Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By Tess Goldwasser Involved with the GLBTRT Program Planning Committee for the past five years, Shawn is now the chair. He also served a short term as director-at-large on the board and is moving into a role on the Bylaws committee and an ad-hoc committee planning a 2015 preconference. He hopes to use different responsibilities […]
While Mississippi may have signed a “religious freedom” bill into law last week, that doesn’t mean that all Mississippi businesses are taking the news lying down. The law allows businesses to refuse service to any person based on the sincerely held religious belief of the person providing the service. Although targeted towards the LGBT community, […]
GaymerX2 will be this summer from July 11-13, 2014 in San Francisco. However, this will be the last opportunity to visit this con. Citing an over-burdening of volunteers, too rapid expansion, and financial losses from the convention, founder Matt Conn announced on Twitter that this would be the last con for a while, though he […]
Good news in Minnesota! Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bullying-prevention bill into law to protect students tormented by their classmates. The Safe and Supportive Schools Act, passed almost three years after a large school district, replaced a law of 37 words that many people considered one of the weakest in the country. The new law […]
A South Carolina lawsuit against the Department of Social Services and two hospitals must proceed according to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. The case involves a decision made to surgically change an intersex 16-month-old child into a girl by removing the penis and testicle. Now eight, M.C. has been reared as a female but […]
Following a case about a 92-year-old transgender widow, the Social Security Administration has declared that it is changing its policy regarding transgender spouses. The new SSA policy presumes that most marriages are valid regardless of whether a spouse is transgender.
“Live and let live. It is very simple.” That’s the position of former Sen. Alan Simpson, a Republican from Wyoming, and that’s what he says in a television ad supporting marriage equality. The ad started at the same time as the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals began hearing oral arguments about Utah’s same-sex marriage ban. […]
By Tess Goldwasser Ingrid is a GLBTRT Director-at-Large and just finished her first year on the Rainbow Project. She couldn’t be more proud of the work the committee does, saying, “The world needs more voices represented in children’s and YA lit, and we help bring those works to light.” She is a youth services librarian, […]
Honey Maid’s new campaign features the tagline “This is Wholesome.” It launched with a commercial that highlighted varieties of different families spending time together. One of the couples families featured in the ad had same sex parents. This caused an unfortunate but not unexpected freak out from the conservative corners of the country. Instead of […]
LGBT film advocate Lewis Tice died last week on April 2nd. Via Indiewire: Tice passionately worked in various capacities within the industry throughout his career. He launched and guided many films to success including ‘Latter Days,’ ‘Another Gay Movie’ and ‘Mysterious Skin’ for TLA Releasing, where he worked as Vice President of North American Operations […]