Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
As part of a graduate school assignment, Miranda researched what resources were available in the library for patrons who experienced domestic and/or sexual violence. Her conclusion as to, “how libraries in my state were providing services for survivors- and the answer really boils down to this- they weren’t.” Read this interview with Miranda to hear […]
Sun 27 at 5 PM – Jun 28 at 4:59 PM UTC+12 From the Washington Blade: Global Pride 2020 will amplify Black voices on Saturday, June 27 during the international event. Organizers will use the platform to acknowledge the international response to the death of George Floyd and the resurging demand for racial justice by working […]
Happy Virtual PRIDE!!! Enjoy these virtual celebrations. https://www.etonline.com/pride-2020-a-guide-to-virtual-events-and-ways-to-donate-during-the-pandemic-147389 From Good Morning, America https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/virtual-pride-events-offer-celebrate-lgbtq-history-culture-70875538 New York Times guide to virtual Pride https://www.nytimes.com/article/gay-pride-2020-events-online.html GLAAD’s Pride Guide: https://www.glaad.org/prideguide
“Art After Stonewall”, an exhibit showcasing Queer art in the post-Stonewall era: http://www.newnownext.com/art-after-stonewall-exhibition-columbus-museum-of-art/05/2020/ https://www.columbusmuseum.org/stonewall/ Labor of Love: The Birth of San Francisco Pride 1970-1980 https://www.glbthistory.org/labor-of-love Performance, Protest & Politics: The Art of Gilbert Baker https://www.glbthistory.org/gilbert-baker-exhibition Pride at 50: From Stonewall to Today” from the Library of Congress https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2020/06/pride-at-50-from-stonewall-to-today/ Enjoy, and Happy Pride, everyone!
Sarah Hegazi fled to Canada after being detained and tortured for carrying a rainbow flag at a concert in Cairo https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-lgbtq-activist-sarah-hegazi-suicide-trauma
The winners of the 32nd annual Lambda Literary Awards have been announced. Additionally, Lambda Literary has announced an online reading and conversation benefit series to celebrate Pride, virtually, this year.https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/06/lambda-literary-lammy-32nd-annual-award-winnershttps://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/2020-winners/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2020/05/pride-2020/
Some of the many tributes to Larry Kramer From Tony Kushner: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/opinion/larry-kramer.html From playwright Matthew Lopez: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/may/27/larry-kramer-death-activist-gay-rights From Anthony Fauci: https://time.com/5843886/larry-kramer-fauci-remembrance/ Some profile pieces from over the years: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/05/13/public-nuisance https://nymag.com/news/features/62887/ https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/larry-kramer-ellen-barkin-american-people-volume-two
Larry Kramer, AIDS activist, author and playwright has died at the age of 84. Kramer co-founded the Gay Men’s Health Crisis and founded Act Up during the eighties, wrote the acclaimed play The Normal Heart, and earlier this year published the second and final volume of his epic novel The American People. https://www.npr.org/2020/05/27/512714500/larry-kramer-pioneering-aids-activist-and-writer-dies-at-84https://www.newsweek.com/larry-kramer-rip-aids-activism-1506891
has opened its online version. The exhibit commemorates the 50th anniversary of San Franscico’s “Christopher Street Liberation Day”, held a year after Stonewall, on June 27, 1970, which evolved into the Pride celebrations of today and includes dozens of photographs and images illustrating the evolution of Pride in the city. “Curators Lenore Chinn and Pamela […]
Two LGBTQ writers have won Pulitzer Prizes this year. Michael R. Jackson‘s musical A Strange Loop won the drama prize and Jericho Brown won the poetry prize for the collection The Tradition. https://www.them.us/story/2-black-queer-writers-awarded-2020-pulitzer-prizes