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'GAY GEEKS': AN ONLE UTOPIA FOR LGBTQ GAMERS, COMIC FANS AND TREKKI

What started out as a small group of "gay geeks" Seattle has turned to a worldwi muny of 50,000 people. * gay geeks *

Yet even after he fally started meetg gay iends five years after g out, he still didn't feel like they had anythg mon beyond beg attracted to men.

” He wanted to see if there might be a few other people out there who are gay and also GarciaCourty of Alex GarciaHe was astound when, wh s first year, Gay Geeks grew om a handful of lol guys to a worldwi muny of about 10, 000 said the fn of what mak a Gay Geek is pretty broad and clive, cludg, but not limed to, ic book nerds, Pokémon lovers and every type of gamer — be they tabletop, PC or, seven years later, the group has more than 50, 000 members — a membership tone passed jt this week.

K., Canada, Atralia and Brazil — ’s send, third, fourth, and fifth largt untri of membership, has acplished more than jt fdg a few other gays like him: He has built one of the premier plac onle for people like him to fd each Col O’ O'Neill, who was abandoned by his fay Seattle at 15 bee he was gay, found a new fay through Alex Garcia's Gay Geeks Facebook group.

LARRY HAWORTH'S LIST: GAY PORN TUBE

Larry Haworth's List: Gay Porn Tube * gay geeks *

Shortly after fdg and jog Gay Geeks, O'Neill me across Sam while scrollg a popular weekly thread lled “Selfie Saturday. Much of what is marketed to gay men be hyper-sexualized, and the group wanted to avoid havg s social media acunts bee feeds of shirtls guys. ”Col O'Neill (right) and Sam (left) met through the Gay Geeks Facebook group, and they have been married for one year.

“Sam's fay accepted me pletely to their fay, and has been so amazg to have them my life, ” he said the group's membership is prised of mostly gay men, but do have a small, but active, number of lbians, too. Startg Gay Geeks (and now a host of other groups foced on geeks, beg gay and general fandom) has also proved to be a fulfillg enavor for the group's founr. While tolerance is often prented as a sign of civilizatn's advancement, a readg of Greek mythology reveals greater acceptance of homosexualy ancient Athens than n be boasted wh today's world religns.

20 GAY GREEK GODS

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While Homer never explicly stat a gay relatnship between Achill and sikick Patrocl, many scholars read a romantic nnectn between the two, as only Patrocl ever drew out a passnate si to the famoly arrogant warrr. Rearcher Johanna Hypatia-Cybelaia wr that lbian and gay vote worshipped her as Artemis Orthia, and that lbian port Pamphilia referred to the godss hymn as Artemis Pergaea. Above: Athena, center, a mural by John Sger SargentAphrodeWhile the godss of love is not intified promently as lbian herself, the Greek poet Sappho (as sapphic) of Lbos (y, as lbian) told many homoerotic tal and named Aphrode as the greatt patron and ally of lbians and homosexuals wh the Greek pantheon of gods.

Above: Enrique Simo, El Juic Paris (1904)ErosWhile the bt-known myths of Eros pict the son of Aphrode as a fertily god -- the versn that proved spiratnal to the popularized Roman god Cupid -- later Greek myths portrayed Eros as one of several wged erot, and the one regard as a protector of homosexual culture, acrdg to rearch the scholarly book Among Women: From the Homosocial to the Homoerotic the Ancient World. Comic-Con and SXSW now regularly hold LGBT-themed panels, and gay geeks have anized their own nventns like Flame Con and Gaymer X. Several gay men, like me, e out only to leave their geek si stuck the as an out gay man and a closeted geek was a nfg, difficult battle.

GAY GEEKS UNE AGAST HOMOPHOBIA VIO GAM

GaymerX, the first-ever nventn voted to gay geeks, took place last weekend San Francis. I went there to support my brother (who anized the event) and to chat wh atten about why beg a gay geek is so hard and what the vio game... * gay geeks *

Even as an out gay man, I still didn't feel brave enough to hang my She-Hulk poster or talk about my love of Star Trek's Capta Kathryn Janeway. I had to wa until my 20s before I uld allow myself to read ic books public, or wear a Green Lantern stume to a nventn, or even stand le for a Harry Potter midnight movie stigma of beg gay was so faiar that I didn't realize I was still hidg part of myself. There are still so many gay geeks out there, wag for a flare to the sky or a bean of light--a ll hopg for a rponse.

GAY GEEKS ARE COMG TO LA COMIC CON

LA Comic Con is BACK! After a two-year absence due to COVID, LA Comic Con returns to celebrate s 10-year anniversary as LA’s biggt all-thgs ics, gamg, sci-fi, eSports, and pop culture event. In addn to headlers Shazam’s Zachary Levi, Star Trek’s Walter Koenig and Nichelle Nichols, The Mandalorian’s Mg-Na Wen, Evil Dead’s Bce Campbell, and the st of Arrow, splayer and stylist Julian “Jetson” Chaix will morate the Gay Geeks and Where To Fd Them panel featurg digal artist and filmmaker Timo Ree, podster and journalist Alexanr Rodriguez (On the Rocks: Where Celebri & Cocktails Mix), publicist and podst Chandler Polg (X-Reads), and drag queen Ember Va to geek out about favore fandoms, the LGBTQIA+ muny, and their reers. The panel menc Saturday, December 4th at 1 pm and is sure to be the perfect mix of geekdom, gay, and sass. * gay geeks *

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GAY GEEKS HONG KONG

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In addn to headlers Shazam’s Zachary Levi, Star Trek’s Walter Koenig and Nichelle Nichols, The Mandalorian’s Mg-Na Wen, Evil Dead’s Bce Campbell, and the st of Arrow, splayer and stylist Julian “Jetson” Chaix will morate the Gay Geeks and Where To Fd Them panel featurg digal artist and filmmaker Timo Ree, podster and journalist Alexanr Rodriguez (On the Rocks: Where Celebri & Cocktails Mix), publicist and podst Chandler Polg (X-Reads), and drag queen Ember Va to geek out about favore fandoms, the LGBTQIA+ muny, and their reers. A self-clared gay geek, Julian has produced and morated panels for the lik of San Diego Comic-Con, WonrCon, LA Comic Con, and the former Comic Con Palm Sprgs. He is a long-time fan of sci-fi and horror and his artistic missn is to ntribute to media reprentatn of queer people the genre, or as he puts : “Puttg Gays Space.

“GAYLIENS” NOW STREAMG ON HERETV

The Two Gay Geeks received this prs release form our good iend, Mona at ILDK Media. HereTV has picked up a new seri, Gayliens which is now streamg. See below for more . Let know what you thk the ments sectn below. As always we wele your feedback and put on all of * gay geeks *

The servers clu the Gay Geeks, Spectm, Gaymers, and Gayozera muni the Disrd Partner enurage you to check ’em out and show your support!

"Gay Geeks will be hostg a handful of gamg events, giveaways and Server Vio group lls so server members n get to know the moratn staff Geeks is joable at ‍Found 2017, Spectm is the official partnered server of r/LGBT and is a queer only server aimed at providg a muny for queer people to meet others like them, as well as a place for young, qutng ers to disver their own inti. Spectm will also be nng an “Inktober-style” art ntt wh different them each day and v ers to get n jo the Spectm server at ‍Gaymers is one of the longt-nng LGBTQ+ servers on Disrd, startg back all the way December 2015.

BEATBOXG COMMUNYDISRD IS HOME TO LNS OF UNIQUE MUNI G TOGETHER FOR A SGULAR PURPOSE. IF YOU DON’T FD A PLACE THAT FS WHAT YOU’RE LOOKG FOR, YOU N EASILY CREATE .THAT’S WHAT DAVID DID WHEN HE FOUND THE BEATBOX COMMUNY, NOW THE FACTO HANGOUT WHERE BEATBOXERS AND BEATBOX ENTHIASTS E TO LEVEL UP THEIR CRAFT. BEATBOXG PARTICULAR IS A HOBBY WHOUT MANY OPPORTUNI TO WORK PERSON AND PRACTICE WH ONE ANOTHER, WHICH MAK AN ONLE MUNY IAL FOR HELPG TO SHARPEN SOME SKILLS. NOT ONLY DO THE DISRD SERVER HELP EXPERIENCED BEATBOXERS NNECT, ALSO CREAT A SPACE FOR NEWERS TO GA VALUABLE EXPERIENCE BEFORE ENTERG THE AY OF LIVE PETNS.BEE BEATBOXG IS ALL ABOUT VOL TALENT, ’S A GREAT F FOR VOICE-FOCED STAGE CHANNELS. THE BEATBOX COMMUNY RECENTLY RAN AN EVENT LLED “ESPE THE CYPHER,” OFFERG A SPACE FOR SOME OF THE MOST TALENTED BEATBOXERS OM ALL ACROSS THE WORLD TO E TOGETHER FOR A BETIFUL ETYLE JAM SSN. MULTIPLE PERFORMERS SHOWED OFF THEIR UNIQUE STYLGS, AND BEE OF THE LOW-KEY ATMOSPHERE, NOBODY HAD TO WORRY ABOUT PETG OR PARG THEMSELV TO THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS. REMOVED OM THE STRS OF HEATED PETN, ESPE THE CYPHER OFFERED A DAY JT FOR SHOWSG THE ART FORM AND THE CREATIVY .JT BEE THE EVENT WAS A LOT CHILLER THAN A FULL PETN DON’T MEAN WAS LS ANIZED, HOWEVER. DAVID ALWAYS MAK SURE THERE’S A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF STAFF AROUND, PL A PROPER, PREPARED HOST WHO N SPREAD THE ENERGY OF THE EVENT WELL AND ENGAGE THE DIENCE. HE WAS ALSO REFUL TO MAKE THE TONE AND STCTURE REFLECT THE CULTURE OF THE BEATBOX COMMUNY, SOMETHG HE REMENDS OTHER SERVER OWNERS DO: “LOTS OF SERVERS HAVE BEEN DOG SIAR STYLE EVENTS, SUCH AS TALENT SHOWS, WHICH I THK MAK HARR TO STAND OUT AS A MUNY OVERALL. MAKE THE EVENT PERSONAL AND PERSONALIZED [TO YOUR MUNY].”FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO TCH A SLIGHTLY MORE HIGH-STAK EVENT, THE “ONLE WORLD BEATBOX CHAMPNSHIP” IS BEG HELD BY THE BEATBOXG COMMUNY BETWEEN AUGT 21ST AND 22ND. YOU’LL BE ABLE TO WNS SOME OF THE BT AND BRIGHTT BEATBOXERS THE WORLD DE OUT FOR THE TLE OF ONLE WORLD BEATBOX CHAMPN. FOR MORE , OR TO MAKE SURE YOU DON’T MISS THE EVENT, CHECK OUT THE SERVER NOW.ART CLUBSHN AND KAT NEED A WAY TO SHARE THEIR ARTISTIC SI, AND THEY FIGURED OTHER PEOPLE NEED THE SAME THG. THAT’S WHY THE TWO -FOUND THE ART CLUB, A PLACE FOR CREATORS EVERYWHERE TO TALK SHOP, TRA TIPS, AND WORK THROUGH THEIR PROJECTS WH ONE ANOTHER.THE MUNY OFFERS A LOT OF SUPPORT TO S MEMBERS, AND DON’T STOP AT IDLE CHATTG. FOR ONE THG, THERE’S SUCH A STAGGERGLY LARGE LIBRARY OF ARTISTIC ASSISTANCE ASSETS AVAILABLE THAT THEY’VE HAD TO MAKE A SEND SERVER AS A DITED ROURCE DIRECTORY. ONE OF S NEWT ROURC IS A STAGE EVENT SERI SUPPORTG THE DISVERY OF “UNRGROUND ARTISTS,” AS-YET UNDISVERED CREATORS WHOSE TALENT HASN’T BEEN REGNIZED BY THE PUBLIC. THE THREE-PART EVENT ALSO HELPED SPIRE ART CLUB’S ARTIST MUNY THROUGH MOTIVATNAL TALKS OM RENOWNED ARTISTS AND PROFSNALS SHARG THEIR REER JOURNEYS AND STORI.“I KNOW A LOT OF TIM, N BE PRETTY ISOLATG AND LONELY, LOST YOUR OWN HEAD WH YOUR OWN THOUGHTS — PECIALLY IF THEY ARE DISURAGG. HEARG HOW OTHERS HAVE FACED THE SAME CHALLENG, THOUGHT OF THE SAME IAS, AND VOICED THE SAME BELIEFS N BE TLY SPIRATNAL AND MOTIVATG. IT N MAKE THE WORLD FEEL LIKE A MUCH LS LONELY PLACE. I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THIS HAPPEN WH THE DIENCE AT EACH OF THE SPEAKER SEGMENTS.”“EVERYBODY STARTS SOMEWHERE, AND AT SOME POT, EVERYONE IS AN UNRGROUND ARTIST,” SAYS SHN. “WE HOPE BY GIVG THE PROFSNALS A PLATFORM ON WHICH TO SHARE THEIR JOURNEYS AND HOW THEY OVERE THE HARDSHIPS THEY FACED, WE N ENURAGE AND MOTIVATE SMALLER ARTISTS TO KEEP TRYG AND TO NOT GIVE UP.”WHEN ASKED ABOUT ADVICE FOR NNG YOUR FIRST STAGE EVENT, SHN AND KAT ENURAGE FOLKS TO “HAVE A GOOD TIME AND LEARN OM MISTAK.” AFTER ALL, LEARNG AND CREATG IS WHAT BEG AN ARTIST IS ALL ABOUT.DO NNG AN EVENT FOCED ON ART SOUND LIKE SOMETHG YOU’D BE TERTED ? CHECK OUT THIS ARTICLE ABOUT G STAGE CHANNELS TO SHARE ART OF ANY KD!GAY GEEKSTROPHIAS FOUND THE GAY GEEKS GROUP ALL THE WAY BACK 2010, BUT THEY DIDN’T MAKE THE JUMP TO DISRD UNTIL 2017. IN ALL THAT TIME, THEIR MISSN HAS REMAED THE SAME: GIVE PEOPLE A PLACE TO SHARE THEIR PASSNS AND MAKE IENDS AN ATMOSPHERE EE OF JUDGMENT OR BAD VIB. YOU N READ MORE ABOUT THEM ONE OF OUR PAST BLOGS, HOW DISRD COMMUNI CELEBRATE PRI.WHEN YOU’RE HELPG TO MANAGE A MUNY OF THOANDS OF PEOPLE OM ACROSS THE LGBTQIA+ SPECTM, MATAG THE TST AND NFINCE OF YOUR MEMBERS IS CCIAL. SCE THEIR LAST APPEARANCE ON THE DISRD BLOG, THEY’VE BEEN ABLE TO RPORATE STAGE CHANNELS AS A NATURAL EXTENSN OF THEIR MUNY AND HELP SUPPORT THEIR MEMBERS.ONE OF GAY GEEK’S RECENT EVENTS WAS A SORT OF ROUND TABLE BETWEEN THE MORATN STAFF AND THE MUNY, AN OPPORTUNY TO SHARE STORI AND OFFER GUIDANCE TO ONE ANOTHER. TROPHIAS AND THE TEAM SOON LEARNED WHEN YOU LEAD BY EXAMPLE, OTHERS WILL GA THE SPIRATN TO SHARE THEIR OWN JOURNEYS.“MEMBERS GAVE SPIRG STORI ABOUT THEIR G OUT STORY, WHICH TURN MA MORE OF THE DIENCE WANT TO SHARE THEIR STORI AS WELL! OTHERS SPOKE ABOUT THEIR JOURNEY AND SHED LIGHT ON SOME OF THE STGGL THAT MANY THE LGBTQ+ MUNY FACE DAILY. WE NEVER EXPECTED WOULD HAVE TURNED OUT SO WELL.”DEPENDG ON HOW LARGE YOUR OWN MUNY IS, BUILDG RELATNSHIPS WH YOUR MUNY MAY MEAN TAKG SPECIAL STEPS TO PROTECT YOUR MEMBERS. TROPHIAS ADVIS MAKG SURE YOUR MORATN TEAM IS READY TO ROLL WHEN YOUR STAGE STARTS. “ENSURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO BE ABLE TO MORATE ANY CHANNELS THAT YOU HAVE WH THE EVENT, BUT ALSO TO GRAB BAD ACTORS WHO MAY LOOK TO CRASH THE EVENT,” HE EXPLAS. “YOUR MUNY WILL THANK YOU AND SEE THAT YOU ARE TRYG TO PROTECT THE MUNY EVEN FURTHER.”IF GAY GEEKS SOUNDS LIKE A PLACE YOU’D LIKE TO LL HOME, YOU’LL FD THEM WH A QUICK SEARCH SERVER DISVERY. THEY’RE PLANNG TO HOST AN OPEN MIC NIGHT SOON, TOO — PERHAPS ’S TIME TO SHARE A STORY OF YOUR OWN?SET YOUR OWN STAGE AND SHARE YOUR COMMUNY’S SHG STARS

Actor Nathan Filln, beloved by gay geeks and Twter-heads alike, tells about his new 'heightened realy' Web seri. * gay geeks *

” Brandon, the origal owner of the Gaymers server, me up wh a simple but effective solutn to this nundm: startg a new server.

BEN’S “GAY” BOOK BREAKDOWN | TAL BER WS IN OVERTIME WH “THE RT OF THE STORY”

Wele to Deep Space Pri! Mike Thurlow and Johnson Lee are two self-profsed gay geeks who love to obss over Star Trek - jo as we talk about some of our favore episos, revel as yet another new seri is announced, and ramble on about some off topic ntent. And maybe once a while,… * gay geeks *

After almost 5 years and nearly 10, 000 members later, we say worked out pretty Gaymers muny plans to hold celebratory giveaways, movie nights, and even nng a live drag show wh their server.

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Culber (Wilson Cz) of Star Trek: the Bash - PSA om Mike Costanza on '90s PSA (GLAAD, La Pietra Foundatn, MTV) brgs awarens to gay bashg.

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Have a listen, and we hope you enjoy this as much as we Nick BensonFX master, Nick Benson has provid his special effects magic on a llectn of horror films that clu, Tremors, The Blob, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, and Bri of Mulligan's Manor☀☀☀Mulligan’s Manor is a lovg and supportive group home dited to at-risk gay, bisexual, transgenr, qutng, and heterosexual adolcents rangg om 12 to 17 years old.

EP 40: JT LEE—GAY, GEEK & CHRISTIAN

We are a fay-oriented, LGBTQA (Lbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgenr, Qutng, and Ally) muny that nurtur and empowers our youth to reach their full potential, as well as provi tools for a safe and healthy life. Have a listen, and we hope you enjoy this as much as we The Two Gay GeeksBen and Keh are The Two Gay Geeks behd TG Geeks Webst, where our motto is “You name , We talk about .

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