Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By Ann K. Symons, Chair Last year when I was Chair-elect, my main job was to do committee appointments – except for the Stonewall, Rainbow and Over the Rainbow Committees. Those committee appointments were done by the Chair, Roland Hansen. I would, however, look at the long lists of members who volunteered for these appointments […]
By John Mack Freeman Here’s a sampling of stories from around the web this week: DirecTV has a new commercial commemorating the return of football season featuring a same sex couple. Watch the ad here. Remember how we said last week that the NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade was going to allow LGBT groups to […]
Via press release Today, Free & Equal, the United Nations Human Rights Office’s global public education campaign for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality, releases “UN Free & Equal: One Billion Rising” a video highlighting the campaign’s impact to date. “In the past year, more than a billion people around the world have been […]
By John Mack Freeman Angelica Ross recently founded TransTech as a nonprofit in Chicago. Having personally experienced the trials that can affect trans people in the workplace and during job searches, Ross is seeking to help others avoid many of the trials that she had to go through. Via The Advocate: “TransTech emerged from my […]
By John Mack Freeman As part of the GLBT News ongoing work to better keep our membership informed about the goings on in the roundtable, we will be profiling one of our standing committees every month to check in with them and see what they are currently up to. As always, any committee can have […]
By John Mack Freeman (all awards info are direct quotes from ALA press releases) Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award for Exemplary Humanities Programming The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office is now accepting nominations for the 2015 Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award for Exemplary Humanities Programming. School libraries, public or private, that […]
By John Mack Freeman The Supreme Court has decided to look at petitions from Indiana, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Utah, and Virginia to assess whether or not the Court will take up these cases in their next session. The Court will begin meeting in private sessions on September 29th to decide what cases will appear on their […]
By John Mack Freeman Lily Tomlin is one of five people set to receive Kennedy Center Honors this year. This would make her the first out lesbian to ever receive this recognition. The Honors recognize living American artists for their contributions to American culture. Via The Advocate: While several women previously honored have been rumored […]
By John Mack Freeman The US House Committee on Veterans Affairs has rejected a proposal that would have allowed same sex couples equal access to veterans benefits regardless of whether they lived in marriage equality state or not. The amendment was suggested by Dina Titus (D-NV), and it was rejected in a vote of 13-12. Jon […]
By John Mack Freeman Three activist groups in China have sent letters to 112 Chinese universities asking them to meet basic demands related to the portrayal and acceptance of LGBT students. The groups were China Same Sex Love, LGBT Rights Advocacy China, and Justice for All. The letter read: We appeal and encourage principals at […]