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.
Everything is a Mess Right Now and We Need Queer Content
Pride is about celebrating where we come from, who we are and what we could be. Storytelling is a way we can explore ourselves and our community. Queer content exists, but need more of our stories told. More comics, more television, more movies, more music. If it...
Interview: Erica Friedman
Erica Friedman is the Founder of Yuricon, a celebration of yuri (lesbian-themed) anime and manga held in New Jersey from 2003 to 2007 that now exists as an online entity, as well as the founder of ALC Publishing. She describes herself as an LGBTQ and Geek Marketing...
Review: Picnic at Hanging Rock
This twisty mystery could be your next obsession. Amazon's miniseries Picnic at Hanging Rock is an adaptation of the Joan Lindsay novel (previously adapted into what has become a cult film directed by Peter Weir) about the mysterious disappearance of a group of girls...
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...