Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
Camp Abercorn is a new series that is being crowdfunded via Indiegogo to confront the Boy Scouts of America’s discriminatory rules forbidding gay adults from participating in scouting. From their Indiegogo page: Camp Abercorn is a dramatic web series about the blunders and the victories—an authentic portrayal of life on camp staff. For ten weeks […]
Compiled by John Mack Freeman The New Yorker published a piece by Michelle Goldberg called “What is a Woman?: The dispute between radical feminism and transgenderism.” This article is making waves and has already prompted a response from Mari Brighe on Autostraddle entitled “The New Yorker’s Skewed History of Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminism Ignores Actual Trans Women.” […]
New research from the University of British Columbia has found that many LGBT people are leaving traditionally gay neighborhoods. Via UBC: Fewer same-sex couples reside in historically gay neighbourhoods compared to 10 years ago, according to one of the largest studies of sexuality in the U.S. Led by University of British Columbia sociologist Amin Ghaziani, […]
By John Mack Freeman The oldest gay bookshop in the United States may have a second chance at success. Ed Hermance, the previous owner of Giovanni’s Room in Philadelphia announced that he was closing the store because it was running a loss of $10,000-$15,000 per year. However, a new buyer for the store has been found. Via […]
Compiled by John Mack Freeman As most of you know, the Reviews section of the GLBTRT Newsletter has spun off into its own independent blog. If you haven’t been over there this month, here’s what you’ve missed: Cookbooks Mistress Ginger Cooks by Mistress Ginger Fiction Caught in the Crossfire by Juliann Rich The Forever Marathon by […]
Contributed by Ashley R. Lierman Via the Advocate (link includes video): Australian model Andreja Pejic announced in interviews with Entertainment Tonight, People.com, and Style.com, that she is a woman on Thursday. The 22-year-old model has long indicated a nonbinary transgender identity, and made use of feminine pronouns, but it was only last night that she came forward, confirming that she has been taking […]
By Ashley R. Lierman While there has never been anything to prevent players from playing gay, bisexual, or trans* characters, Version 5 of the Dungeons & Dragons rules actively encourage players to consider the full range of sexual and gender identities when creating their characters. Via PinkNews: Part of the character creation section states: “Think about […]
By Ashley R. Lierman L.A. LGBT film festival Outfest concluded its 2014 program this past Sunday. The list of winners is below. Audience Awards Documentary Short Families Are Forever, Directed by Vivian Kleiman Dramatic Short Alone With People, Directed by Drew Van Steenbergen Documentary Feature Back on Board: Greg Louganis, Directed by Cheryl Furjanic Dramatic Feature […]
Via Quist Press Release: On July 24, the Quist app will have another type of LGBTQ history to share with users: On this day in 2013, the Quist app was released. Quist is a free mobile app that teaches users about what happened today in LGBTQ history. It was released for Apple and Android on July 24, […]
By John Mack Freeman Two weeks ago, we reported that the nation of Singapore had slated several LGBT-themed items to be pulped. The city-state has stopped this action after an outcry from people and librarians both in the country and around the world that were crying censorship. While one book was destroyed, two other items […]