Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman Gawker uncovered an email from the Sony Pictures email leak that occurred a few months ago that shines light on why some movie superheroes continue to be so…non-diverse. The defined character traits of Peter Parker and his superhero alternate Spiderman specifically list that they must be heterosexual, male, and Caucasian unless […]
By John Mack Freeman This week marked further progress in the advance of recognizing same-sex unions worldwide. Taipei, Taiwan now allows for the registration of same sex unions. This marks the second city in Taiwan to recognize these unions after the change was quietly rolled out this past Wednesday. White a move in the right […]
By Ashley R. Lierman Reality show Big Brother will soon welcome its first ever trans guest. Audrey Middleton, a young transwoman and major fan of the show, will be one of its contestants in the new season starting June 24. Profiles were released for the new contestants on CBS’s web site earlier in the week, […]
By Ashley R. Lierman The Advocate posted an interview Friday with Sophie Campbell, the artist for the new Jem and the Holograms comic series from IDW Publishing. Campbell also recently came out as a trans woman, with admirable support from her publisher, including changing previously-published comics to reflect her new name. The Jem series has […]
By Ashley R. Lierman If you feel like I’ve kind of been down on things a lot lately, and sometimes it seems like I don’t really like anything, then today’s column is for you, because today I’m going to talk about Steven Universe. If you haven’t heard of Steven Universe, you’re not alone; it’s had […]
By Peter Coyl The Importance of GLBT Book Month As a teenager, I was such an avid library user I got a job shelving books at the library in the Children’s section. On my breaks, I would roam the stacks of the second floor adult fiction area looking for something new to read. One day, […]
By Charlie McNabb A new resource focusing on queers with disabilities is now available in the Professional Tools section of the GLBTRT website. Both queer people and people with disabilities are minorities in society. To be queer and disabled, then, is a double marginalization. In addition, people with disabilities tend to be perceived either as […]
By John Mack Freeman The American Medical Association has waded into the discussion over trans service in the military by declaring that there is no reason that trans people cannot serve. Specifically the organization passed a measure that said in part: RESOLVED, That our American Medical Association affirm that there is no medically valid reason […]
By John Mack Freeman A judge has validated the 500 same-sex marriages that occurred during a window period in Arkansas when same-sex marriage was briefly legal. Via Advocate.com: Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen affirmed marriage rights for the same-sex couples who wed after another judge tossed out Arkansas’s marriage equality ban last year. […] […]
By John Mack Freeman The musical Fun Home based on the award-winning graphic novel by Alison Bechdel has won five Tony awards at this year’s awards including Best Musical. The show won the most awards of any show this year. Via Advocate.com The show not only won the award for Best Musical, but also saw Tonys handed […]