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: Eliza Dushku and Nate Dushku
Eliza and Nate Dushku are like a lot of siblings-their words overlap, and they're obviously close-except both happen to be very good-looking (seriously, what is with their family's genes?) and have spent a lifetime acting and now producing in film and television....
Review: Mapplethorpe
Biopics are a tricky beast. They can be vivid, galvanizing depictions of real life figures that bring their subjects to life with vigor and relevance: i.e. Milk. They can also be hackneyed, cliché messes that turn complicated lives into a series of familiar,...
They Were Robbed! Geeky Snubs of the 2019 Oscars
Queer geeks have a lot to celebrate with this year’s Oscar nominations: Black Panther is the first superhero movie ever nominated for Best Picture and a boon for representation, The Favourite is a delicious lesbian love triangle nominated for seemingly every aspect of...
Review: Fags in the Fast Lane
With a title like Fags in the Fast Lane, you expect a certain type of movie: politically incorrect. Exploitation throwback. Very, very silly. Australian production company Zombie Zoo Productions delivers on all of these counts, though my take is that...
Review: The Red Threads of Fortune
The Red Threads of Fortune by nonbinary queer Singaporean author JY Yang picks up four years after the events of The Black Tides of Heaven and centers on the prophetic twin Mokoya. Where Black Tides was a coming-of-age story that takes place over several years, Red...
A Queer Geek Guide to SDCC 2018
San Diego Comic-Con is Thursday, July 19 to Sunday, July 22, and we’ve compiled a comprehensive guide to queer and geeky panels and events you won’t want to miss, so join us for another long weekend of Clif Bars, queues, and cosplay! Thursday, July 19 Diversity...
Interview: Mackenzi Lee
Mackenzi Lee uses her BA in history and her MFA in writing in increasingly engaging ways: after writing This Monstrous Thing, her Gothic fantasy retelling of Frankenstein, and her New York Times bestseller The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, she published Bygone...
Mutant & Magical Boy—Episode 09: And I’ll Form the Head
https://soundcloud.com/mutant_magicalboy_podcast/mutant_magicalboy_episode_9 Welcome to episode 9 of Mutant & Magical Boy: The AfroQueer Guide to Pop Culture! There's no shortage of thunder cats in this episode as we gag on all things Voltron. Featuring special...
Everything is a Mess Right Now and We Need Queer Content
Pride is about celebrating where we come from, who we are and what we could be. Storytelling is a way we can explore ourselves and our community. Queer content exists, but need more of our stories told. More comics, more television, more movies, more music. If it...
Interview: Erica Friedman
Erica Friedman is the Founder of Yuricon, a celebration of yuri (lesbian-themed) anime and manga held in New Jersey from 2003 to 2007 that now exists as an online entity, as well as the founder of ALC Publishing. She describes herself as an LGBTQ and Geek Marketing...