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.
Rebelle Interviews: Fun and Gaymes with QueerCraft Co
QueerCraft Co., the barely year-old custom-designed queer art and gaming accessories company, has been taking the convention circuit by storm. Co-founders Ron Taylor, Zhao Lu, and Tim aka K-Pup have made their grand entrance into the world of tabletop gaming with a...
Interview with Frances Cha, Author of The Goblin Twins
A former culture and travel reporter for CNN in Seoul and Hong Kong, Frances Cha taught at Ewha Womans University and Yonsei University. Currently, she teaches undergraduate fiction at Columbia University. Frances's debut novel If I Had Your Face (Ballantine Books)...
“Fetch Me a Human”: Geeking Out with the Creators of Me, The Family Pet?
Ever wonder what would happen if you were the rescue animal and your new family was a squad of soft eyed aliens with a talent for positive reinforcement and snack time? That is the deliciously silly premise of Me, The Family Pet?, a webcomic that treats culture shock...
Interview with Hongwei Bao, Author of Queering the Asian Diaspora
Hongwei Bao (he/him) is a Nottingham-based queer Chinese writer, translator and academic. He is part of the Fifth Word Playwrights, GOBS Spoken Word Collective and Nottingham Playhouse Writers' Room. He is also a Middle Way Mentee for writing fiction and a New Earth...
Interview with Alix E. Harrow, Author of Starling House
Alix E. Harrow is the NYT-bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Once and Future Witches, Starling House, and various short fiction, including a duology of retold fairy tales (A Spindle Splintered and A Mirror Mended). Her work has won a Hugo and...
Interview with K. M. Fajardo, Author of Local Heavens
K. M. Fajardo is a second-generation Filipino Canadian writer from the Toronto suburbs. She graduated from the University of Waterloo with a degree in Global Business and Digital Arts before working in the tech industry. After a childhood spent roaming bookstores, she...
Interview with Taylor Grothe, Author of Hollow
Taylor Grothe is a neurodivergent (ASD) NB horror writer with an MFA from Fairfield University. Their work has appeared in Haven Speculative, Shortwave Magazine, Coffin Bell, Parents, Verywell Family, Brevity’s writing craft blog, and an anthology published by Bag of...
Interview with Jihyun Yun, Author of And the River Drags Her Down
Jihyun Yun (she/her) is a Korean American writer from the San Francisco Bay Area. A winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize, her full length poetry collection SOME ARE ALWAYS HUNGRY was published by The University of Nebraska Press in September 2020. Her debut young...
Interview with Angeline Boulley, Author of Sisters in the Wind
Angeline Boulley, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, is a storyteller who writes about her Ojibwe community in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. She is a former Director of the Office of Indian Education at the U.S. Department of...
Interview with Chloe Gong, Author of Coldwire
Chloe Gong is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Secret Shanghai novels, as well as the Flesh and False Gods trilogy. Her books have been published in over twenty countries and have been featured in the New York...