Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By Emilia R. Marcyk Scholarship and academic news that addresses LGBTQ identities and concerns, of interest to librarians and information professionals Publications Linley, Jodi L., et al. “Faculty as Sources of Support for LGBTQ College Students.” College Teaching 64.2 (2016): 55-63. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/87567555.2015.1078275Drawing from a national survey of LGBTQ college students, Linley et al identified […]
By A. Faulkner North Carolina’s HB2 has been all over the news the past few weeks. Even with my less-than-stellar news habits, I couldn’t help but pick up strings of conversation. I was confused though. It all seemed to be boiling down to a debate about whether letting people self-select the silhouette with the skirt […]
By Peter D. Coyl Recently ALA has taken a stand on a number of pieces of legislation that affect the GLBT community including Georgia and North Carolina. In the case of Georgia, the GLBTRT was invited to help draft and co-sign a letter with ALA President Sari Feldman and in the case of North Carolina, with […]
By Elizabeth Gartley Last week, I had the opportunity to work with two public librarians to lead a session on serving LGBTQ youth at a state conference for children’s and youth librarians. The collaboration was especially rewarding because while the three of us are librarians with a shared interest in serving LGBTQ youth, we also […]
By Emilia R. Marcyk Scholarship and academic news that addresses LGBTQ identities and concerns, of interest to librarians and information professionals Publications Brandão, Ana Maria, and Tânia Cristina Machado. “Organa: The First Portuguese Lesbian Magazine.” Journal of Homosexuality4 (2016): 575-599. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2015.1088309 The authors chronical the history of Organa, the first known Lesbian magazine published […]
By Elizabeth Gartley When I speak to educators about LGBTQ issues, they typically have an easier time accepting different sexual orientations than gender diversity. Most of these educators are well-meaning, and they’re not unaccepting of transgender or gender nonconforming students, but rather a little perplexed at having to challenge their own notions of gender. In […]
By A. Faulkner So. I didn’t know anything about Manny Pacquiao. Before this past week the only thing I’d ever even heard was that he liked pistachios (or at least he was paid to imply he did). I can’t link you to an official YouTube video of the commercial via Wonderful Pistachios though because, mysteriously, […]
By Emilia R. Marcyk Scholarship and academic news that addresses LGBTQ identities and concerns, of interest to librarians and information professionals Publications Finnessy, Patrick. “Examining The Heteropatriarchy: Canadian and American Male Teachers’ Perspectives of Sexual Minority Curriculum.” Teaching Education1 (2016): 39-56. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10476210.2015.1034684 An examination, through interviews, classroom observation and written reflection, of the teaching […]
By Ashley R. Lierman Is there any trend in pop culture right now as ubiquitous, or as divisive, as the remake? Resurrecting classic properties for another grab at their revenue streams is an event so frequent it seems almost compulsive, and nerd culture seems to get hit with it particularly hard. Some people are definitely […]
