Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman (thanks to Ann Symons for the tip!) Chinese gay dating app Blued has surpassed 15 million users. Having grown out of the website Danlan.org, the site was originally created by Ma Baoli, a former member of the police force in a seaside city in China. The site and the app have […]
By Ashley R. Lierman Two interconnected gay drama series from Queer As Folk creator Russell T. Davies, called Banana andCucumber, have recently been announced. According to Out: “The two interwoven drama series will explore 21st century gay life in all its powerful, witty, dark and uplifting guises through the lens of two disparate generations. The hour-long Cucumber will […]
By John Mack Freeman (thanks to Ann Symons for the tip!) Check out this video on the New York Times website about Mariela Castro and her views and work on LGBT rights: The full article about Cuba’s evolving fight on LGBT rights can be found here, and it is well worth the read.
By John Mack Freeman (thanks to Nel Ward for the tip) This week, the story of the Ferguson Library was featured as part of The Rachel Maddow Show’s “Best New Thing in the World” segment, and it included GLBTRT members Kyle Lukoff and Talya Sokol who have volunteered their time to help with the cataloging needs from […]
By John Mack Freeman In a seeming reversal from public discussions in previous weeks, the FDA has decided to change their policy on blood donations for men who have sex with men. The current ban is a lifetime deferment, but this change will make it permissible for men who have not had sex with men […]
By John Mack Freeman GLBT News will not have a regularly scheduled posting this week. I and a good chunk of northwest Georgia have come down with the flu. Regularly scheduled updates will resume next week.
By John Mack Freeman In a somewhat unexpected move, the International Olympic Committee unanimously approved a set of recommendations for making the Olympic Games better. Among these recommendations was a proposal to add sexual orientation to Principle Six. It was added to the section reading “”The enjoyment of the rights and freedoms set forth in […]
By John Mack Freeman The Salvation Army doesn’t only want to be known for its bell ringing this holiday season. It also wants you to know that it has a great record on LGBT rights. The only problem with that claim are inconvenient things like facts and history. A quick search reveals a few quick, […]
By John Mack Freeman Quitman High School in Arkansas banned a homecoming speech by a 15-year-old homecoming court member because she had planned to discuss being a lesbian during her speech. Despite the student agreeing to revise her speech, the school banned all of the speeches this year. Via Advocate.com: After the rehearsal, she and […]
By John Mack Freenan The FBI released the latest edition of the Hate Crime Statistics report this week. Among its other findings, they found that 20.8 percent of reported hate crimes were motivated by sexual orientation and .5 percent was motivated by gender identity. The 5,928 reported crimes were down from 6,573 in 2012. These statistics have […]