Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
Contributed by Charlie McNabb; compiled by John Mack Freeman. Several months ago, there was a call on the GLBTRT e-mail list to compile stories of service to LGBT people from the library world. We will publishing these every so often as they become available. These stories are in the words of those contributing them, and […]
By Tess Goldwasser Martin is the RT’s representative to the ALA Task Force on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, of which he also happens to be co-chair. He’s served previously as the liaison to IFRT and as a juror for the Over the Rainbow list. He is the head of research and instruction services at Regis University, […]
By John Mack Freeman Leslie Feinberg passed away on November 15th. Feinberg was self-described (per Advocate.com) as a ” an anti-racist white, working-class, secular Jewish, transgender, lesbian, female, revolutionary communist.” Feinberg is survived by her partner of 22 years, Minnie Bruce Pratt. Feinberg’s 1993 first novel, Stone Butch Blues was a groundbreaking work on the complexity of gender that won […]
By Tess Goldwasser Dawn is a member of the GLBTRT. She hopes to participate in the Rainbow List or Stonewall Awards committees in the future. Until recently, she was a graduate assistant at Florida State University’s Goldstein Library while earning her MLIS. Now she is a doctoral student in the same program, working as a […]
By Ann K. Symons You might recognize two of our members in the picture above: David Vess, Past Chair GLBTRT and Digital User Experience Librarian at James Madison University and Robert Newlen, Deputy Law Librarian of Congress. Do I love these two guys – you bet – they are part of my family. Oh, and […]
By Tess Goldwasser Michael is a new member of the RT. He says he’s been “lurking†for about a year and is looking to get more involved. He is currently in a para position and does “as much reference and teaching as they allow me.†He hopes to land an academic librarian position, and has […]
By John Mack Freeman Gloria Casarez passed away this week due to complications from her five-plus year battle with cancer. Casarez is best known for her work as the mayor of Philadelphia’s liaison to the LGBT community. Via PGN: Nutter appointed Casarez as Philadelphia’s first director of LGBT affairs in 2008. In that capacity, she […]
By John Mack Freeman (Thanks to Ann Symons for the tip) Trans rights figure Lily McBeth passed away this week at age 80. McBeth was well known for transitioning at age 70 in 2005 from male to female while employed as a substitute teacher by several school systems in New Jersey. Upon returning, McBeth’s transition […]
