Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
A few weeks ago, Lisa Johnston forwarded a request from the GLBTRT e-list from the Heritage Health Index of Heritage Preservation.org asking for a list of GLBTQ libraries in the United States. GLBT News reporter Jenna Goodall compiled all the responses sent to the e-list and posted them here. Please send any additions to Jenna […]
A popular topic on the GLBTRT e-list this past week was identifying pride parade marchers on the July/August 1992 cover of American Libraries after the ALA Annual Conference that summer. Here are the responses. Those with further comments can send them to GLBT-News@ala.org. On the left in the blue shirt – Chet Mulawka; Next to […]
Ann Symons, the 2014-2015 chair of the GLBTRT, reports that she is still looking for one- and two-year volunteers for the following committees. If you are interested, email her at ann.symons@gmail.com. Tell her a bit about yourself and why you want to serve on a specific committee. More information about the committees is at http://www.ala.org/glbtrt/about/committees […]
Annette Gavigan, museum registrar on the American Alliance of Museum’s LGBTQ Alliance’s steering committee, is co-chairing a task force to develop LGBTQ welcoming standards for museums. She is looking for relevant resources for practices organized across functions/areas of professional practice (e.g., for membership managers, marketing teams, educators, front-line staff, curators, etc.). The resources would be […]
This year’s Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBT Voices, sponsored by the Lambda Literary Foundation, will be August 3-10, 2014 on the campus of the American Jewish University in Los Angeles. Faculty include Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Fiction workshop; Randall Kenan, Nonfiction workshop; Eduardo C. Corral, the Poetry workshop; and Elizabeth Sims, Genre Fiction with an emphasis […]
The Grammy award-winning band fun. has launched a campaign to raise $250,000 to build a community health center for the Ruth Ellis Cente, which provides housing, meals, clothing and medical services for LGBT youth in need in Detroit (MI). Funds will be raised through its LGBT support organization, The Ally Coalition (TAC). Band members are […]
Chair-elect Ann Symons has called upon round table volunteers for the GLBTRT News Committee, which is responsible for the weekly-updated GLBT News. Appointments, either one or two years, will begin after Annual Conference 2014. Positions include Assistant Editor, Media Coordinator, GLBT News Coordinator, Outreach Coordinator, and Opportunities Coordinator. Interested parties should e-mail Ann Symons and complete […]
The GLBTRT is raising funds to sponsor an ALA Emerging Leader for 2014-2015, at the sponsorship level of $1500 ($750 per conference). Roundtable representatives will be collecting contributions large and small at the Social in order to fund this new endeavor. This is an excellent opportunity to increase the visibility of the GLBTRT! From the website: […]
Upcoming anthology in New Lit Salon Press’s new series: Behind the Yellow Wallpaper: New Tales of Madness is seeking submissions. Pieces should address issues of intersectionality that may affect women’s mental health such as physicality, sexuality, trans’ identity, race, class, pregnancy and motherhood, religion, etc.; address any other social issues that impact women’s mental health; […]
At its November conference call, the GLBTRT Executive Board approved an Ad hoc committee to plan and manage a GLBTRT Pre-Conference in San Francisco. Because much of this work needs to be done before August 2014, this year’s program committee does not have the time or resources to add a pre-conference to their work. I am […]