Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
As the new year begins, here are highlights of some of the new LGBTQ books being published in 2022. https://electricliterature.com/the-most-anticipated-lgbtq-books-of-2022/ https://www.buzzfeed.com/davidvogel/most-anticipated-lgbtq-books-of-2022 https://thenerddaily.com/queer-january-june-2022-book-releases/
Authors JR and Vanessa Ford along with illustrator Kayla Harren write about how their young protagonist deals with the feelings of being a transgender kid. https://www.npr.org/2021/11/11/1054341669/whats-it-like-to-be-seen-as-a-girl-but-feel-like-a-boy-ask-calvin
Campbell County Public Library officials in Wyoming have been facing a local outcry over the books and for scheduling a transgender magician to perform for youngsters, an act canceled amid threats against the magician and library staff. https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/wyoming-librarians-fire-books-sex-lgbtq-80360733
London based author Paul Mendez talks about his new debut novel Rainbow Milk. https://www.washingtonblade.com/2021/06/23/catching-up-with-rainbow-milk-author-paul-mendez/ https://www.bookweb.org/news/indies-introduce-qa-paul-mendez-1625874 AUTHOR PHOTO: CHRISTA HOLKA
Sasha Issenberg’s The Engagement: America’s Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage was published this week. Issenberg discusses his book in an interview with Time: https://time.com/6053136/the-unlikely-coalition-that-forced-marriage-equality/
The 33rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards were announced on June 1. The list of the Lammy Award winners, selected by “over 60 literary professionals from more than 1,000 book submissions from over 300 publishers” is here: https://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/2021-winners/
Author and activist Sarah Schulman’s new book Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 is published this month. The book is based on over 200 interviews with ACT UP members and was 20 years in the making. https://www.thebody.com/article/sarah-schulman-let-record-show-political-history-act-up-ny
Publishers Weekly has a piece on new LGBTQ books and “about bringing a wide range of queer experiences to the fore.” https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/86044-from-the-sidelines-to-the-spotlight-lgbtq-books-2021.html
The GenderCool Project, a storytelling campaign led by 18 young people known as the “Champions,” has teamed up with the company A Kids Book About to create a collection of books. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/transgender-non-binary-youth-influencers-135300143.html
DC and Marvel Comics will celebrate Pride Month with anthologies celebrating queer characters. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/dc-marvel-comics-celebrate-pride-month-lgbtq-anthologies-n1261136