Murderous parents? Outstanding warrants? A dinosaur living down the hall? Basic, relatable stuff when you a group of super powered teenagers playing house together on the run in Marvel’s Runaways on Hulu. But the surprisingly well handled queer relationship between Karolina and Nico is what’s really got us tuning in at the Bi-Geekly Report!
Late last year Netflix launched the reboot of the She-Ra series – offering a fans old and new a refreshing new look on defender of Etheria and her friends, allies, and enemies – including more body shapes, more skin tones, and more queerness!
20-gay-teen is a wistful memory now, but there’s some great things in store for 20-bi-teen. In this episode of the Bi-Geekly Report El Sanchez shares some of the Bi-conic geek moments we all hope to see this year.
If you’re looking for the perfect last minute holiday gift for the queer geek in your life, from unofficial Sabrina and She Ra merch to Marvel’s America Chavez doll, then El Sanchez has got you covered in this brand new episode of The Bi-Geekly Report!
If you misgender someone whose pronouns you know, just correct yourself and move on. No need to make a big apology. This often pushes the awkwardness of the moment off on the person you misgendered who feels they have to forgive you for the conversation to continue which is manipulative and self-centered.
We’ve all got those comic, TV, movie, or video game characters that helped us realize our queerness, right? In this week’s Bi-Geekly Report, from She-Ra to Tasha Yar, El lists 10 of the characters that helped them figure out they’re queer as a three dollar bill. Who are some of your queer inspirations? Let us know in the comments below.
Grab your tunafish and buffalo wings, it’s time for another Reality Rewind, where we bring you real queer talk about retro reality TV, and this week El and Val revisit an instant classic by taking a peak at the lives of newlyweds Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson and their MTV reality series, Newlyweds.
Back by no popular demand, it’s El’s favorite quiz show, Which Chris is This? Inspired by Avengers: Infinity War, El is bringing back the trivia game poking fun at the inordinately high number of super hero action movie stars who happen to be white guys named Chris!
When it comes to depicting the future of social issues, Star Trek has often been ahead of the curve. In this episode, El Sanchez breaks down how, although the shows can sometimes depict gender and sexuality issues in problematic ways, characters like Jadzia Dax and races like the Trill and J’naii allowed early TNG and DS9 to depict gender fluidity and non-conformity in ways you didn’t often see on television back then.
El Sanchez and Val Nigro want to give you a new queer take on an old school genre, Reality TV. This week the queer funny duo looks back on a cringeworthy dating show clone to reminds us that even groundbreaking TV can be bad: A Shot At Love with Tila Tequila.
El Sanchez is back with their take on queer representation in geek pop culture, featuring the story behind Street Fighter’s Poison, along with other trans characters in geek media. CW: Some of the descriptions and terms quoted in this video are transphobic.
Celebrating the approach of one of the western world’s best zombie stories, El shares a few of their fave queer zombie movies for this week’s Bi-Geekly Report, your bi-weekly take on queer representation in geek pop culture.