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 with Danai Christopoulou, Author of Vile Lady Villains
DANAI CHRISTOPOULOU is a queer Greek author who currently haunts a forest in Sweden. They’ve been a journalist, a copywriter and a ghostwriter for years before pursuing fiction. When not writing, Danai is still immersed in stories, in their capacity as an associate...
Queer Creator Spotlight: Eisner Nominated Writer, Stephanie Williams
Greetings comic lovers! We're kicking off this post SDCC 2026 with an interview with the supremely talented writer and Eisner nominee, Stephanie Williams. You may know her work on DC's Nubia: Queen of the Amazons or Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. She's also...
Interview with Rebecca Bendheim, Author of When You’re Brave Enough
Rebecca Bendheim is an author and middle school teacher. She holds her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and types poems across the country with the Typewriter Rodeo poetry troupe. She lives in Austin with her partner, an orange cat, and a chorgi (chihuahua-corgi)...
Interview with Sydney Langford, author of Someone to Daydream About
Sydney Langford (they/them) is a queer, Deaf-Hard of Hearing, and physically disabled author who resides in Portland, Oregon. They are the author of The Loudest Silence and Someone to Daydream About. I had the opportunity to interview Sydney, which you can read below....
Interview with author Bei Lin
Bei Lin is a Chinese Canadian author based in Vancouver. She has lived on three continents and visited over thirty countries. Travel and food are her passions, along with giving her characters their well-deserved happily-ever-after. When she’s not writing, she’s...
Interview with content creator Alyshia “Lici” Rodgers
Alyshia “Lici” Rodgers, otherwise known as YaGirlLici on Instagram and TikTok, is a Southern Mississippi Graphic Designer and watercolor artist. She has spent the last year creating content curating and providing commentary on asexual and aromantic representation in...
Queer Creator Spotlight-Publishers Allied: FairSquare Graphics
Greetings comic book geeks, aficionados, nerds fanatic and all around appreciators! For this installment of the "Queer Creators Spotlight" we're doing something a little different and going to talk to one of the most unique and diverse indy publishers out there today....
Interview with Tessa Yang Author of The Jellyfish Problem
Tessa Yang is the author of the short story collection The Runaway Restaurant. Her work has been published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, The Cincinnati Review, Joyland, Foglifter, and elsewhere. She has an MFA from Indiana University and currently...
Interview with the Creators of Hey, Mary!, Andrew Wheeler and Rye Hickman
Andrew Wheeler is a Toronto–based author born and raised in the south of England. His work includes the globetrotting heist comic Cat Fight, the occult noir Sins of the Black Flamingo, feminist fantasy comic Another Castle, and queer sports comedy Love and War. He is...
Interview with Mara Rutherford, Author of The Demonic Inventions of Aurelie Blake
Mara Rutherford began her writing career as a journalist but quickly discovered she far preferred fantasy to reality. Originally from California, Mara has since lived all over the world with her Marine-turned-diplomat husband. A triplet born on Leap Day, Mara holds a...