Gay Geeks Are Comg to LA Comic Con - GEDmagaze

Contents:

• 'GAY GEEKS': AN ONLE UTOPIA FOR LGBTQ GAMERS, COMIC FANS AND TREKKI
• I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
• GAY GEEKS ARE COMG TO LA COMIC CON
• TG GEEKS - THE TWO GAY GEEKS
• BEN’S “GAY” BREAKDOWN | “WE’RE HERE” SHOWS THE TE POWER OF DRAG
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

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

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”The Seattle rint end up takg to Facebook to start a group he’d ll “Gay Geeks. ” 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.

I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN

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. ” Like many gay people, his fay nsists maly of those he has chosen rather than those wh whom he shar a bloodle. 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.

GAY GEEKS ARE COMG TO LA COMIC CON

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.

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. 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.

Gay Geeks and Where To Fd Them was ially started by Chris Riley and Chandler Polg several years ago. Gay geeks are the bt.

TG GEEKS - THE TWO GAY GEEKS

I did not f to what would be nsired the “regular” gay culture. Timothy “Timo” Ree is a gay digal artist and filmmaker.

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. Your art ptur the bt of gay and sci-fi worlds…have you ever felt any phback om eher muny towards the other? Of Gay and Metrosource Mis podsts and -hosts Bear Wh Us, Gurrrl and Sexy Funny Raw podsts.

BEN’S “GAY” BREAKDOWN | “WE’RE HERE” SHOWS THE TE POWER OF DRAG

Gay Geeks and Where To Fd Them panel: Saturday, Dec 4th at 1 pm:. TG Geeks Webst Episo 1298/7/2017The Two Gay Geeks have an terview wh thor, Jonathan Latt, who fills on what he has been dog and when you n expect more of his work. Duratn:01:05:11TG Geeks Webst Episo 1287/31/2017The Two Gay Geeks have their wrap up of Comic-Con Internatnal: San Diego.

Duratn:01:10:18TG Geeks Webst Episo1277/25/2017The Two Gay Geeks have an terview wh lol Phoenix thor, Beth Cato, whose new book, Call of Fire, is due out Augt. Duratn:01:03:19TG Geeks Webst Episo 1267/17/2017The Two Gay Geeks have an terview wh Tracey Birdsall, star of Rogue Warrr: Robot Fighter, wi release on DVD and Bluray next month. Duratn:00:57:48TG Geeks Webst Episo 1257/11/2017The Two Gay Geeks have an terview wh sci-fi thor, Zachry Wheeler, where we talk about his book, "Transient", that is velopment for a feature film.

Duratn:01:29:50TG Geeks Webst Episo 1247/5/2017he Two Gay Geeks have a wrap up of our experience at WterCon 70 cludg Eveng Eroti wh Gi Koch.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

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