Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman During his recent trip to Africa, President Obama admonished Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta to improve Kenya’s stance on gay rights. Via PinkNews; Speaking at a joint press conference, President Obama told Kenyatta: “I’ve been consistent all across Africa on this – I believe in the principle of treating people equally under the law, […]
By John Mack Freeman World record bodybuilder Janae Marie Kroc has come out as trans. Via OutSports: Editor’s note: We share Kroc’s former name as only an identifier to her powerlifting and bodybuilding fans. She is currently living as both genders. World record holder and world champion power lifter Matt Kroczaleski has acknowledged publicly that […]
By John Mack Freeman A recent poll of European Pride attendees found that about half of them identify as heterosexual. Via PinkNews: The results of the study were released in the run up to this year’s Pride Festival in Stockholm, Sweden, to mark the 18th pride festival in the city. The poll – conducted during […]
By John Mack Freeman The Boy Scouts of America recently voted to allow gay adults to serve as group leaders within the organization. However, the BSA also approved allowing local groups to ban gay adults from serving in their local areas. Via Reuters: The new policy, which takes effect immediately, comes three years after the […]
By John Mack Freeman It has not been a good week for Houston and LGBT rights. In the early part of this week, the Texas state Supreme Court told the city that they must either repeal the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) or place it on the ballot this November. Advocates for HERO noted that […]
By John Mack Freeman Judge Robert Doumar has dismissed claims that Title IX protects trans students to use the bathroom of their appropriate gender identity. Title IX protects students from discrimination on the basis of sex. Via Buzzfeed: The Justice Department had filed a statement of interest in the case, arguing that Grimm had a […]
By John Mack Freeman Five people were wounded and another person has died as a result of an attack at a Jerusalem Pride event this week. The attacker, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man named Yishai Schlissel, was released from prison three weeks ago after serving a ten year term for a similar attack. 16 year old Shira […]
By Ashley R. Lierman Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain, a major historical milestone of representing same-sex love in mainstream cinema, is ten years old this year. In honor of the anniversary, cast and crew members including Lee, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid, Annie Proulx, Diana Ossana, and Larry McMurtry participated in an interview with Out […]
By Ashley R. Lierman Rainbow Family (English title) is a new Chinese sitcom inspired by Will & Grace, which has banned from airing in its home country. Since being made available online, however, the first two episode of the series have tens of millions of views and counting. According to Out: Rainbow Family focuses on […]
By Ashley R. Lierman I Am Jazz, a new documentary series airing on TLC, follows the life of 14-year-old Jazz Jennings, a trans girl and outspoken trans youth activist, reports The Advocate. Jennings is one of an increasing number of prominent trans people in the media, but certainly much younger than most of her contemporaries […]