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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
Born in sweltering Singapore, Celine Ong (she/they) was raised in mosh pits, and writes queer romance novels about chaos gremlins with bad manners, weird feelings, and big hearts. Hold Me Like a Grudge is their debut novel. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Celine buff.ly/9iKMT2f
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🎬✨ Get ready for a night of epic storytelling! ✨🎭

We’ve teamed up with @independentfilmco and @letterboxd to host advance screenings in NY & LA of @100nightsofhero, an imaginative ✨🌈 queer, 💪 feminist fantasy from writer-director Julia Jackman.
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
K. Valentin is the author of the fantasy novel, An Amateur Witch's Guide to Murder. She has also been published in the Bag of Bones Horror Anthology, Cosmos: An Anthology of Dark Microfiction and the Latino Book Review Magazine. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed K. buff.ly/OIOM2ji
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Caitlin Rozakis is the pen name of Rebecca Rozakis. She has had many career changes, including mechanical engineering, and the American Museum of Natural History (who knew emus had birth certificates?) @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Caitlin buff.ly/v4Bv2tq
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
✨ From now through December 30, we're spreading some holiday cheer with a massive 50% off all shirts and totes! 🎁🛍️

No code needed — your discount will be automatically applied at checkout. 💸✨

Whether you're grabbing a gift or treating yourself, now’s the perfect time to stock up on your faves! 💖🔥
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Angela Hsieh is a Taiwanese American author and illustrator whose debut graphic novel, Lu and Ren’s Guide to Geozoology, received a starred review from Booklist and was chosen as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Angela buff.ly/ugUcHtq
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🌈 WANTED: Pride Alley Artists & Panelists for Awesome Con! 🎨🎤

Washington DC's premier pop culture event is returning March 13–15, 2026, featuring Pride Alley! 🏳️🌈✨ Pride Alley is a special area of Artist Alley that highlights queer talent, plus a lineup of panels, performances, and special events. 💫
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🌈 WANTED: Pride Alley Artists & Panelists for Awesome Con! 🎨🎤

Washington DC's premier pop culture event is returning March 13–15, 2026, featuring Pride Alley! 🏳️‍🌈 ✨ Pride Alley is a special area of Artist Alley that highlights queer talent, plus a lineup of panels, performances, and special events. 💫
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Freya Marske is a USA Today bestselling author and has been nominated for two Hugo Awards. Her books include Swordcrossed and A Marvellous Light, which was an international bestseller and won the Romantic Novel Award for Fantasy. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Freya buff.ly/qD4Ullx
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 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
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 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
November 5, 2025 at 7:01 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
October 31, 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
October 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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My great pleasure to discuss with @michelekiricha1.bsky.social about my new book Queering the Asian Diaspora (@sagepub) for @geeksout.bsky.social .
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
October 28, 2025 at 7:51 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! 👋
October 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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
October 24, 2025 at 8:25 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!
October 24, 2025 at 6:50 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
October 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Los Angeles! 10/23 Join us for a free screening of QUEENS OF THE DEAD presented by @ifcfilms.bsky.social and @geeksout.bsky.social at the AMC Century City.

Free copies of the Fango # 29 subscriber cover will be available plus a Q&A with lead Katy O’Brian.

RSVP: forms.gle/Xm1KCGrDWPML...
October 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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NYC! 10/23 Join us for a free screening of QUEENS OF THE DEAD presented by @ifcfilms.bsky.social and @geeksout.bsky.social at the IFC Center.

Free copies of the Fango # 29 subscriber cover will be available plus a Q&A with director Tina Romero

RSVP: forms.gle/4qN8Y46pjAkn...
October 20, 2025 at 8:55 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
October 17, 2025 at 6:02 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
October 15, 2025 at 6:01 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
October 9, 2025 at 6:02 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
October 8, 2025 at 12:55 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
October 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM