Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By Ilyse Kramer Charles M. Blow, who writes a visual Op-Ed column for The New York Times, came out as bisexual in his recently published memoir, Fire Shut Up in My Bones. Another personal truth that he reveals, and is careful to distinguish has not caused his bisexuality, is that he is a survivor of […]
By John Mack Freeman The Manchester Libraries have teamed with the Lesbian and Gay Foundation to make the Foundation’s holdings more publicly accessible. Via PinkNews: The LGF’s history collection – made available at Central Library in Manchester – includes a comprehensive catalogues of LGB magazines, including Mancunian Gay, Outnorthwest, Gay Times, Diva, and several grassroots […]
By John Mack Freeman In an essay in this morning’s Businessweek, Apple CEO Tim Cook came out as gay. Admitting that he had long been out in his personal life and to colleagues at Apple, Cook came out to the public at large saying in part: “I don’t consider myself an activist, but I realize how much […]
Via Kelly McElroy on the GLBTRT-L list QZAP is a completely grassroots collective which works to collect, digitize, and provide access to queer zines online through their searchable database. In celebration of their 11th anniversary, we are launching MoFemmeBer, a fundraiser and zine-readathon. In order to raise funds, we’re asking folks to get their friends […]
By John Mack Freeman The National Health Service in Greater Glasgow and Clyde (Scotland) mistakenly released the names of 86 trans patients earlier this week. After an internal investigation, the release was attributed to human error. The error occurred when individuals receiving gender treatment received a mass e-mail in which none of the other e-mails […]
By John Mack Freeman Starbucks has just released their first LGBT television advertisement. It features RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Bianca Del Rio and Adore Delano
By Ashley R. Lierman The film Boulevard, in which Robin Williams made his final appearance and in which he portrays a gay man, may never be released to theaters. The film has been “failing to find a mainstream backer,” according to the Mirror: A source said: “It’s really sad but it is looking impossible that […]
By Ashley R. Lierman Happy Halloween! In honor of the upcoming holiday, I’d like to tell you one thing that’s really crummy about being me: I love horror movies very much, but horror movies can be really gross about some things. And not in the fun way. A lot of horror, especially of the more […]
By Tess Goldwasser Michael is a new member of the RT. He says he’s been “lurking” for about a year and is looking to get more involved. He is currently in a para position and does “as much reference and teaching as they allow me.” He hopes to land an academic librarian position, and has […]
Via press release Los Angeles, CA – Lambda Literary, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization advancing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender literature, is proud to announce an historic partnership with the San Diego Unified School District to make its LGBT Writers in Schools Program available to the city’s high school students. Approved by the San Diego […]