Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
The tipping point came in February when former Missouri defensive end and likely NFL draft pick Michael Sam announced he is gay. GLAAD, which promotes a positive and accurate media portrayal of GLBT people, now plans to work with You Can Play in a campaign on the importance of LGBT visibility and acceptance in sports. […]
San Francisco’s Castro, the gay icon of the United States, is installing rainbow pedestrian crosswalks. The crossings at the 18th and Castro intersection, costing a local organization $37,400, will hopefully be finished by June’s Pride March. [Photo] Another project is the Rainbow Honor Walk with the names of LGBT civil rights activists on inlaid plaques. […]
A combination of national media attention, petitions, and involvement from HRC made this story a nightmare for the school and a rallying cry for LGBT high schoolers. Earlier this month, administrators at Arkansas’ Sheridan High School removed openly gay Taylor Ellis’ yearbook profile because he talked about his coming out. Superintendent Dr. Brenda Haynes signed […]
Michigan is the latest state where a U.S. district court judge has struck down a state law barring same-sex marriage. The case involved a lesbian couple raising three special-needs adopted children who sued to marry so that both parents could legally adopt all the children. The state joins court victories within the past few months […]
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 […]
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 […]