Hello! The new GLBTRT News Committee began work in June, with official duties to commence July 1, 2018. Thank you for your patience during this transition (as chair, I’m still trying to figure this website out, for example :-D). We hope to bring you exciting original content and continue providing great information as often as […]
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LGBTQIA US News Roundup
By Tricia Boucher Connecticut Recruiting LGBT Families to Adopt, Foster Kids With 4,300 children in state care, Connecticut’s child welfare system is actively recruiting LGBT families for fostering and adoption. This move copies initiatives in New York City and San Francisco. Gay-friendly Apple weighs North Carolina despite LGBT laws Apple should soon be deciding whether […]
LGBTQIA Rights Roundup
By Thomas Maxheimer Oklahoma Passes Adoption Law That L.G.B.T. Groups Call Discriminatory If you “…violate the agency’s written religious or moral convictions or policies” you can now be legally denied a foster child or adoption in Oklahoma. U.S. rolls back protections for transgender prison inmates Transgender inmates are potentially at risk because the Trump administration […]
LGBTQIA Entertainment Roundup
By A. Faulkner Rachel Maddow Show Bests Hannity to Become Highest-Rated Cable News Program The show bested Fox News’ Hannity to become the most-watched cable news show on television. Bob Dylan is among stars singing about same-sex lovers on a new EP The singer lent his voice to Universal Love, a collection of wedding songs […]
LGBTQIA World News Roundup
By Tricia Boucher Ukraine’s LGBTQ soldiers hope their service will change hearts and minds A good number of the Ukrainian military personnel recruited since the 2014 invasion by Russia are LGBT persons. Many have hopes that their service will alleviate some of the discrimination that is normative in Ukrainian society. Cheers and applause as same-sex […]
Podcast! Serving All Families in a Queer and Genderqueer Way
By A. Faulkner A new podcast from Public Libraries Online. Joel A. Nichols, author of the winner in this year’s “Public Libraries” magazine feature article contest, for the article “Serving All Families in a Queer and Genderqueer Way”, discusses how libraries can provide the best possible service to their LGBTQ communities. Check it out at Public Libraries […]
LGBTQIA Rights Roundup
By Thomas Maxheimer Over 200 Members of Congress File Federal LGBTQ-Rights Bill Since it is completely legal to openly discriminate against gay people in the majority of the U.S, this bill would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 100 DAYS: HRC Launches Timeline of Trump’s Unprecedented Attacks on LGBTQ […]
LGBTQIA Politics Roundup
By Thomas Maxheimer Georgia GOP Lawmakers Add Anti-LGBT Provision to Adoption Bill in Sneak Attack Georgia GOP lawmakers made a sneak attack on LGBT+ people by adding a discriminatory provision to an adoption bill pending in the state legislature. The changes were done over the objections of the sponsor of the bill who said he […]
Emerging Leader Spotlight: Fobazi M. Ettarh
The GLBTRT is proud to highlight some of our past Emerging Leaders (ELs). Including people who are members of and/or sponsored by our round table, these spotlights will let you get to know some of the incredible people in our field and learn about the work that they’ve accomplished through the EL Program. Donate today […]
LGBTQIA Scholarship Roundup for February 8th, 2017
By Emilia Marcyk Current scholarship and academic news addressing LGBTQIA identities and concerns, of interest to librarians, educators, and information professionals. Publications Boone, J. A. “Creating a Queer Archive in the Public Eye: The Case of Reşad Ekrem Koçu.” GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies 23.1 (2017): http://muse.jhu.edu/article/645204 Boone’s article examines the İstanbul […]