Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By Ashley R. Lierman The past year has welcomed a substantial amount of new trans literature, along with the recent strides in trans representation in visual media. The Advocate has posted a list of the year’s 10 best works of trans nonfiction, including memoirs, health resources, interviews with trans youth, and historical works. View the […]
By Ashley R. Lierman Sorry, folks, things are a little crazy right now at the ol’ day job, so no Queer Quest this week. But the up side is, after this you’ll get columns for two weeks in a row! At least I hope that’s an up side! I dunno! At any rate, I hope […]
By John Mack Freeman HBO has ordered a new series called Bros. that will follow Kendall, a modern gay black man. The main cast is rounded out by his two straight brothers who try to help him out while figuring out the struggles in their own lives. Via Out.com: “Bros Before Hos isn’t a black story or a […]
By John Mack Freeman Geeks Out is an organization that began in 2010 with goal of uniting queer people at geek events and to promote the visibility of LGBT people and issues at these events. They are now taking this one step further by seeking to host their first ever entirely queer-themed convention called “Flame […]
By Ashley R. Lierman A new indie film titled Three Generations will feature cisgendered actress Elle Fanning in a lead role as a young trans man, the Advocate reports: Written by Nikole Beckwith and based on an original concept by director Gaby Dellal, the film will likely face a similar criticism to recent trans-focused scripted […]
By Ilyse Kramer Charles M. Blow, who writes a visual Op-Ed column for The New York Times, came out as bisexual in his recently published memoir, Fire Shut Up in My Bones. Another personal truth that he reveals, and is careful to distinguish has not caused his bisexuality, is that he is a survivor of […]
By John Mack Freeman Starbucks has just released their first LGBT television advertisement. It features RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Bianca Del Rio and Adore Delano
By Ashley R. Lierman The film Boulevard, in which Robin Williams made his final appearance and in which he portrays a gay man, may never be released to theaters. The film has been “failing to find a mainstream backer,” according to the Mirror: A source said: “It’s really sad but it is looking impossible that […]
By Ashley R. Lierman Happy Halloween! In honor of the upcoming holiday, I’d like to tell you one thing that’s really crummy about being me: I love horror movies very much, but horror movies can be really gross about some things. And not in the fun way. A lot of horror, especially of the more […]
Via press release Los Angeles, CA – Lambda Literary, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization advancing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender literature, is proud to announce an historic partnership with the San Diego Unified School District to make its LGBT Writers in Schools Program available to the city’s high school students. Approved by the San Diego […]