Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
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By John Mack Freeman. Thanks to Carolyn Caywood for the tip! Richmond, Virginia is outing itself. In fact, it’s sending letters to other cities across America, letting them know the news: The letters are part of the OutRVA campaign which seeks to turn Richmond into an LGBT travel destination. Via the Times-Dispatch: Estimates of […]
Via Basicrights.org The Health Evidence Review Commission (HERC)—which is charged with overseeing the prioritized list of services in Oregon’s Medicaid program—the Oregon Health Plan, voted today to approve the coverage of medically necessary healthcare for Transgender people. “This is an historic step forward toward fairness and equality for transgender Oregonians,” said Danielle Askini, Basic Rights Oregon’s […]
By John Mack Freeman By the decree of Queen Elizabeth II, Alan Turing was pardoned for the crime of homosexuality this week. Turing, known as the father of the modern computer, chose to be chemically castrated rather than serve a prison sentence after he was convicted in 1952. Turing is best known for cracking the […]
Via ALA CHICAGO — The Executive Committee of Banned Books Week invites organizations and individuals, such as libraries, authors, publishers, bookstores and schools, to share how they are celebrating 2014’s Banned Books Week. This year’s Banned Books Week, which is taking place from Sept. 21-27, will shine a light on comics and graphic novels. The […]
Via ALA CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Grants Administration Committee are now accepting online applications for the 2015 Penguin Young Readers Group Awards. This award, made possible by an annual gift from Penguin Young Readers Group, provides a $600 stipend for up to four children’s librarians to attend […]
By John Mack Freeman Out CNN anchor Anderson Cooper is about to travel to one of the few places he has never been before: the Marvel Universe. In the upcoming issue of Black Widow (#12), Cooper will appear as himself. His show will serve as a catalyst for big changes in Black Widow’s world. His appearance comes […]
By John Mack Freeman Over the summer, it was announced that GaymerX was no more. The gaming convention that focused on providing a safe space for LGBT, minority, and female gamers had hit a rough financial patch during the planning of their second convention. Due to a lack of sponsor support, rising costs, and an explosion […]
By John Mack Freeman A Gallup poll found that LGBT people have a lower rate of well-being than non-LGBT people. LGBT people scored 58 on their scale while non-LGBT people scored 62. Via Gallup: The financial and physical well-being of LGBT people when broken down was also lower, 10 and 7 points respectively. The numbers […]
By John Mack Freeman A new domain ending was released this week, and it seeks to provide websites with a tool to raise money for HIV prevention and research. The dotHIV initiative will be providing web addresses to businesses and nonprofits that end in “.hiv”. Dubbed the digital red ribbon, it is the first top-level […]
By John Mack Freeman This week, Mikayla Connell became the first trans person in San Francisco Police Department history to enter and graduate from the police academy. Watch an interview with her while she describes the experience: