Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By Thomas Maxheimer ‘Marsha P. Johnson,’ ‘How To Survive A Plague’ and Everything Streaming In October on Netflix, Hulu and Amazon How to Survive a Plague (2012), Queens and Cowboys: A Straight Year on the Gay Rodeo (2014), Stonewall (2015), The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017), Fifty Shades Darker (Unrated Version) (2017), and many more! ‘Younger’ […]
By Tricia Boucher At Last: First Same-Sex Couple Marries in Germany Despite the fact that Angela Merkel voted against same-sex marriage, it won the vote in Germany. This past week, the first same-sex couple was legally married there. South Korea soldier: ‘Criminal because I’m gay’ All South Korean men must serve in the military. A […]
By Tricia Boucher Parents were outraged over a non-binary teacher, so the school removed them A Florida math teacher sent a note home with students requesting to be addressed with gender-neutral language. After an outcry from parents, Mx. Bressack was reassigned to an adult class. Man convicted of a hate crime in the murder of […]
By Brian Hulsey The U.N. Floated a Resolution Condemning the Death Penalty for LGBT People. The U.S. Voted “No.” The U.N. Human Rights Council put forward a resolution to condemn those countries which instituted a death penalty for specific acts like “same-sex relations.” The resolution passed by a 27-13 margin and was met with a […]
By Thomas Maxheimer Lawsuit filed against Michigan state after same-sex couple turned away from adopting The Children’s Services Agency, a state contracted adoption agency in Michigan, is being sued by the American Civil Liberties Union for turning away at least one same-sex couple. The ACLU is also suing Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services. […]
By Thomas Maxheimer This Transgender Couple Met in the Military and Ellen is Celebrating Their Unique Story Ellen’s show focusing on the Trump administration’s forthcoming ban on transgender people serving in the military included Logan and Laila Ireland, a transgender couple who met while serving in the military. Watch the segment here. ‘Battle of the […]
By Tricia Boucher Anti-gay hysteria is on the rise in Indonesia Despite Indonesia’s indigenous transgender tradition and the tolerance of gay venues and activism, LGBT life is becoming criminalized. Tony Abbott head-butt: ‘No same-sex marriage link’ A DJ head-butted Tony Abbot – who has been a vocal opponent of same-sex marriage – in Tasmania. While […]
By Brian Hulsey Roy Moore, vocal opponent of LGBT rights, wins Alabama race “Roy Moore, a former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice who was removed from the bench for calling on the state to ignore the U.S. Supreme Court ruling for same-sex marriage, won the Republican primary.” Michigan Civil Rights Commission declines to reinterpret civil […]
By Tricia Boucher Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Rescinds Sexual Assault Protections With the rescinding of Title IX obligations to address sexual harassment on campus, LGBTQ persons are more vulnerable than ever to sexual assault and harassment. Most at risk are transgender persons, as important clarifications regarding protecting transgender students from discrimination were withdrawn in […]
By Thomas Maxheimer Police needlessly shot & killed a campus pride student leader in front of their dorm According to CNN, Scout Schultz was holding “a flip-open utility tool that would likely include a small blade” when police shot and killed them. Police allege it was reported to authorities that someone was wondering campus with a […]