Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman A soon-to-be released released app called MyTransHealth will help people find trans-specific healthcare options. This crowd-sourced program will allow users to read reviews on doctors and to gauge how much support that particular medical professional can realistically rpvoide. Via Out.com: Seeking to make waves in the subject of trans health, MyTransHealth […]
By John Mack Freeman The city of Venice, Italy has moved to ban books related to single-sex partnerships and gay adoption as part of a move to the right by the city’s new conservative mayor, Luigi Brugnaro. Via the Telegraph: “We don’t want to discriminate against anyone and at home parents can call themselves daddy […]
By John Mack Freeman Gawker uncovered an email from the Sony Pictures email leak that occurred a few months ago that shines light on why some movie superheroes continue to be so…non-diverse. The defined character traits of Peter Parker and his superhero alternate Spiderman specifically list that they must be heterosexual, male, and Caucasian unless […]
By Ashley R. Lierman Reality show Big Brother will soon welcome its first ever trans guest. Audrey Middleton, a young transwoman and major fan of the show, will be one of its contestants in the new season starting June 24. Profiles were released for the new contestants on CBS’s web site earlier in the week, […]
By Ashley R. Lierman The Advocate posted an interview Friday with Sophie Campbell, the artist for the new Jem and the Holograms comic series from IDW Publishing. Campbell also recently came out as a trans woman, with admirable support from her publisher, including changing previously-published comics to reflect her new name. The Jem series has […]
By Ashley R. Lierman If you feel like I’ve kind of been down on things a lot lately, and sometimes it seems like I don’t really like anything, then today’s column is for you, because today I’m going to talk about Steven Universe. If you haven’t heard of Steven Universe, you’re not alone; it’s had […]
By John Mack Freeman The musical Fun Home based on the award-winning graphic novel by Alison Bechdel has won five Tony awards at this year’s awards including Best Musical. The show won the most awards of any show this year. Via Advocate.com The show not only won the award for Best Musical, but also saw Tonys handed […]
By John Mack Freeman GLBT Book Month is off to a fantastic start as GLBTRT embraces their first year ever managing this event on behalf of ALA. On a personal note, I’ve already seen displays in several libraries near where I work, and it’s always a little surprising and comforting when I see that in rural […]
By John Mack Freeman The 27th annual Lambda Literary Award winners were announced at their ceremony this past week. In addition to the book awards, Rita Mae Brown received the Pioneer Award and John Waters received the Lambda Trustee’s Award for Excellence in Literature. The full list of nominees and winners is below: BISEXUAL FICTION Best […]
