Geeks OUT
@geeksout.bsky.social
Geeks OUT rallies, empowers, and promotes the queer geek community! Creator of Flame Con, the world’s largest and longest running LBGTQ+ comic con. linktr.ee/geeksout
C.L. Clark (they/she) is a BFA award-winning editor and Ignyte award-winning author of several books, including The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost trilogy), Fate’s Bane (a novella), and Ambessa: Chosen of the Wolf (an Arcane novel).
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed C.L. buff.ly/MxW4Vwd
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed C.L. buff.ly/MxW4Vwd
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
C.L. Clark (they/she) is a BFA award-winning editor and Ignyte award-winning author of several books, including The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost trilogy), Fate’s Bane (a novella), and Ambessa: Chosen of the Wolf (an Arcane novel).
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed C.L. buff.ly/MxW4Vwd
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed C.L. buff.ly/MxW4Vwd
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 Rebelle interviewed Ron buff.ly/5caGYyp
November 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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 Rebelle interviewed Ron buff.ly/5caGYyp
Frances Cha taught at Ewha Womans Univ. and Yonsei Univ. and currently teaches undergraduate fiction at Columbia Univ. Frances's debut novel If I Had Your Face was named one of the best books of the year by Time, NPR, BBC, and Esquire. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Frances buff.ly/5OmA6pV
October 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Frances Cha taught at Ewha Womans Univ. and Yonsei Univ. and currently teaches undergraduate fiction at Columbia Univ. Frances's debut novel If I Had Your Face was named one of the best books of the year by Time, NPR, BBC, and Esquire. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Frances buff.ly/5OmA6pV
Before you get to the interview with the creators at the end, Alexa dishes on why Me, The Family Pet?, a webcomic that treats culture shock like a cuddle pile and consent like a superpower, has their queer little heart purring.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Before you get to the interview with the creators at the end, Alexa dishes on why Me, The Family Pet?, a webcomic that treats culture shock like a cuddle pile and consent like a superpower, has their queer little heart purring.
buff.ly/7taO9Ju
buff.ly/7taO9Ju
🎉 Join Geeks OUT at Cincinnati Comic Expo(@@cincinnaticomicexpo), October 24th–26th, at booth #1101! 💥
Come snag some awesome shirts 👕, totes 👜, pins ✨, and more! Plus, we’ll have FREE pronoun stickers 🏳️🌈 💬 for everyone who stops by the table. See you there! 👋
Come snag some awesome shirts 👕, totes 👜, pins ✨, and more! Plus, we’ll have FREE pronoun stickers 🏳️🌈 💬 for everyone who stops by the table. See you there! 👋
October 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🎉 Join Geeks OUT at Cincinnati Comic Expo(@@cincinnaticomicexpo), October 24th–26th, at booth #1101! 💥
Come snag some awesome shirts 👕, totes 👜, pins ✨, and more! Plus, we’ll have FREE pronoun stickers 🏳️🌈 💬 for everyone who stops by the table. See you there! 👋
Come snag some awesome shirts 👕, totes 👜, pins ✨, and more! Plus, we’ll have FREE pronoun stickers 🏳️🌈 💬 for everyone who stops by the table. See you there! 👋
Hongwei Bao is a Nottingham-based queer Chinese writer, translator and academic. His work explores queer desire, Asian identity, diasporic positionality and transcultural intimacy.
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Hongwei buff.ly/74bV5cZ
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Hongwei buff.ly/74bV5cZ
October 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Hongwei Bao is a Nottingham-based queer Chinese writer, translator and academic. His work explores queer desire, Asian identity, diasporic positionality and transcultural intimacy.
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Hongwei buff.ly/74bV5cZ
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Hongwei buff.ly/74bV5cZ
Join us this weekend at Cincinnati Comic Expo at Booth 1101, we’ve got lots of great shirts, totes, pronoun pins, and more! We hope to see you there!
October 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Join us this weekend at Cincinnati Comic Expo at Booth 1101, we’ve got lots of great shirts, totes, pronoun pins, and more! We hope to see you there!
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 retold fairy tales, A Spindle Splintered and A Mirror Mended. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Alix buff.ly/6NEQd9q
October 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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 retold fairy tales, A Spindle Splintered and A Mirror Mended. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Alix buff.ly/6NEQd9q
K. M. Fajardo is a second-generation Filipino Canadian writer from the Toronto suburbs. After a childhood spent roaming bookstores, she now lives and writes in Toronto with her rescue cat, Clementine. Local Heavens is her debut novel.
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed K. M. buff.ly/KXGKEY1
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed K. M. buff.ly/KXGKEY1
October 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
K. M. Fajardo is a second-generation Filipino Canadian writer from the Toronto suburbs. After a childhood spent roaming bookstores, she now lives and writes in Toronto with her rescue cat, Clementine. Local Heavens is her debut novel.
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed K. M. buff.ly/KXGKEY1
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed K. M. buff.ly/KXGKEY1
Taylor Grothe is a neurodivergent (ASD) NB horror writer with an MFA from Fairfield University. Taylor acted as a special editor for the Brevity special issue Trans Experience in 2022. Hollow is their debut novel.
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Taylor buff.ly/W5DTfQR
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Taylor buff.ly/W5DTfQR
October 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Taylor Grothe is a neurodivergent (ASD) NB horror writer with an MFA from Fairfield University. Taylor acted as a special editor for the Brevity special issue Trans Experience in 2022. Hollow is their debut novel.
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Taylor buff.ly/W5DTfQR
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Taylor buff.ly/W5DTfQR
Jihyun Yun is a Korean American writer from the San Francisco Bay Area. Her full length poetry collection SOME ARE ALWAYS HUNGRY won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize. Her debut young adult novel AND THE RIVER DRAGS HER DOWN is out now.
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Jihyun buff.ly/nPSkcct
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Jihyun buff.ly/nPSkcct
October 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Jihyun Yun is a Korean American writer from the San Francisco Bay Area. Her full length poetry collection SOME ARE ALWAYS HUNGRY won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize. Her debut young adult novel AND THE RIVER DRAGS HER DOWN is out now.
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Jihyun buff.ly/nPSkcct
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Jihyun buff.ly/nPSkcct
SNIKT is back ⚡️ The unofficial NYCC after-party takes over Industry Bar on Oct 10. Drag, cosplay, nerdy chaos—all in one night.
🎟️ Tickets are moving fast → buff.ly/vq7v6A7
🎟️ Tickets are moving fast → buff.ly/vq7v6A7
October 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
SNIKT is back ⚡️ The unofficial NYCC after-party takes over Industry Bar on Oct 10. Drag, cosplay, nerdy chaos—all in one night.
🎟️ Tickets are moving fast → buff.ly/vq7v6A7
🎟️ Tickets are moving fast → buff.ly/vq7v6A7
Here’s the rest of our programming schedule for this weekend.
October 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Here’s the rest of our programming schedule for this weekend.
It’s #nycc week and we’ll be in the #PrideLounge (1C01-02) all weekend with some exclusive merch and great programming (trivia, drag, signings, queer edu meetup, panels, meet & greets, & more) every day! Swipe through the images and start planning your weekend at @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
It’s #nycc week and we’ll be in the #PrideLounge (1C01-02) all weekend with some exclusive merch and great programming (trivia, drag, signings, queer edu meetup, panels, meet & greets, & more) every day! Swipe through the images and start planning your weekend at @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social
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. Firekeeper's Daughter was an instant #1 NYT Bestseller. @Michele.bsky.social interviewed Angeline buff.ly/k5hbfOs
October 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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. Firekeeper's Daughter was an instant #1 NYT Bestseller. @Michele.bsky.social interviewed Angeline buff.ly/k5hbfOs
🦸🦹 Mutants, nerds, and party heroes—assemble!
SNIKT, the unofficial NYCC after-party, is back on Friday, Oct 10, 7–11pm at Industry Bar 🎉
Hosted by the powerhouse duo Harriet Tugsmen & Yuhua Hamasaki, with performances by:
✨ Avant Garbage
✨ Jake Apton
✨ Koko Mom
SNIKT, the unofficial NYCC after-party, is back on Friday, Oct 10, 7–11pm at Industry Bar 🎉
Hosted by the powerhouse duo Harriet Tugsmen & Yuhua Hamasaki, with performances by:
✨ Avant Garbage
✨ Jake Apton
✨ Koko Mom
October 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
🦸🦹 Mutants, nerds, and party heroes—assemble!
SNIKT, the unofficial NYCC after-party, is back on Friday, Oct 10, 7–11pm at Industry Bar 🎉
Hosted by the powerhouse duo Harriet Tugsmen & Yuhua Hamasaki, with performances by:
✨ Avant Garbage
✨ Jake Apton
✨ Koko Mom
SNIKT, the unofficial NYCC after-party, is back on Friday, Oct 10, 7–11pm at Industry Bar 🎉
Hosted by the powerhouse duo Harriet Tugsmen & Yuhua Hamasaki, with performances by:
✨ Avant Garbage
✨ Jake Apton
✨ Koko Mom
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. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Chloe buff.ly/KomuH7E
October 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Chloe buff.ly/KomuH7E
K. M. Enright is the Sunday Times bestselling author of MISTRESS OF LIES and its sequel LORD OF RUIN. When not writing, he can be found playing too many video games, cooking, or listening to Broadway musicals.
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed K. M. buff.ly/HdeMexg
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed K. M. buff.ly/HdeMexg
September 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
K. M. Enright is the Sunday Times bestselling author of MISTRESS OF LIES and its sequel LORD OF RUIN. When not writing, he can be found playing too many video games, cooking, or listening to Broadway musicals.
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed K. M. buff.ly/HdeMexg
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed K. M. buff.ly/HdeMexg
Goldy Moldavsky's novels include the NYT bestseller KILL THE BOY BAND, NO GOOD DEED, and THE MARY SHELLEY CLUB. Her love of 80s movies, 90s boy bands, and horror flicks hugely influences her work.
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Goldy buff.ly/lxy9kPo
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Goldy buff.ly/lxy9kPo
September 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Goldy Moldavsky's novels include the NYT bestseller KILL THE BOY BAND, NO GOOD DEED, and THE MARY SHELLEY CLUB. Her love of 80s movies, 90s boy bands, and horror flicks hugely influences her work.
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Goldy buff.ly/lxy9kPo
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Goldy buff.ly/lxy9kPo
Dustin Thao is a Vietnamese American writer based in New York City. He is the New York Times bestselling author of You’ve Reached Sam and When Haru Was Here.
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Dustin buff.ly/XLGTJUj
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Dustin buff.ly/XLGTJUj
September 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Dustin Thao is a Vietnamese American writer based in New York City. He is the New York Times bestselling author of You’ve Reached Sam and When Haru Was Here.
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Dustin buff.ly/XLGTJUj
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Dustin buff.ly/XLGTJUj
Deatra Cohen is an author, herbalist, and artist. She holds degrees from the University of California, Davis, San Jose State University, and the Berkeley Herbal Center. Adam Siegel is an author, translator, and bibliographer. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Deatra and Adam buff.ly/ipFH23c
September 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Deatra Cohen is an author, herbalist, and artist. She holds degrees from the University of California, Davis, San Jose State University, and the Berkeley Herbal Center. Adam Siegel is an author, translator, and bibliographer. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Deatra and Adam buff.ly/ipFH23c
Jenny Birch holds a BA in French and an MEd in Instruction & Learning and as an adoptee herself, she is a passionate advocate for children, particularly those in the foster care and adoption communities.
@Michelekiricha1 interviewed Jenny buff.ly/YcmZW4c
@Michelekiricha1 interviewed Jenny buff.ly/YcmZW4c
September 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Jenny Birch holds a BA in French and an MEd in Instruction & Learning and as an adoptee herself, she is a passionate advocate for children, particularly those in the foster care and adoption communities.
@Michelekiricha1 interviewed Jenny buff.ly/YcmZW4c
@Michelekiricha1 interviewed Jenny buff.ly/YcmZW4c
Gale Galligan is the creator of the New York Times bestselling Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adaptations of Dawn and the Impossible Three, Kristy's Big Day, Boy-Crazy Stacey, and Logan Likes Mary Anne! by Ann M. Martin.
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Gale buff.ly/2l68ysD
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Gale buff.ly/2l68ysD
September 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Gale Galligan is the creator of the New York Times bestselling Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adaptations of Dawn and the Impossible Three, Kristy's Big Day, Boy-Crazy Stacey, and Logan Likes Mary Anne! by Ann M. Martin.
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Gale buff.ly/2l68ysD
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Gale buff.ly/2l68ysD
Maddie Martinez was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. You can now find Maddie in New York City, filling her tiny apartment with an unwieldy number of books. The Maiden and Her Monster is her first novel.
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Maddie Martinez buff.ly/PAm8DIa
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Maddie Martinez buff.ly/PAm8DIa
September 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Maddie Martinez was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. You can now find Maddie in New York City, filling her tiny apartment with an unwieldy number of books. The Maiden and Her Monster is her first novel.
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Maddie Martinez buff.ly/PAm8DIa
@Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Maddie Martinez buff.ly/PAm8DIa
Matthew H. Sommer is a social and legal historian of China in the Qing dynasty. His research focuses on gender, sexuality, and family. The main source for his work is original legal case records from local and central archives in China @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Matthew buff.ly/nCaUi4s
September 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Matthew H. Sommer is a social and legal historian of China in the Qing dynasty. His research focuses on gender, sexuality, and family. The main source for his work is original legal case records from local and central archives in China @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Matthew buff.ly/nCaUi4s