Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By Ann K. Symons You might recognize two of our members in the picture above: David Vess, Past Chair GLBTRT and Digital User Experience Librarian at James Madison University and Robert Newlen, Deputy Law Librarian of Congress. Do I love these two guys – you bet – they are part of my family. Oh, and […]
Via press release YALSA offers a variety of grants and awards to its members who hold positions as librarians who serve young adults. Grant categories range from funding research projects in relation to teens and libraries, travel stipends to ALA conferences, to providing new reading materials to libraries in need. Most applications must be submitted […]
By John Mack Freeman HBO has ordered a new series called Bros. that will follow Kendall, a modern gay black man. The main cast is rounded out by his two straight brothers who try to help him out while figuring out the struggles in their own lives. Via Out.com: “Bros Before Hos isn’t a black story or a […]
By John Mack Freeman In this week’s bizarre news, Russia has removed a memorial to former Apple CEO Steve Jobs because his successor Tim Cook came out this week. This is so ridiculous that I can’t even review the news, so here it is from Out.com: Erected by a Russian group of companies called ZEFS, […]
By John Mack Freeman In this year’s midterm elections, equality lawyer Maura Healey became the first out LGBT person to be elected as a state attorney general in United States history. She will replace Martha Coakley (the outgoing attorney general) who lost her bid to become Massachusetts governor to her Republican opponent. Via PinkNews: Following […]
By John Mack Freeman The citizens of Dallas, Texas overwhelmingly voted Tuesday night to include sexual orientation and gender identity in the city’s nondiscrimination policy found in the City Constitution. Over 77 percent of those who voted in the election were in favor of including the new language. Via Lone Star Q: Dallas already prohibited […]
By John Mack Freeman Geeks Out is an organization that began in 2010 with goal of uniting queer people at geek events and to promote the visibility of LGBT people and issues at these events. They are now taking this one step further by seeking to host their first ever entirely queer-themed convention called “Flame […]
By John Mack Freeman The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the same sex marriage bans that had been challenged in that court from the states of Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, and Kentucky. In a 2-1 split, the majority (both appointed by George W. Bush) found that a same sex marriage ban did not discriminate against […]
By John Mack Freeman Though many same sex marriage advocates may have been concerned about their forward momentum with the Republican surge win this week in the midterm elections, this has not stopped judicial progress on this issue. Same sex marriage bans fell in both Missouri and Kansas this week. A state judge in St. […]
By Ashley R. Lierman A new indie film titled Three Generations will feature cisgendered actress Elle Fanning in a lead role as a young trans man, the Advocate reports: Written by Nikole Beckwith and based on an original concept by director Gaby Dellal, the film will likely face a similar criticism to recent trans-focused scripted […]