Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
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Teen sweethearts Katie Hill and Arin Andrews met at a support group for transgender teens. According to Queerty: “19-year-old Katie Hill was in the process of transitioning from male to female when she fell in love with 18-year-old Arin Andrews, who was undergoing his own transition from female to male. The Oklahoma teenagers first went public with their […]
The Central Station was the largest gay club in Moscow, but its run came to a close this week. The owners shuttered the establishment, citing the increase in violence that the club has experienced over the last year. Much of this violence is likely influenced by the homophobic gay propaganda law that Russia enacted in […]
The Publishing Triangle, the association of lesbian and gay men in publishing, has announced its annual literary awards finalists. The awards ceremony will be April 24, 2014, 7:00 pm at the Auditorium of the New School (66 West 12th Street in New York City). at 7 p.m. The free public ceremony is followed by a […]
GLBTRT Executive Board member Lisa Johnston has selected 25 titles about LGBT families for library collection development in the March 14, 2014 edition of Library Journal. Bonuses are lists of resources—sources of awards, bibliographies, reviews, websites, and apps.
LGBT rights activists, including parliament member Fox Odoi and former opposition leader Ogenga Latigo, are challenging the constitutionality of the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Act. The new law mandates life imprisonment for homosexuals, a violation of Article 21 of the country’s constitution because it does not regulate behavior of heterosexual people, according to the activists. They also […]
A five-member panel led by former U.S. surgeon general Dr. Joycelyn Elders has concluded that the military should permit transgender people to serve in the military. “We determined not only that there is no compelling medical reason for the ban, but also that the ban itself is an expensive, damaging and unfair barrier to health […]
Denise Samen, 65-year-old military veteran, is delighted to move into John C. Anderson, a Philadelphia rent-subsidized apartment building for older adults. About 90 percent of the people there are LGBT, and, as she says, “You don’t have to explain yourself. Like herself, many of her neighbors are LGBT activists, going back to the time of […]
The LGBT Center of Raleigh Library (Raleigh, NC) has been awarded the 2014 Light the Way: Library Outreach to the Underserved Grant of $3,000 for its LGBT Family Story Time project. The award from the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) honors Newbery medalist and Geisel winner Kate DiCamillo, who won her second Newbery […]
Via Peter Coyl March was a big month for the “Big D” when the city welcomed two authors whose books were honored by the Stonewall Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award Committee. On March 2, Tim Federle, author of a 2014 Honor Book Better Nate Than Ever, spoke at the […]
Wick Thomas—musician, librarian, activist, and GLBTRT member—has been named one of Library Journal’s 2014 “Movers and Shakers.” For 13 years LJ has profiled “50 or more up-and-coming individuals from around the world who are innovative, creative, and making a difference” in its March 15 issue. It’s not the first notice of Thomas: he won a Creating Change award from the National […]