Geek of Oz

The Geek of Oz team firmly believe that all love is equal and we support Marriage Equality. Many of our extended family, friends, and followers are fellow geeks and also part of the LGBTQI+ community. Sadly though in Australia, Marriage Equality is not available to the LGBTQI+ community. Every member of the team personally feels that marriage is something that should be shared equally amongst everyone from all walks of life. The majority of Australians and many MPs in Parliament also believe this. People know that in Australia we have values of a fair go and respect for all, and Marriage Equality is intrinsic to those values. Around the world more than twenty countries have passed laws to allow Marriage Equality, including the United States of America, New Zealand, Canada, Germany and Great Britain. As seen in those countries, the world did not end when Marriage Equality was achieved. If Marriage Equality is achieved in Australia, the sanctity of marriage will be fine...

Christof and I took the reins for this week's episode as we attended GX Australia over the weekend! GX Australia is Australia's first queer gaming convention and was a weekend-long celebration of everything gaming an geek related. The event had over 50 exhibitors ranging from the local Australian indie video game scene, international companies, local artists, talented creatives and much more. Christof and myself interviewed quite a few game developers as well trying as many of the games on offer! We also discussed the Midnighter comic and how it links to LGBTIQ culture as a cape style comic at a large publisher. You will also notice the podcast is going through a different format this week. We've decided to try some new things out and see how it works. We want the podcast to run smoother and be more of a conversation with you our audience. As always it would make our day if you could take a couple of minutes to rate and reviews us on iTunes or drop us some fe...