Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
Rainbow Round Table events at this year’s virtual ALA Annual: Rainbow Round Table Social: Sunday, June 27 at 7 PM (CT) “Connect with colleagues at the RRT e-social! Friends old and new will be gathering for fun and festivities!” https://www.eventscribe.net/2021/ALA-Annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=902034 Stonewall Book Awards Celebration: Monday, June 28 at 2 PM (CT) “The first and most […]
Virtual program during ALA Annual on Saturday, June 26 at 4 PM (CT): “Over fifty years ago, Sanford Berman spoke up about serious problems with some of the word choices employed by the creators of Library of Congress subject headings. Some terms were downright offensive to different groups, while others were antiquated, and some necessary […]
Sun 27 at 5 PM – Jun 28 at 4:59 PM UTC+12 From the Washington Blade: Global Pride 2020 will amplify Black voices on Saturday, June 27 during the international event. Organizers will use the platform to acknowledge the international response to the death of George Floyd and the resurging demand for racial justice by working […]
Happy Virtual PRIDE!!! Enjoy these virtual celebrations. https://www.etonline.com/pride-2020-a-guide-to-virtual-events-and-ways-to-donate-during-the-pandemic-147389 From Good Morning, America https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/virtual-pride-events-offer-celebrate-lgbtq-history-culture-70875538 New York Times guide to virtual Pride https://www.nytimes.com/article/gay-pride-2020-events-online.html GLAAD’s Pride Guide: https://www.glaad.org/prideguide
“Art After Stonewall”, an exhibit showcasing Queer art in the post-Stonewall era: http://www.newnownext.com/art-after-stonewall-exhibition-columbus-museum-of-art/05/2020/ https://www.columbusmuseum.org/stonewall/ Labor of Love: The Birth of San Francisco Pride 1970-1980 https://www.glbthistory.org/labor-of-love Performance, Protest & Politics: The Art of Gilbert Baker https://www.glbthistory.org/gilbert-baker-exhibition Pride at 50: From Stonewall to Today” from the Library of Congress https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2020/06/pride-at-50-from-stonewall-to-today/ Enjoy, and Happy Pride, everyone!
has opened its online version. The exhibit commemorates the 50th anniversary of San Franscico’s “Christopher Street Liberation Day”, held a year after Stonewall, on June 27, 1970, which evolved into the Pride celebrations of today and includes dozens of photographs and images illustrating the evolution of Pride in the city. “Curators Lenore Chinn and Pamela […]
Join the Rainbow Round Table, the first professional LGBTQIA+ group in the nation, originally founded as a task force within SRRT and now one of the largest round tables within ALA, in celebrating our 50th year! Our 50th Anniversary Gala will be held at the Museum of Contemporary Art on June 28, 2020 at 8:00pm. […]
ALA Midwinter Sunday January 26, 2020 1:00-2:00 PM This session, presented by Rae-Anne Montague of Chicago University’s Department of Information Studies, will explore effective practices for school librarians in collection development, instruction, online resources, programs, and events to recognize the contributions of LGBTQ individuals and groups. If you are free for this session, please join […]
Join the Rainbow Round Table, the first professional LGBTQIA+ group in the nation, originally known as the Task Force on Gay Liberation, and later as GLBTRT, in celebrating our 50th year! Our 50th Anniversary Gala will be held at the Museum of Contemporary Art on June 28, 2020. This is a ticketed event. Rainbow Round […]
The following is an interview with KATHRYN KANIA, Head of Teen Services at Robbins Library in Arlington, MA. What is the title of your program? Queer Teen Drop-in Program or outreach description: Providing a monthly casual hang out with snacks, books, and a small craft for LGBTQIA teens and allies. Describe the planning and promotion […]