Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman Misspellings. Grammatical errors. The term “transgendered.” Usually, you’d expect to find these errors on the less thoughtful side of Internet debate. But, they have been ensconced in the Rainbow Honor Walk in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood. The plaques were meant to commemorate deceased LGBT icons. And it was a great idea. […]
By John Mack Freeman. Thanks to Peter Coyl for the tip! A long ban on LGBT group participation in the annual New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade has finally ended. On Wednesday, the organizing committee announced that openly gay groups would be allowed to march under their own banners at next years parade. This […]
By Jane Sandberg Marriage equality has won several victories in the United States during the past seven years. This same period has seen countless publications on the topic of same-sex marriage. To guide readers through this abundance of recent literature, the GLBTRT’s Professional Tools page now includes a current, comprehensive annotated bibliography about same-sex marriage. The […]
By John Mack Freeman. Thanks to David Isaak for the tip! This year’s ALA award winners are featured in the September/October issue of American Libraries (jump to page 28 to see the spread). Among them are our very own Ann Symons who won the Equality Award and Karen Schneider who won the Elizabeth Futas Catalyst for […]
By John Mack Freeman. Thanks to Carolyn Caywood for the tip! Richmond, Virginia is outing itself. In fact, it’s sending letters to other cities across America, letting them know the news: The letters are part of the OutRVA campaign which seeks to turn Richmond into an LGBT travel destination. Via the Times-Dispatch: Estimates of […]
By Ann Symons, Chair Appointments for Stonewall Book Awards Committee, Rainbow Project Committee and Over the RainbowCommittee will be made this fall. The time to volunteer is now through October 15th. There is a NEW process this year for award and book committees. Volunteers must fill out two forms (the Committee Volunteer Form and the Award and Book List Committee Volunteer Form) to be considered for an […]
Via Basicrights.org The Health Evidence Review Commission (HERC)—which is charged with overseeing the prioritized list of services in Oregon’s Medicaid program—the Oregon Health Plan, voted today to approve the coverage of medically necessary healthcare for Transgender people. “This is an historic step forward toward fairness and equality for transgender Oregonians,” said Danielle Askini, Basic Rights Oregon’s […]
By John Mack Freeman By the decree of Queen Elizabeth II, Alan Turing was pardoned for the crime of homosexuality this week. Turing, known as the father of the modern computer, chose to be chemically castrated rather than serve a prison sentence after he was convicted in 1952. Turing is best known for cracking the […]
Via ALA CHICAGO — The Executive Committee of Banned Books Week invites organizations and individuals, such as libraries, authors, publishers, bookstores and schools, to share how they are celebrating 2014’s Banned Books Week. This year’s Banned Books Week, which is taking place from Sept. 21-27, will shine a light on comics and graphic novels. The […]
Via ALA CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Grants Administration Committee are now accepting online applications for the 2015 Penguin Young Readers Group Awards. This award, made possible by an annual gift from Penguin Young Readers Group, provides a $600 stipend for up to four children’s librarians to attend […]