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.
Review: Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley, my favorite feature from this year’s Tribeca Film Festival (and now available to stream), casts an electrifying Elle Fanning as the woman who invented science fiction with the classic novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus. Mary’s been portrayed on...
Review: The Cardboard Kingdom
You're not going to want to miss The Cardboard Kingdom, the new anthology-style graphic novel by Chad Sell. The listed age recommendation for Middle Grade is 8–12, but I read the book with my six-year-old, and he was just as enthralled as I was—which is no easy feat!...
The Last of Us Part II Trailer Is a Big F*cking Deal
Everyone was excited to see what new information we’d get about the Last of Us Part II at E3, and I was certainly not disappointed. Yes, we didn’t get a release date, but what we got will hopefully sustain us until the game actually comes out. ...
Mutant & Magical Boy—Episode 08: The Category Is Pride
https://soundcloud.com/mutant_magicalboy_podcast/mutant_magicalboy_episode_8 It's tea time, ladies! In what might be our gayest episode yet (don't @ us), we're gagging on FX's new queer spectacular, Pose. Is it 10s, 10s across the board? Well, you'll have to listen,...
Review: Pose
The largest ever cast of trans actors on a scripted series assembles for something both entertaining and resonant. The Pose screening held at New York City’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center hosted a wonderfully eclectic crowd....
Interview: Mariko Tamaki
Mariko Tamaki is an artist and writer of mixed Japanese Canadian and Jewish Canadian descent, known for her graphic novels Skim and This One Summer (co-created with her cousin Jillian Tamaki). Recurring themes in her work include becoming, identity, and queerness....
Review: The Black Tides of Heaven
The Black Tides of Heaven by nonbinary queer Singaporean writer JY Yang is an impressive feat of both subtly and depth. While fantasy isn't usually known for its brevity, Yang manages to deliver a richly textured world packed with fascinating characters in a...
Make it Queer, You Cowards
Queer-baiting has become the lazy writer's way of incorporating queer characters without doing the work of actually representing the queer community. It's enough to drag queer viewers and readers along, hoping that someday these characters might actually...
The Queer Content Conundrum
Queer content is at its truest when it's created by queer artists, writers, designers, or other creators. Stories written by people outside of the queer experience tend to be full of tropes and wild inaccuracies. And it's difficult to get queer content to audiences...
A White Guy’s Guide to Whitewashing
With Black Panther breaking records and the character promising to be the best part of Infinity War, Hollywood and geek culture are learning a lesson about the value of representation. Unfortunately, Black Panther will be appearing alongside my personal least favorite...