Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
The Out in the Silence organization has made its first Award for Youth Activism to OUT NOWÂ Â for its efforts to end bullying, harassment, and discrimination and to promote safe schools and inclusive communities for all. Founded nearly twenty years ago as a weekly support group for LGBT youth in a Springfield (MA) church basement, the […]
The New York Public Library site has the first of a series of blog entries by author/activist Perry Brass in conjunction with the NYPL’s show “Why We Fight: Remembering AIDS Activism.” The blog, “A Prophesy Before Our Time: The Gay Men’s Health Project Clinic Opens in 1972,” describes an activist grass-roots clinic Brass helped start […]
Our In Memoriam series pays tribute to LGBT individuals of note that have passed away. Doug Ireland, political journalist, media critic, and LGBT activist, died on October 26, 2013 at the age of 67. His gay political writings were published by Gay City News, The Village Voice, The New York Observer, New York Magazine, and […]
The 2014 Gay Games is providing a participation scholarship, ranging from $750 to $1,350, for those who wish to be part of the event but lack the financial means to attend. Scholarships can be used for registration fees for the 2014 Gay Games, transportation to and from host cities Cleveland and Akron, and housing. Gay […]
Elections: You have until January 31, 2014, to file paperwork as a candidate for a GLBTRT office. For more information, click here. Sherry Machones (sherry [dot] machones [at] gmail.com), GLBTRT Membership Committee Promotion Chair, Â has requested that you also send her names of nominations by the close of Midwinter Meeting on January 28, 2014. Open […]
