Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman Apple’s newest OS update will come packaged with hundreds more emojis for people to use to communicate. The pictures that include people will allow for a variety of skin tones, and the number of images featuring same sex families and pairings has increased dramatically. While a release date is yet unknown, […]
By John Mack Freeman On February 23, 2015, Secretary of State John Kerry appointed Randy Berry as the US State Department’s first LGBT envoy. Berry had previously served as Consul General in Amsterdam with prior postings in Bangladesh, Egypt, South Africa, and Uganda. Secretary Kerry had the following to say (via PinkNews): “Randy’s a leader, […]
By Cat Walker The newest resource added to the GLBTRT Professional Tools page is a guide to resources in print and online about Latinos and Latinas that are also gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. The size of the American population with Latin American heritage has grown, and recently the visibility of Latino/as in American culture […]
By John Mack Freeman This week, the Reviews Committee posted 8 new reviews of LGBT titles. Newly reviewed items include: Siegfried Sassoon, by Jean Moorcroft Wilson I am Jazz, by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings, illustrated by Shelagh McNicholas Blue Water Dreams, by Dena Hankins Outlander Leander series, by Eisah The Balance, by Neal Wooten Fan […]
By John Mack Freeman Secretary Julian Castro announced new rules this week for homeless shelters that receive money from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. The rules specify that these facilities must provide access to everyone on an equal basis regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. It also makes explicit that […]
By John Mack Freeman A new study authored in part by the Movement Advancement Project has found that trans persons are significantly more likely to experience economic hardship over the course of their lives than are non-trans individuals. Via MAP: Paying an Unfair Price: The Financial Penalty for Being Transgender in America paints a stark […]
By John Mack Freeman The first ever top-level domain on the Internet for LGBT people officially opened this week. “.lgbt” sites are open to businesses, organizations, and individuals supportive of the LGBT community. They can be registered from a variety of domain registrars. All sites with a .lgbt address are subect to the .lgbt Acceptable […]
By John Mack Freeman Brandan Robertson had signed a deal with Destiny Image last year for them to publish his book Nomad: Not-So-Religious Thoughts On Faith, Doubt, and the Journey In Between. However, last month, Robertson appeared in a Time article in which he was identified as queer. Due to this, Robertson claims he was asked to sign a […]
By John Mack Freeman When trying to affect political change, it helps if people follow the instructions. Opponents of Plano’s Equal Rights Ordinance collected well over the 3,822 required signatures needed to put the law on the ballot in November. However, officials rejected the petition on several grounds. The petition inaccurately stated that the ordinance applied […]
By John Mack Freeman In this week’s moment of heartwarming, straight fathers of gay Australian sons read the book I Think I’m a Poof by Samuel Leighton-Dore. Via Gay Star News: In the video, Leighton-Dore’s father says of his son’s coming out: ‘It was so significant for him, but what’s remarkable is how insignificant an announcement it […]