Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
Saturday, 6/25 8:00am-8:30am Orlando Memorial with REFORMA (OCCC Auditorium) 8:45am-11:00am GLBTRT Executive Board Meeting (Hyatt Bayhill 20) 11:30am-12:30pm GLBTRT Membership Meeting (Hyatt Bayhill 18) 3:00-4:00pm The […]
By Elizabeth Gartley June is GLBT Book Month! While I’m excited to take the time to celebrate LGBTQ literature in libraries, I still often find myself in the position of trying to get (and keep) LGBTQ books into school libraries so that they can be celebrated. From my own observations, schools and school libraries still […]
By John Mack Freeman The 28th annual Lambda Literary Awards have been announced. View the full list here.
By John Mack Freeman Russia has put its weight behind an effort to remove language from a resolution related to AIDS that would have urged countries to decriminalize homosexuality and drug use. Via Radio Free Europe: Russia was joined by Iran, Poland, and several Gulf states in blocking the decriminalization language from being included in […]
By John Mack Freeman Police apprehended a suspect in Los Angeles who had a car with weapons, ammunition, and explosives who said he was on his way to attack the Los Angeles Pride festivities. Via LA Times: Santa Monica Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks said on Twitter that the 20-year-old man told one of her officers after he was […]
By John Mack Freeman Over 100 people are dead or injured after a shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida on June 12, 2016. This is the largest mass shooting in American history, surpassing the Virginia Tech massacre from 2007. The shooting took place at 2:02am. In a shootout with police, the suspect was […]
By Ashley R. Lierman On her show Full Frontal, Samantha Bee was another commentator to tear into North Carolina’s recent transphobic law House Bill 2. Her shaming of Governor Pat McCrory as “potty prefect” of the state came as part of a larger piece on how moderate and liberal voter apathy in the 2010 election […]
By Ashley R. Lierman A new update to the popular Sims 4 will remove gender restrictions from character options, letting players fully customize their characters’ genders, clothing, and option to whatever they choose. The move came as a result of lengthy consultation with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Out.com reports: Electronic Arts […]
By Ashley R. Lierman Responding to Donald Trump’s recent claim that it would cost “hundreds of billions of dollars” to create gender-inclusive restrooms in his properties, Stephen Colbert decided to check his calculations on the actual cost of making the change. Watch the clip below:
By Ashley R. Lierman The Advocate reports that Whoopi Goldberg will be producing an upcoming television series called Strut. The series will be a modeling show focusing on models from Slay Model Management, the “first transgender modeling agency.” According to Goldberg, the series will “give viewers a unique opportunity to spend time with real people […]