Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman Lambda Literary has published the list of finalists for their 2015 awards. The finalists were chosed from 818 submissions from 407 publishers. The winners will be announced on June 1st. The complete list can be seen here.
By Ashley R. Lierman Body: Two characters kissed on the drama “Seonam Girls High School Investigators” last week, PinkNews reports. This is thought to mark the first same-sex kiss between women on South Korean television. Even similar moments from Western television have previously been edited out before broadcast in South Korea (for example, a kiss […]
By Ashley R. Lierman The Advocate recently interviewed Dennis Shepard, father of Matthew Shepard, and the director of a new documentary about Shepard’s life and murder. The article discusses the film, called Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine, and Matthew Shepard himself, as the documentary takes a particularly personal look at his life as […]
By Ashley R. Lierman As you might have guessed from the title, I want to talk specifically about trans representation in today’s column, and I feel like this would be a good time to provide a bit of a caveat. Which is: I’m cis, and while of course I’m invested in the just treatment of […]
By Tess Goldwasser What is your role in the GLBTRT? I joined GLBTRT when I first joined ALA my first semester of library school. If anything I suppose I could describe myself as a conscientious lurker. I pay attention to the listserv to stay current, but I’ve also met some great friends and colleagues as […]
By John Mack Freeman Anti-trans bathroom bills were passed by portions of the legislature in both the state of Kentucky and Canada this week. In Kentucky, the state Senate voted 27-9 (all Democrats and three Republicans opposed) to allow a bill that would require students to use the bathroom assigned to their biological sex rather than […]
Via press release Gay Star News Ltd., an international online news service based in London, announced this month that Lord John Browne of Madingley has become a shareholder in the business, taking a 12.5 percent stake. Brown is the former CEO of BP (British Petroleum), one of the world”s largest gas and oil companies. He […]
By Ashley R. Lierman It’s a good week for bisexual representation in media. A same-sex kiss on the CW’s apocalyptic drama The 100 led to confirmation by the show’s creators that its main character is, in fact, bisexual (via the Advocate): Screenwriter Jason Rothenberg graciously answered fans’ questions over Twitter, confirming the character is in […]
By John Mack Freeman A new study from the Urban Institute conducted extensive interviews with 283 LGBT youth in New York City who were engaged in survival sex. Via LGBTQ Nation: In extensive interviews conducted over three years by the Urban Institute, 283 young people spoke about experiencing family rejection, establishing support networks with groups […]
By John Mack Freeman A new $400 joining fee may be responsible for a dramatic shrinking in the size of the LGBT Equality Caucus. 51 members have not renewed their membership in the Caucus, although some still list themselves as members of the Caucus on their personal websites. The mission of the Caucus is “The […]