaso recalls, explaining the genesis of his series of “Café Himbo” cookbooks, “I was home and I love to cook, and I decided to start dabbling in recipes and things. Back then I was in the West...
Rose City Comic Con 2019 in Review
Portland has long been the west coast capital of the comics industry, and since 2012, Rose City Comic Con has been the city’s own homegrown comic convention. Every September fans from throughout the Pacific Northwest, and some from further away, flock to the Oregon...
The Gay Canon
My geeky, Pokemon Go loving friend Mick came out not too long ago, and I got the idea to make him a list of my personal “gay canon” of films and TV (with a few books thrown in for good measure). I sent him this list on the occasion of this past weekend’s Pride...
Queer Comics Review: Emma Jayne’s Trans Girls Hit the Town
Trans Girls Hit the Town is a potent and amusing comic about an evening between a transitioned transgender woman, Winnie, and a more recently transitioned woman, Chloe. The sensitive portrayal of how the introspective Chloe navigates her evening is thoughtful. The...
Geeks OUT Board Interview #1 – Steve Gianaca
We here at Geeks OUT want you, the reader, to know more about who we are. To help with that, we've started interviewing members of our board so you know what makes us tick. Here's our first interview! Who are you and what do you do for Geeks OUT?I'm Steve Gianaca. I'm...