Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
This year’s Kidlitcon — Blogging Diversity in Young Adult and Children’s Literature, will be taking place October 10th and 11th in Sacramento. Per their website: “KidLitCon is a gathering of people who blog about children’s and young adult books, including librarians, authors, teachers, parents, booksellers, publishers, and readers. Attendees share a love of children’s books, as well as a […]
By John Mack Freeman There was a bit of movement in the sports world this week on LGBT issues. This week, Major League Baseball recognized Glenn Burke, the first player to ever come out while playing professional baseball. At the news conference, commissioner Burt Selig announced that former MLB-player Billy Bean will be appointed the […]
By TJ Lusher In 1972, Jim Gaylord was terminated from his teaching position at the Tacoma, Washington high school. The reason for his termination – he confirmed his sexual orientation to an administrator. The admission came after Gaylord was presented with a copy of a written letter from a student indicating he thought Gaylord was […]
By Ashley R. Lierman Speculation has come to an end on whether the NBC adaptation of long-running DC Comics series Hellblazer will retain the main character’s bisexuality – and the answer is no. Executive producers David S. Goyer were willing to fight to show evidence of John Constantine’s smoking habit onscreen, it seems, but found […]
By Ashley R. Lierman Iconic comic book character Archie Andrews will officially meet his end in an upcoming issue, saving the life of his friend Kevin Keller, the first openly gay character in Archie Comics. Keller is a military veteran who has now married and has been elected to the Senate. He returns to Riverdale […]
By Ann Symons I have been a public library user and a school library user longer than I have been anything else in my life. I am a wife, a mother, a sister, an ALA member, a PFLAG member, an ally, a traveler, a seeker, and Chair of ALA’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round […]
By Tess Goldwasser Currently, Don’s self-identified role in the GLBTRT is the “cranky old man” on the Stonewall Book Awards Committee. Previously he has been the “fussy intellectual snob” on the Stonewall Book Awards Committee. As Deputy Director of the Delaware County District Library, he serves the mixed suburban, small town, and rural area north […]
You! Yeah, you! Are you (or do you know) a new librarian who is looking to get more fully involved in ALA? The kind of person that likes to solve problems, meet people, and tackle issues head-on? Then you (or they) should apply to be one of ALA’s 2015 Emerging Leaders. The qualifications are: Be […]
Peter Hepburn, GLBTRT Councillor, sent out an e-mail today announcing that the ALA Nominating Committee is seeking members who are interested in standing for election. The committee will select two people to run for President and at least 50 members to run for Council as Members-At-Large. For more information, you can see the press release […]
Despite the best efforts of the Russian government to stamp down LGBT people at the Olympics, they couldn’t get rid of everything. A documentary that revolves around the lives of gay athletes at the games was secretly filmed during the Olympics. The film will premier in October at EPIX. It is fronted by Johnny Weir […]