Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman GLAAD’s annual anti-bullying Spirit Day will be taking place this year on October 16th. LGBTQ persons and their supporters are encouraged to wear purple to promote awareness of the problems that bullying causes. Via press release: Spirit Day, which will take place on October 16, inspires millions to wear purple or […]
Via press release CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) and the Will and Ann Eisner Family Foundation opened applications today for the Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries, which recognize libraries for their role in the growth of graphic literature. The grants extend graphic novels into a new realm by encouraging public awareness […]
By John Mack Freeman Webcomic xkcd released a comic this week showing that the support for same sex marriage has vastly outpaced support for interracial marriage over a similar timeline. Indeed, by the time interracial marriage had reached majority support, it had already been the law of the land for 28 years.
By Ilyse Kramer On Monday, October 6, The Supreme Court refused to consider the appeals attempting to ban same-sex marriage in Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin. This decision left same-sex marriage legal in these five states. On Tuesday, October 7,a three-judge panel at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco voted unanimously to […]
Via Jane Sandberg A new bibliography about same-sex parenting is now available on the GLBTRT’s Professional Tools page . The bibliography includes academic texts, memoirs, popular fiction, drama, movies, and countless children’s books published since 2007, and it supplements the Round Table’s recently published bibliography on same-sex marriage. The Resources Committee is currently developing several […]
By John Mack Freeman (Thanks to Ann Symons for the tip) Trans rights figure Lily McBeth passed away this week at age 80. McBeth was well known for transitioning at age 70 in 2005 from male to female while employed as a substitute teacher by several school systems in New Jersey. Upon returning, McBeth’s transition […]
By John Mack Freeman The Williams Institute at UCLA released a new report in September 2014 entitled “Best Practices for Asking Questions to Identify Transgender and Other Gender Minority Respondents on Population-Based Surveys.” This resource has been added to our Resources page. Read the full report here.
By Tess Goldwasser Carlos is the International Documents Librarian at Florida International University. He is responsible for one of only two public university libraries to have a depository for both the United Nations and the European Union. He’s also responsible for the collection and maintenance of documents from the Organization of American States and other […]
By John Mack Freeman Here are some headlines from around the LGBT world this week: US government sues employers for illegal sacking of trans employees (PinkNews) UN Human Rights Council votes for LGBT Rights (Bilerico) Serbia: Authorities allow first Pride march since 2010 (PinkNews) New law gives trans Californians respect after death (Advocate.com) Azerbaijan: Local […]
By John Mack Freeman Willow Canyon High School in Arizona has said that they will not count ballots that listed two girls as nominees for that schools Homecoming couple. They are saying that the Homecoming couple has traditionally been one male and one female, and that joint nominations have never been accepted. All ballots that […]