Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman The Russian State Duma has rejected a bill that would have criminalized coming out by GLBT people. Via Radio Free Europe: The Russian State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State-Building has declined to endorse a controversial draft bill that would introduce fines and arrests for people who publicly express their […]
By John Mack Freeman On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day earlier this week, Montana Governor Steve Bullock issued an executive order banning discrimination against GLBT people by the state government. He further encouraged private businesses in the state to follow his lead. For more on this story, read the full story on Joe My God.
By John Mack Freeman The Human Rights Campaign has endorsed Hillary Clinton for President of the United States. Clinton is scheduled to appear and accept the endorsement in-person today, January 24th. From the announcement: HRC today announced its endorsement of Hillary Clinton for President. HRC’s Board of Directors, comprised of 32 community leaders from across […]
By John Mack Freeman Poet and children’s author Francisco Alarcón has passed away at the age of 61. Via Los Angeles Times: The L.A.-born Chicano poet and factory laborer who worked his way from adult school, East L.A. College and Cal State Long Beach to Stanford University died Friday of stomach cancer in his Davis home, […]
By John Mack Freeman Trans writer Bryn Kelly passed away in her Brooklyn apartment on January 23rd. Via Advocate.com: A writer of fiction, essays, columns, and book reviews, Kelly, an Ohio native, moved to New York City after a stint in Michigan. Kelly was, at one time, active within the Femme Collective, and she participated in Baltimore’s 2012 […]
By John Mack Freeman Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has appointed the first openly gay member of that state’s Supreme Court. Margaret Chutich is a former member of the Appeals Court in Minnesota. With this appointment, Minnesota becomes one of just seven states with an openly-GLBT member of its Supreme Court. Via AP: “So I think if […]
By Ashley R. Lierman MTV series True Life, which explores the lives of ordinary people in unusual situations, recently profiled the relationships between two young people and their transitioning parents, Out reports. Kiara works to accept her mother’s coming out as a trans man, while Jeremy embraces his father’s identity as a woman and works […]
By Ashley R. Lierman The Advocate has assembled a list of the LGBT films that will be showing at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Subjects range from teen romance to immigrant communities to trans tailoring to Robert Mapplethorpe. View the full slideshow, along with some clips and trailers, at The Advocate.
Via press release The 2016 Stonewall Book Awards were announced Monday, January 11 by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) of the American Library Association (ALA), during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston. The Stonewall Book Awards are given annually to English-language works of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender […]
By John Mack Freeman The 2016 Rainbow Book List has been announced. From the blog: The Rainbow Book List Committee proudly announces the 2016 Rainbow List. The Rainbow List is a bibliography of books with significant gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning content, and which are aimed at youth, birth through age 18. The list […]
