Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
A colloquium about gender and sexuality will be held at the University of Toronto on October 18, 2014. Here is the description from their site: Gender and sexuality are two of the critical organizing axes of contemporary life. Alongside and intersecting with race, class, nation, and others, they constitute the ways through which we make ourselves known […]
This year’s Kidlitcon — Blogging Diversity in Young Adult and Children’s Literature, will be taking place October 10th and 11th in Sacramento. Per their website: “KidLitCon is a gathering of people who blog about children’s and young adult books, including librarians, authors, teachers, parents, booksellers, publishers, and readers. Attendees share a love of children’s books, as well as a […]
Peter Hepburn, GLBTRT Councillor, sent out an e-mail today announcing that the ALA Nominating Committee is seeking members who are interested in standing for election. The committee will select two people to run for President and at least 50 members to run for Council as Members-At-Large. For more information, you can see the press release […]
GLBTRT Chair Roland Hansen sent out an e-mail today asking for anyone who was able to assist with preparations and clean-up for the Social in Las Vegas. Volunteers are needed for: Shopping:Â Buying supplies at Costco and transporting them to Center from 2-5pm Set-Up:Â Most of the food will come on disposable trays, etc, but there […]
StoryCorps recently announced that OutLoud, its division that helps capture the stories of LGBTQ people, will undertake a new initiative starting in June 2014 to record our stories. The goal of this initiative is to record stories from people who lived before the Stonewall uprisings in 1969. Stay tuned for more information about how to get […]
