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.
Opening in 2020 – Alexander’s Monument to Hephaestion is a New Queer History Pilgrimage
Hephaestion was the life partner and general of Alexander the Great, one of the most legendary conquerors in human history. I don’t use “life partner” as a veiled term for lover - he was never described in the texts we have as Alexander’s eromenos or erastes like his...
Review: Ghosted in L.A. #1
Moving to a new city is tough. Starting college is tough. Breaking up with your boyfriend and losing your best friend in a matter of weeks is also tough. So what's college freshman Daphne to do? Just what anyone in this situation would do - find some new friends and...
Review: Queerskins: a love story
"A lot of VR asks you to 'pretend you're a Black person for five minutes' or 'pretend you're a trans person,'" explains Ilya Szilak, co-creator (with Cyril Tsiboulski) of the virtual reality experience and real world installation Queerskins: a love story. ...
Interview: Director Jeanie Finlay and Freddy McConnell of Seahorse
In Jeanie Finlay’s sublime, affecting documentary Seahorse, trans man Freddy McConnell embarks on a profound personal journey when he decides to become pregnant. Freddy deals with all of the physical challenges of pregnancy plus the added stressors of gender...
Review: My Brother’s Husband
My Brother’s Husband is an all-ages manga series by Gengoroh Tagame. It was recently collected into two volumes by Pantheon Books, the first of which won the 2018 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia. It tells a powerful and heartwarming...
Interview: Chicago Alternative Comics Expo’s Queer Organizers
The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) is this Saturday and Sunday, June 1 & 2, 11a-6p, at Chicago's Center on Halsted (3656 N. Halsted Street). It is a celebration of independent comics, inspired by Chicago’s rich legacy as home to many of underground and...
Review: Changing the Game
When the documentary Changing the Game played at the Tribeca Film Festival, journalists were invited to a roundtable discussion with the transgender athletes featured in the film. At the cozy Battery Park offices of GLSEN, teens including wrestler Mack Beggs,...
Review: Charlie Says
Charles Manson’s crimes have long fascinated the American imagination, and this year’s fortieth anniversary of the murders has reignited interest. But is there anything more to say at this point? If anyone could add something new to the conversation, it’s...
TFF 2019 Review: Circus of Books
It was a banner year for LGBT documentaries at the Tribeca Film Festival, but even amidst a crowded field, Circus of Books was a standout. It takes a compellingly quirky story and presents it with grace, humor, and heart. Barry and Rachel in the basement...
TFF2019 Review: Pilot Season
Julia Lindon in Lady Liberty This year’s Tribeca Film Festival Pilot Season features five different television pilots, and with one exception, they’re all terrific. The first is particularly exciting for LGBT audiences: Lady Liberty, starring Julia Lindon as...