Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By Tricia Boucher U.S. rolls back protections for transgender prison inmates The Bureau of Prisons decided to roll back protections for transgender inmates – housing them according to their biological sex rather than their identified gender. ‘Mama Dragons’: Mormon mom group provides support to LGBTQ kids — and each other With more than 1,700 members […]
By Thomas Maxheimer Oklahoma Passes Adoption Law That L.G.B.T. Groups Call Discriminatory If you “…violate the agency’s written religious or moral convictions or policies” you can now be legally denied a foster child or adoption in Oklahoma. U.S. rolls back protections for transgender prison inmates Transgender inmates are potentially at risk because the Trump administration […]
By A. Faulkner Out Artists Kehlani and Hayley Kiyoko Slam Rita Ora’s “Girls” For Queer-Baiting Kehlani and Hayley Kiyoko discuss problem lyrics. Drag Race Queens Will Save the World in Animated Drag Tots “Biance Del Rio, Detox, Latrice Royale and more will voice baby drag queens for the animated series. And, of course, RuPaul is […]
By Tricia Boucher Catholics warn against ‘winner-takes-all’ approach on marriage equality In Australia, where Catholics led an unsuccessful push to stop marriage equality, Catholic academics are urging laws that promote a “live and let live” approach. Mariela Castro Calls for Marriage Equality in Cuba Cuba’s about to go through a constitutional reform process, and Mariela […]
By Tricia Boucher 23 Major League Baseball teams to host LGBT Pride nights in 2018 23 of 30 major league baseball teams will be hosting Pride nights at their home games, the majority during June, Pride month. Oklahoma, Kansas approve religious veto on LGBTQ adoptions Following Texas, Alabama, South Dakota, Virginia, and Michigan, faith-based […]
By Thomas Maxheimer Kansas, Oklahoma approve religious veto on LGBT adoptions Joining Texas, Alabama, South Dakota, Virginia, and Michigan, Kansas and Oklahoma have approved laws making it legal for adoption agencies to deny children homes based upon the adoption agencies religious beliefs. ‘Stunning victory’ as US Surgeons General call for an end to intersex surgery […]
By A. Faulkner Vida Doesn’t Just Represent Queer Latinx Women, It Empowers Them Offscreen The new Starz show “explores the relationships of Latinx women in Los Angeles, particularly two sisters who come to claim the estate of their mother, Vida, and find a third of it has been left to her wife of two years, […]
By Thomas Maxheimer Hawaii becomes 12th state to ban gay conversion therapy for minors The largely discredited practice does more harm than good to those subjected to it. Conversion therapy is legal for adults in all 50 states. Bill making it legal to ban LGBTI people from adopting passes in Oklahoma It is now legal […]
By Tricia Boucher MSNBC’s Joy Reid sorry for ‘hateful’ blogs she does not believe she wrote Joy Reid has apologized for homophobic language in some old blogposts. While she has apologized for past statements, she does not believe she wrote the blogposts that mocked gay persons. A security firm she hired was not able to […]
By Tricia Boucher Cannes-bound film about lesbians banned in Kenya Rafiki, a Kenyan film about two women who fall in love, has been banned in its home country of Kenya…despite being praised by the head of the Kenya Film Classification Board. The Connection Between Strong Economies and LGBT Rights Is No Joke The authors of […]