Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
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Late Monday night, it was reported that Frankie Knuckles had passed away at the age of 59. Knuckles, known as the “Godfather of House,” was one of the primary popularizers of house music during his time as a young DJ in Chicago. The style has since exploded onto dance floors and radio waves around the […]
Facebook may have decided that selling guns across state borders isn’t a good idea, but it doesn’t mind violence against LGBT people. Someone registered a complaint against the group “Kill Gays Today†with the description, “We hate gays and anyone who supports being gay.†It’s a closed group. Facebook sent this response: “We reviewed the […]
A recent poll shows that 59 percent of people nationally support marriage equality, and 50 percent of them think that the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right of same-sex couples to marry. The 33 states that lack marriage equality still have a majority support of 53 percent. An overwhelmingly 81 percent reject permitting businesses to discriminate […]
A state bill to ban discrimination against transgender Marylanders has passed both the Senate and House of Delegates. State Del. Maggie McIntosh (D-Baltimore City) referenced the exclusion of trans Marylanders in a 2001 anti-discrimination bill when she said, “This is an important group of people today who frankly we left out 11 years ago. They’re […]
Books can expand horizons and give LGBT people courage, sometimes easing the pain of being an outside . “in a world where not only our books but our lives are shelved separately from everyone else’s.†Lambda Literary Foundation is collecting brief videos or photographs to share inspirational books, poems, graphic novels, or other life-changing pieces […]
 When Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed the anti-homosexuality bill into law that will put people into prison for life if they are LGBT, he maintained that it was because homosexuality is a choice. The man accused of stealing $5 million per month from the national workers’ pension fund gave pastors $500,000 last November to mobilize […]
Lisa Johnston is moderator for the upcoming discussion of upcoming LGBT titles and trends from Bold Strokes Books, Cleis Press, Dreamspinner Press, MLR Press, Riptide Publishing, and Library Journal. Panelists include Victoria Oldham, Brenda Knight, Damon Suede, Kris Jacen, and Sarah Frantz. The event, which will also be archived and available for on-demand viewing, is […]
By Tess Goldwasser Beginning her second year as a juror for the Over the Rainbow book list committee, Anna describes it as “a librarian’s dream†getting to “read a ton†and help compile an annotated bibliography of great LGBT books. “Basically, after all my time trying to convince people that librarians do more than just […]
A new documentary by Jeffrey Schwarz has been released about the life and legacy of Divine. The queer icon rose to prominence in the 1970’s and 1980’s through the films of John Waters. Her life was tragically cut short by an enlarged heart when she was 42. You can find the trailer for the documentary […]
