Along with other ALA book awards, the 2020 Stonewall Book Awards were presented virtually this past weekend and can be seen here:
2020 Stonewall Book Awards Celebration
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Lambda Literary Awards announced
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/
Larry Kramer-AIDS activist has died
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
Pride Events in 2020
With most in person Pride events this year being cancelled or postponed throughout the world, there are virtual events being planned, such as Global Pride on June 27, and organizers of this and other events both large and small face this reality with challenges and efforts to continue community building, awareness and support, which is […]
JOIN US IN CHICAGO TO CELEBRATE RAINBOW RT’S 50 YEARS
Join the Rainbow Round Table, the first professional LGBTQIA+ group in the nation, originally founded as a task force within SRRT and now one of the largest round tables within ALA, in celebrating our 50th year! Our 50th Anniversary Gala will be held at the Museum of Contemporary Art on June 28, 2020 at 8:00pm. […]
ALA Midwinter Rainbow Round Table Social
Join the Rainbow Roundtable for our annual ALA Midwinter social on Sunday, January 26th from 6pm-8pm. We will be announcing the Adult Stonewall Book winners! Come join us for food, drinks and fun. It will be located at the Independence Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia, 18 S 7th Street (7th Street between Market […]
ALA Midwinter – Rainbow Round Table Events
The ALA midwinter meeting is coming soon from January 24-28, in Philadelphia. The Rainbow Round Table will be holding events throughout the conference. Make sure you attend the events and come to the Executive board sessions on Saturday morning! See you all then! 2020alamidwinter.org
Call for Rainbow Round Table Chair Nominations – Deadline January 3, 2020
Thank you to all those who have submitted nominations to run for Secretary and Director-at-large for the Round Table. We’re still very much in need of nominations for Round Table Chair. If you’ve been thinking of giving back and running for Round Table Chair, now is the time! Please fill out the attached candidate information sheet and submit directly to […]
LGBTQ in the last decade
NBC news put together an LGBTQ history of all the landmark events that occurred in the past ten years. From the legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015 to the Rainbow wave in 2018. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/very-lgbtq-decade-gay-marriage-trans-rights-rainbow-wave-n1107901
Happy December everyone!!
With the holiday season upon us it’s time for RAINBOW gift giving and sharing. We have found some fun places to shop this month while supporting the LGBTQ community. There is a link to a list put out by HuffPost on the best places to purchase LGBTQ owned product lines as well as a link […]