Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature in the Madden Library at Fresno State University will be hosting a conference entitled “Outlawed: The Naked Truth About Censored Literature for Young People” from April 10-12, 2015. From their website: Learn how censorship presents itself in a variety of manners. While […]
By John Mack Freeman Margarita Donnelly died this week at the age of 72. Donnelly was best known as the founder of Calyx feminist press. From the Coravallis Gazette-Times (click for full obituary): Born Margarita Patricia Rosa Donnelly y Donnelly in Caracas, Venezuela to American parents, she attended college in the States. She earned a […]
By John Mack Freeman During the 2012 Pride parade in Austin, Texas Lambert Borgardt attacked Andrew Oppleman and Nick Soret. Oppelman lost five teeth and Soret’s nose was fractured. Last week, Lambert Borgardt was found guilty of two counts of aggravated assault and was sentenced to 10 years probation and 200 hours of community service. The grand […]
Via press release RICHMOND, Va. – The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Virginia filed an administrative complaint with the Department of Justice and Department of Education against Gloucester County Public Schools (GCPS) for adopting a bathroom policy that segregates transgender students from using the same restrooms and locker rooms as their peers. […]
By Ann K. Symons On behalf of the GLBTRT Board and it’s officers, thank you for letting us represent you. 2014 is flying out the window. It was a good year for the GLBT community and the Round Table. Our GLBT News has gone from a quality newsletter to equally excellent digital coverage. We have […]
By John Mack Freeman On December 18th, Eric Holder announced that the Department of Justice now recognizes that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act bans discrimination on the basis of gender identity. Via a Department of Justice release: Attorney General Holder informed all Department of Justice component heads and United States Attorneys in a […]
By John Mack Freeman The Salt Lake City Tribune has named the plaintiffs in the Utah court case that struck down that state’s same sex marriage ban as the “Utahns of the Year.” From the Tribune: While Utahns were stunned — many happily so, others the polar opposite — there were six people, three couples, who perhaps […]
By John Mack Freeman A Chinese court has ruled that homosexuals do not need to be “cured.” Further, it has ordered that a clinic that attempted to cure Yang Teng of his homosexuality via hypnotherapy and electroshock must pay restitution to the victim. This is another sign of progress in China, a country that has […]
By Tess Goldwasser What is your role within the GLBTRT? I am on the Resources Committee and am currently compiling an annotated bibliography of media relating to non-binary gender identities. What professional work do you perform? I’m a Research & Instruction Librarian at Haverford College, supporting the anthropology, education, psychology, and sociology departments. I get […]
By Ashley R. Lierman Post last week’s column, Queer Quest will be on a month hiatus. It will be back the week of January 12, 2015. Have a great holiday, and hey, nerds – if there’s something you’d especially like me to talk about in future columns, drop us a line!