Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman Out CNN anchor Anderson Cooper is about to travel to one of the few places he has never been before: the Marvel Universe. In the upcoming issue of Black Widow (#12), Cooper will appear as himself. His show will serve as a catalyst for big changes in Black Widow’s world. His appearance comes […]
By John Mack Freeman Over the summer, it was announced that GaymerX was no more. The gaming convention that focused on providing a safe space for LGBT, minority, and female gamers had hit a rough financial patch during the planning of their second convention. Due to a lack of sponsor support, rising costs, and an explosion […]
By John Mack Freeman A Gallup poll found that LGBT people have a lower rate of well-being than non-LGBT people. LGBT people scored 58 on their scale while non-LGBT people scored 62. Via Gallup: The financial and physical well-being of LGBT people when broken down was also lower, 10 and 7 points respectively. The numbers […]
By John Mack Freeman A new domain ending was released this week, and it seeks to provide websites with a tool to raise money for HIV prevention and research. The dotHIV initiative will be providing web addresses to businesses and nonprofits that end in “.hiv”. Dubbed the digital red ribbon, it is the first top-level […]
By Ashely R. Lierman A concert scheduled for September 13th in Santo Domingo has been canceled by the government of the Dominican Republic, apparently on moral grounds. Among the charges against the singer is that she promotes lesbian sex. Via The Advocate: In a statement released Thursday, the commission said the concert was to be called off because […]
By Tess Goldwasser John has served several roles in the GLBTRT (and its predecessor, the GLBTF). He served on the book award committee back in the late 1980’s, and was co-chair the year they had Quentin Crisp and Armistead Maupin as guests. He also served as our Stonewall Book Award Brunch chair for a few years. […]
By John Mack Freeman King’s College London researchers are looking into how stigma increases mental health problems among the LGBT community. To read more about the study, click here. To participate in the study, click here.
By John Mack Freeman This week, Mikayla Connell became the first trans person in San Francisco Police Department history to enter and graduate from the police academy. Watch an interview with her while she describes the experience:
By John Mack Freeman Earlier, GLBT News reported that Chris Kluwe was suing his former NFL team, the Minnesota Vikings, due to their unwillingness to release a report detailing that organization’s alleged homophobia and anti-LGBT practices. The Vikings announced that Kluwe’s termination had nothing to do with his staunch pro-LGBT stance, however. To settle the threatened suit, […]
By John Mack Freeman In recent weeks, four counties inside of Florida have found for LGBT couples seeking rights related to marriage equality. However, the results of all of these rulings have been stayed pending appeal. In addition to this, a federal judge ruled for the first time today that Florida’s ban on same sex […]