Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman Victor Manuel Aguirre and Fernando Urias have become the first same sex couple to legally wed in the Mexican state of Baja California. The couple had previously been denied a marriage license three times. The third time occurred last week when the couple’s were denied mandatory counseling by a religious figure who then […]
By Ann Symons and Peter Coyl Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA: June 25-30, 2015 Registration/housing/TICKETED EVENTS open tomorrow at noon Central, January 12, 2015. Participation in the San Francisco Pride Parade is a ticketed event open only to GLBTRT members. We will join the San Francisco Public Library Contingent. THERE ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS […]
By John Mack Freeman (via Roland Hansen) The GLBTRT Midwinter Social will be held: Sunday February 1st 6-8pm Columbia College Chicago Library 624 S. Michigan Avenue, 2nd Floor The suggested door charge is $5, though all donations will be welcomed and accepted. A special 45th anniversary anniversary treat will kick off the evening. The Stonewall […]
Via press release From the creation of #WeNeedDiverseBooks to the heroic response of the Ferguson Public Library, diversity and inclusion have played key roles in the library conversation this year. Whether with annual traditions – MLK Sunrise Celebration with Dr. Cornel West and REFORMA’s Noche de Cuentos – or updates on new projects – The […]
By John Mack Freeman Registration and hotels for the Annual Conference in San Francisco will open this Monday, January 12th. The list of conference hotels can be found here: http://alaac15.ala.org/hotels. Individuals who have bundled their conference registrations should receive an e-mail with instructions on how to book their hotel rooms.
By John Mack Freeman Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has fired Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran due to Cochran’s distribution of a self-published book called Who Told You You Were Naked? Via the Atlanta-Journal Constitution: “Among what city leaders said were troubling remarks in the fire chief’s book was a description of homosexuality as a “perversion” akin to […]
By John Mack Freeman The Superior School District Board has rejected a request to ban the book Emma and Meesha My Boy: A Two Mom Story.” The book tells the story of how a little girl learns to be nice to a cat with the help of her mothers. Only one school board member voted in favor […]
By John Mack Freeman Another viral speech from Irish drag artist has been making its way around the Internet this week. In this Tedx Dublin Talk, Panti examines how the little slights of homophobia add up in a big way.
By John Mack Freeman Russia has once again upped the ante on its discrimination against LGBT people. On December 29th, the Russian Ministry of Health adopted an updated list of “diseases” (sarcastic quotes) that are contraindicated to driving. These include, according to Human Rights First, “being transgender, bigender, asexual, and cross dressing.” The press release went […]
By John Mack Freeman After a few weeks of not much happening from the courts due to the holidays, this week had three major developments in the ongoing judicial struggle for full same sex marriage recognition. This past Monday, Florida started celebrating same sex unions across the state after state Attorney General Pam Bondi lost […]