Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
Dr. Rachel Levine, the nation’s most senior transgender official, made history again Tuesday by becoming the first openly transgender four-star officer across any of the country’s eight uniformed services. https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/dr-rachel-levine-becomes-nations-first-transgender-four-star-officer-rcna3283
21 people who came out in 2021! https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/nbc-out-proud/national-coming-day-21-people-come-2021-rcna2839
The Inheritance, the drama that examined the legacy of AIDS, won the Tony Award for Best Play making history with playwright Matthew López becoming the first Latino to win the Best Play Tony. The Inheritance won three other Tony Awards: Andrew Burnap won best actor, Lois Smith won for best featured actress and Stephen Daldry […]
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, this article highlights 11 Hispanic LGBTQ individuals. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/09/11-hispanic-people-impact-lgbtq-rights-america-may-not-know/
Carl Bean who recorded “I Was Born This Way,” a disco song of L.G.B.T.Q. pride and who then became a minister and AIDS activist passed away recently. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/us/carl-bean-dead.html
U.S. took home their second consecutive gold medal in sitting volleyball and TEAM USA sitting volleyball teammates were champion allies to Monique Matthews and her husband as he transitioned. https://www.outsports.com/paralympics/2021/9/5/22658450/sitting-volleyball-monique-matthews-paralympics-gold-medal
James Catherwood Hormel, a philanthropist and the first openly LGBT person to represent the United States as an ambassador, passed away Friday, August 13th. https://www.ebar.com/news/national/news//307836/uss_first_gay_ambassador_james_c_hormel_dies
Kathy Kozachenko was inducted into the LGBTQ Victory Hall of Fame this year. She was elected to the Ann Arbor City Council 47 years ago. https://www.clickondetroit.com/all-about-ann-arbor/2021/06/28/meet-the-michigan-woman-who-was-the-first-openly-gay-person-elected-to-political-office-in-the-us/
This article highlights five LGBTQ trailblazers of color who “have been working for decades to open doors through their art, activism, entrepreneurship and mentorship. Collectively, they have created a legacy of empowerment.” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/26/style/lgbtq-activists-artists-trailblazers.html
Kay Tobin Lahusen, photographer and gay rights pioneer (and partner for 46 years of the late Barbara Gittings) passed away late last month at the age of 91. She was known as the first openly gay photojournalist and her work documented some of the movement’s early campaigns and demonstrations during the pre-Stonewall era. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/gay-rights-pioneer-photojournalist-kay-tobin-lahusen-dies-91-n1268913 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/27/us/kay-tobin-lahusen-gay-rights-activist-and-photographer-dies-at-91.html […]