Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By Tricia Boucher Tajikistan Registers 367 Suspected Gays, Lesbians in Database With the help of police and prosecutors, Tajikistan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has created a registry of suspected gay citizens in order to forcibly test them for HIV. While homosexuality is not a crime in Tajikistan, this database uses the pretext of public health […]
By Tricia Boucher Georgia lawmaker suggests quarantining people with HIV State representative Betty Price (R), suggested quarantining HIV-positive persons during a committee meeting that, ironically, was set up to look at barriers to treatment for HIV-positive persons. Gay Agent Fired After Sexual Assault Allegations Gay men join women with their #MeToo stories of sexual assault […]
By Thomas Maxheimer There’s a rising global tide of crackdowns on LGBT communities So far, Tajikistan, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Tanzania, Indonesia and the Russian republic of Chechnya have all rounded up people suspected of being gay. Sessions deals another blow to the LGBT community Mississippi is the national leader in anti-LGBTQ laws stemming from religious objections […]
By Thomas Maxheimer ‘Freak Show’ Is the Underdog Tale We’ve Been Waiting For The show follows the James St. James novel where Billy Bloom, played by Alex J. Lawther, moves from accepting Connecticut to the oppressive southern U.S. The film will star Bette Midler, Larry Pine, Laverne Cox, Abigail Breslin, AnnaSophia Robb, Ian Nelson, Celia […]
By Tricia Boucher Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights around the world See what LGBT rights exist around the world! Perth’s Anglican church offers ‘heartfelt apology’ to LGBT community While the diocese of Sydney has been criticized for donating one million dollars to support the “no” vote against same-sex marriage in Australia, the Perth diocese […]
Lorelei Rutledge, Faculty Services Librarian, University of Utah Marriott Library By A. Faulkner What is your role in the GLBTRT? General member What does the GLBTRT mean to you? A place to discuss professional issues related to LGBTQ people Are you involved in ALA in other ways? Yes! I just wrapped up as an Emerging […]
By Tricia Boucher ‘Hazards of Homosexuality’ Flier Distributed at Values Voter Summit MassResistance, an anti-LGBT group, distributed a pamphlet at the Values Voter Summit that discussed the “hazards of homosexuality”. The flier was from a book endorsed by Dr. Paul Church, a urologist who was dismissed from his position at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital for […]
By Thomas Maxheimer LGBT Americans feel Trump has sacrificed them to shore up his evangelical base “The Trump-Pence administration launched an all-out assault on LGBTQ people, women, and other minority communities by unleashing a sweeping license to discriminate,” says Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin. Man banned from Oregon library after hiding LGBTQ DVDs Staff […]
By Thomas Maxheimer Watch Laverne Cox’s short history of transgender rights & learn something today The ACLU, Laverne Cox, Transparent producer and artist Zackary Drucker, and the creative team of Molly Crabapple and Kim Boekbinder have teamed up to create the trans history. Watch the powerful video here. ‘Tom of Finland’ Hits U.S. Movie Theaters […]
“Every year, the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) of the American Library Association seeks to honor librarians, library related organizations (including libraries, library staff, library boards, library friends), and other individuals or groups (public or private) that have demonstrated excellence in the area of responding to the needs of the lesbian, gay, […]