Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By Thomas Maxheimer Gay dads file lawsuit after one twin is denied US citizenship While heterosexual couples are not required to take paternity tests, same-sex married couples are. Two fathers of twins were required to take DNA tests and subsequently one of their children, of the father who was not a U.S. citizen, was denied […]
By Thomas Maxheimer Call Me By Your Name director says AIDS will be ‘relevant’ in sequel The film gained four Oscar nominations making it one of the most critically acclaimed films of 2017. The novel, written by Andre Aciman, takes place in 1987, at the height of the AIDS epidemic. The director recently announced this […]
By Thomas Maxheimer Report Shows Massive Increase In Anti-LGBTQ Violence Since Trump Took Office According to the New York City Anti-Violence Project’s annual Crisis of Hate report there is an 86 percent increase in hate violence homicides in the U.S. making 2017 the deadliest on record. According to the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Program, […]
By Tricia Boucher Why one man in Singapore was not allowed to adopt his child While single men can adopt male children in Singapore, gay couples cannot, and surrogacy is illegal. The couple has appealed the court’s decision to refuse the child citizenship. Costa Rica’s first gay marriage suffers bureaucratic hitch The Inter-American Court and […]
By Tricia Boucher New office will help medical providers deny treatment on religious grounds A new division has been created in the Department of Health and Human Services to protect the religious rights of people who provide medical services, so they do not have “…to choose between helping sick people and living by one’s deepest moral […]
By Thomas Maxheimer Here’s the Official Trailer for Netflix’s ‘Queer Eye’ Reboot The Queer Eye reboot official trailer is here! “The original show was fighting for tolerance. Our fight is for acceptance,” according to the trailer. See Laverne Cox’s latest iconic magazine cover – as famous women’s glossy has LGBTI makeover Cosmopolitan South Africa will […]
By Tricia Boucher ‘One guy took a cutlass’: gay women at greater risk of violence in Ghana LGBT women in Ghana are often ostracized by their families in Ghana at a larger rate than men, putting them at greater risk for violence from family members as well as the general population. India’s top court to […]
By Tricia Boucher Check out the HRC’s State Equality Index and learn about laws and policies regarding LGBTQ persons across the country! Is deep-red Texas ready for a gay Latina Democrat? Lupe Valdez thinks so The first openly gay Hispanic sheriff (Dallas) in the country is running for governor of Texas. She has an uphill […]
By Thomas Maxheimer SCOTUS Lets Mississippi’s Heinous Anti-LGBTQ ‘Religious Freedom’ Law Stand The U.S. Supreme Court did not comment on the case challenging HB 1523 which allows officials, healthcare providers, and businesses to freely discriminate LGBTQ individuals if they cite “moral” or religious objections. Facebook ‘gay cure’ ad sparks outrage Over 1.5 million views were […]
By Thomas Maxheimer NBC’s New Drama Is Rewriting Its Gay Main Character as a Straight Man Rise, based on the book Drama High, written by Michael Sokolove, was actually based on the true story of Lou Volpe. Volpe was married to a woman until he came out. Rise will rewrite the main character as straight. […]