Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By Ashley R. Lierman Last column, I talked about how our conservative television culture tends to classify any hint of LGBT themes as strictly “for adults,” and how frustrating that is. As has been pointed out, age-delimiting sexually explicit material is one issue, but the taboo on any discussion of queer issues on children’s TV […]
By John Mack Freeman Magic: The Gathering, the long-running trading card game, added its first trans character with an expansion pack that released at the end of January. Part of her character story reads as follows (the full story can be found here): She had been so different—only sixteen, a boy in everyone’s eyes but her […]
A recent question on Jeopardy! may have snuck a bit of political discourse into the game show. The $800 clue for a category called “Civil” was, “Some opponents of same-sex marriage say, hey gay folks, how about these? Wouldn’t these be good enough?” The answer – or question, rather – was “civil unions.” According […]
By Ashley R. Lierman Michael Stokes, a photographer whose work focuses on male homoeroticism, is one of a growing number of Facebook users to report censorship of gay-themed images on the site. According to Stokes, Facebook has been opaque about the process of removing images and it is difficult to establish a pattern or reason […]
A new comedy series with a trans actress as one of its romantic leads, named Boy Meets Girl, will air on BBC2 later this year. The new series is particularly notable in contrast with Amazon’s trans-focused series Transparent, which has faced criticism for casting a cisgender actor in its leading trans role. The series “revolves […]
By John Mack Freeman This week, TED released a talk given by Morgana Bailey in which she comes out as a lesbian. What follows is a talk about the importance of inclusion and fully embracing openness in the workplace. You can watch it below:
By Ashley Lierman The Advocate.com recently posted a listing of the 21 films at the Sundance Film Festival that have LGBT themes. The independent film festival is currently ongoing, and runs from January 22nd to February 1st. View the list at The Advocate to explore this year’s highlights.
By John Mack Freeman Ellen DeGeneres will act as executive producer for a new NBC comedy based around a lesbian starting family. The show will be called “One Big Happy” and will star 24 actress Elisha Cuthbert as Liz, a single woman who decides to have a baby with her best friend. DeGeneres rejected the idea that […]
By John Mack Freeman Spoilers ahead. On this past week’s episode of Glee, the character of Coach Bieste came out as trans. The character is portrayed by Dot Marie Jones who has been nominated for three Emmys for Outstanding Guest Appearance in a Comedy Series for her portrayal of the character. Watch the clip below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Aq-lQKj45I
By John Mack Freeman The Superior School District Board has rejected a request to ban the book Emma and Meesha My Boy: A Two Mom Story.” The book tells the story of how a little girl learns to be nice to a cat with the help of her mothers. Only one school board member voted in favor […]