Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
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By John Mack Freeman This week, a Republican-led committee in the House of Representatives rejected a proposed amendment that would have added the Employment Nondiscrimination Act to a defense bill that was under consideration. With this rejection, it is unlikely that the bill will pass this term. Further, Congressional watchers doubt that the bill will […]
Via press release The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), selected five books as finalists for the 2015 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award, which honors the best nonfiction books written for young adults between Nov. 1, 2013 and Oct. 31, 2014. YALSA will name the […]
Via press release Underfunded libraries, schools and non-traditional organizations that provide educational services to children are invited to apply to receive one of three Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grants. Awarded by the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee, the grant program provides books submitted for consideration for the Coretta Scott King Book Awards to […]
By John Mack Freeman As the holiday season swings into full gear, you may want to make sure that your purchases are coming from companies that have a record of support for their LGBT employees or the LGBT community at-large. To this end, GLBT News just wanted to remind everyone that HRC’s 2015 Corporate Equality Index is […]
By John Mack Freeman Even on a holiday week, courts and governments are taking steps towards full marriage equality. In Arkansas, US District Judge Kristine Baker ruled in favor of two same sex couples who challenged a 2004 amendment to the Arkansas Constitution that outlawed same sex marriage. The State Supreme Court in Arkansas is […]
By John Mack Freeman As part of its “All God’s Children” campaign that focuses on targeting evangelicals in Mississippi, the Human Rights Campaign has released a new ad this week. Entitled “Justin,” it features a gay soldier talking about why Mississippi needs to evolve on equality. Watch it below:
By John Mack Freeman In this week’s edition of ridiculous reasons to censor something, the town of Tuszyn in central Poland has banned Winnie the Pooh for his non-standard sexuality. Yes, that’s right. The cartoon bear beloved by generations for his love of honey has placed a Polish town in a sexual quandary when naming […]
By John Mack Freeman There has been an enormous outpouring of support for the Ferguson Library over the last weeks and months as recent events have thrown the community into turmoil. During times when schools and other social services have been closed, this one-person library has become a community hub that continues to support the […]
Via press release The first study is an online survey study being conducted by our research group at King’s College London and we are recruiting identical twins in which one is gay, lesbian or bisexual and the other is straight. The second is a multi-component study being conducted by our colleagues at the University of […]
By John Mack Freeman Gambia, already not the friendliest country for gay men, just got worse. The country has changed its criminal code to make the punishment for “aggravated homosexuality” worse. Instead of 14 years in prison for being caught having gay sex, the punishment is now life in prison. President Yahya Jammeh signed the […]