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 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...
Interview with Rose Viña-Kathy, Author of Alicia Alonso Dances On
First of all, welcome to Geeks OUT! Could you tell us a little about yourself? Hi! I’m a Cuban American writer from California. I earned my MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University, Cambridge. ICE BREAKER: How Mabel Fairbanks Changed Figure Skating was...
Interview with Cassandra Khaw, Author of The Library at Hellebore
CASSANDRA KHAW is an award-winning game writer, and USA Today bestseller. Khaw's work can be found in places like Fantasy & Science Fiction, Lightspeed, and Tor.com. Khaw's first original novella, Hammers on Bone, was a British Fantasy award and Locus award...
Rebelle Interviews: Author & Illustrator Katie Risor
Children’s book author and illustrator Katie Risor is an artist of whimsy and wonder whose work maintains a loveliness that glows off the page. Welcome to the Forest: The Harvest Party, book one in her debut and seasonally-themed series was released back in August of...