Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman This week, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed a bill into law that would allow therapists and counselors to refuse to treat people because the patient is GLBT. Via LGBTQ Nation: The American Counseling Association called the legislation an “unprecedented attack” on the counseling profession and said Tennessee was the only state […]
By John Mack Freeman Tennessee State House Representative Rick Womick recently proposed that the state should stop issuing marriage licenses so that it would not have to issue licenses to same-sex couples as the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell. Via Advocate.com: “The state Constitution says that marriage is between one man and one woman, and my personal belief is […]
By John Mack Freeman The ACLU has sued the Giles County, Tennessee school board for a dress code policy that bans any clothing that supports GLBT issues, including rainbow clothing. The issue was initially raised when Richland High School student Rebecca Young wore a shirt that said “Some People Are Gay, Get Over It: on […]
By John Mack Freeman The University of Tennessee had issued advice to tutors from the Office of Diversity and Inclusion that encouraged individuals to avoid assuming gender in assigning pronouns to people they were working with. However, after the change started to receive some press attention, the school quickly changed its tune. Via PinkNews: After […]
By John Mack Freeman A Tennessee television station has banned an ad from Freedom to Marry because of its support for same sex marriage. The advertisement features veteran Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld who speaks about his desire to marry his partner after returning from working as a trauma surgeon in Afghanistan. Via PinkNews: The station blocked the […]