Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman Vox published a time lapse video of the march towards full marriage equality in the United States earlier this week. The brief two-minute video highlights the steady increase in the number of Americans living in states where same sex marriage is legal. Watch the video below:
By Tess Goldwasser (Ed note: Nik was interviewed back in January! Then he got buried under my massive to do list… Until now! So he DEFINITELY mentions the 2015 ALA Midwinter Meeting as if it is a future, and not past, event, but given THIS context, the context of the mountain o’ stuff on my […]
By John Mack Freeman In Montana, Governor Bullock signed an anti-bullying law into effect. The measure had taken over ten years to become a law, making Montana the last state in the union to have a statewide anti-bullying law on the books. Via the Billings Gazette: The new law defines bullying as any repeated harassment, hazing or […]
By John Mack Freeman Two new polls released this week have shown increased support for both same-sex marriage and acceptance of trans people. First, an ABC News poll showed 61 percent of respondents approving of same-sex marriage. This is the highest level of support ever recorded by this poll. This is almost a doubling of […]
By John Mack Freeman In a move that surprised many, Governor Doug Ducey of Arizona (R) revoked that state’s ban on adoption by same-sex couples. According to a spokesman, the voiding of a Department of Child Safety mandate came this week because the governor just learned of the policy. Although Ducey has strong ties to […]
Via press release CHICAGO – Join the ALA Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) as it hosts a preconference highlighting library services to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans* and queer/questioning community. “Rolling out the Rainbow Carpet: Serving LGBTQ Communities” will be held from 8:30 a.m. – noon on Friday, June 26, 2015 during […]
By John Mack Freeman An administrative judge has proposed a $135,000 fine for the suburban Portland, Oregon bakery who were refused service over two years ago. Via the Seattle Times: The judge, Alan McCullough, ruled in January that Sweet Cakes by Melissa discriminated against Laurel and Rachel Bowman-Cryer by refusing to bake them a wedding […]
By John Mack Freeman A new study shows that LGBT people of color are statistically much more likely to experience lifetime poverty than their non-LGBT or non-person of color counterparts. Paying an Unfair Price: The Financial Penalty for LGBT People of Color by the Movement Advancement Project shows that LGBT people of color are more likely […]
Via press release Since it was established in 1967, ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) has championed the rights of library users to seek and receive information on all subjects from all points of view without restriction and without having the subject of one’s interest examined or scrutinized by others. The new ninth edition of […]
By John Mack Freeman All New X-Men #40 was released this past Wednesday, and it revealed that original X-Men member Robert Drake, more commonly known as “Iceman,” is gay. Via Gay Star News: “The comic series centers around the five young original X-Men (Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman and Jean Grey) who time travel to the present […]