Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
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By John Mack Freeman GLAAD’s annual anti-bullying Spirit Day will be taking place this year on October 16th. LGBTQ persons and their supporters are encouraged to wear purple to promote awareness of the problems that bullying causes. Via press release: Spirit Day, which will take place on October 16, inspires millions to wear purple or […]
Via press release CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) and the Will and Ann Eisner Family Foundation opened applications today for the Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries, which recognize libraries for their role in the growth of graphic literature. The grants extend graphic novels into a new realm by encouraging public awareness […]
By John Mack Freeman Webcomic xkcd released a comic this week showing that the support for same sex marriage has vastly outpaced support for interracial marriage over a similar timeline. Indeed, by the time interracial marriage had reached majority support, it had already been the law of the land for 28 years.
By John Mack Freeman (Thanks to Ann Symons for the tip) Trans rights figure Lily McBeth passed away this week at age 80. McBeth was well known for transitioning at age 70 in 2005 from male to female while employed as a substitute teacher by several school systems in New Jersey. Upon returning, McBeth’s transition […]
By John Mack Freeman The Williams Institute at UCLA released a new report in September 2014 entitled “Best Practices for Asking Questions to Identify Transgender and Other Gender Minority Respondents on Population-Based Surveys.” This resource has been added to our Resources page. Read the full report here.
By John Mack Freeman Here are some headlines from around the LGBT world this week: US government sues employers for illegal sacking of trans employees (PinkNews) UN Human Rights Council votes for LGBT Rights (Bilerico) Serbia: Authorities allow first Pride march since 2010 (PinkNews) New law gives trans Californians respect after death (Advocate.com) Azerbaijan: Local […]
By John Mack Freeman Willow Canyon High School in Arizona has said that they will not count ballots that listed two girls as nominees for that schools Homecoming couple. They are saying that the Homecoming couple has traditionally been one male and one female, and that joint nominations have never been accepted. All ballots that […]
By John Mack Freeman The British LGBT breakout success film Pride has received an “R”-rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. This means that in most cinemas, children under the age of 17 will not be allowed to see the film unless they are accompanied by a guardian. As we reported a few months ago, another […]
By John Mack Freeman Louisiana State University will join an expanding list of academic institutions offering programs in LGBT studies with a new 18-hour LGBT minor that will premier this fall. Associate professor Elaine Maccio designed the program. Via The Advocate: Classes for the LGBT minor include Introduction to LGBTQ Studies, Social Work With Lesbian, […]
By John Mack Freeman In a turn of events this week, Facebook has abandoned a policy that blocked users from using names other than their own as the primary name on their Facebook profiles. Over the last few weeks, numerous drag performers had been forced to change their name from their drag persona to their […]