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 Bishakh Som, Creator of Apsara Engine
Bishakh Som is an Indian-American trans femme visual artist and author. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, MoMA.org, Autostraddle, The Strumpet, The Boston Review, The Georgia Review, Black Warrior Review and The Brooklyn Rail, amongst other publications. Her...
Interview with Kaleigh Trace, Author of Hot, Wet, and Shaking: How I Learned to Talk about Sex
Kaleigh Trace is a writer and therapist living in Toronto. In a previous life she made sex education her business. Her first book, Hot, Wet, and Shaking: How I Learned to Talk about Sex was published in 2014 and won the Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award. In 2024,...
Interview with Travis Baldree, Author of Bookshops and Bonedust
Travis Baldree is a full-time audiobook narrator who has lent his voice to hundreds of stories. Before that, he spent decades designing and building video games like Torchlight, Rebel Galaxy, and Fate. Apparently, he now also writes books. He lives in the Pacific...
Interview with Kelly Andrew, Author of Your Blood, My Bones
Kelly Andrew lost her hearing when she was four years old and she’s been dreaming up stories in the silence ever since. Andrew lives in New England with her husband and their two daughters (and a very grouchy Boston Terrier). She has a BSW, but received her Masters in...
Interview with Robin Ha, Creator of The Fox Maidens
First of all, welcome to Geeks OUT! Could you tell us a little about yourself? My name is Robin Ha, I am a Korean American cartoonist based in Virginia. I was born in Seoul, South Korea, and immigrated to the United States when I was fourteen. I grew up reading and...
Interview with Jennieke Cohen, Author of My Fine Fellow
Jennieke Cohen is a Jewish-Filipina American author of young adult historical fiction. Her books have been translated into multiple languages. Jennieke’s debut novel, DANGEROUS ALLIANCE, was a Junior Library Guild selection, and her second novel, MY FINE FELLOW, was...
Interview with Sylvia Chen, Author of Tricky Chopsticks
Born and raised in Queens, New York, Sylvia Chen has also lived and worked in Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Paris, and Tokyo. She is an Asian American children’s book author and recently celebrated her debut picture book TRICKY CHOPSTICKS (illustrated by Fanny Liem...
Rebelle Interviews: Writer and Editor Greg Lockard
Writer and editor Greg Lockard is bringing the heat this Pride with a new graphic novel, Trick Pony. A universe away from his GLAAD Media Awards nominated and New York Times celebrated Liebestrasse set in Nazi-era Germany, this time Lockard, with artist Anna David and...
Starter Guide to LGBTQ+ Manga
Note: Some volumes might contain materials that are NFSW or contain sensitive themes, i.e. discussion of homophobia/transphobia, so discretion is advised. Why I Adopted My Husband: The True Story of a Gay Couple Seeking Legal Recognition in Japan by Yuta Yagi Why I...
Pride 2024 Queer Creator Spotlight: Gaelle (Avril) Geniller, “A Boy Named Rose.”
Happy Pride all of you amazing and beautiful people! For this edition of the Queer Creator Spotlight I had the privilege of interviewing graphic novelist and "French Auter," Gaelle Avril Geniller. Genillers debut graphic album "A Boy Named Rose" has taken the world by...