Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
The GLBT Round Table’s Professional Tools page has seen a number of recent additions and improvements. The page now includes a Google map display of GLBTQ libraries and archives in the US and Canada , and a bibliography of recent African American LGBT books. The page also includes Nancy Silverrod’s “Soldier Girls and Dancing Boys” bibliography for gender-exploring children […]
Via Ashley R. Lierman The Smithsonian Institute announced this week that they are planning on adding hundreds of items related to LGBT history to their collection in the coming months. Here’s is the full press release from the Associated Press: Hundreds of photographs, papers and historical objects documenting the history of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender […]
By John Mack Freeman As anyone who has seen the 2006 documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated can attest (and if you haven’t seen it, you very much should), the MPAA has a lot of problems when it comes to rating movies. Never mind the chilling effect that ratings systems in general can have, the MPAA’s […]
By John Mack Freeman It’s a rare occasion when a no vote is cast in the Cuban legislature. In fact, some Cuban experts say that a no vote hasn’t been cast in the legislature since the Revolution. But when a workers’ rights bill came before the legislature, Mariela Castro voted against the legislation due to […]
By John Mack Freeman It’s been a busy week in Tennessee on the LGBT front. First, Chattanoooga voters overturned a domestic partners ordinance by a margin of about 20 points. The council had originally passed it 5-4 last year, but it was put on the ballot through a referendum process. Via Joe. My. God.: Following […]
By John Mack Freeman Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel Fun Home is coming to Broadway next year. The musical adaptation is slated to debut in time for next year’s Tony Awards. The musical will follow the story of the book, exploring how she discovers her sexual identity. In the show, Bechdel serves as a narrator who is writing […]
By John Mack Freeman Gallup released a new poll this week showing that LGBT people were significantly more likely to be non-religious than were non-LGBT people. Additionally, there were much less likely to attend worship services, and much more likely to say that religion does not play a major role in their daily lives. The […]
By John Mack Freeman The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a 2012 book that chronicles the life of Cameron Post. After her parents die, she is forced to move to Montana to live with a conservative aunt while trying to blend in to survive. When she meets Coley Taylor, though, things change. Via Goodreads: “She and […]
By John Mack Freeman Atlanta resident Luke O’Donovan was violently attacked outside of a bar in Atlanta, GA in December 2012 by five men. The men stabbed him several times while shouting homophobic slurs at him. O’Donovan defended himself successfully with a pocketknife and made it to an area hospital for treatment. Sounds like a […]
By Tess Goldwasser Marian has been a member of the GLBTRT for about a year. She was able to meet some of her fellow members at this year’s ALA annual conference, and is interested in serving on a committee sometime in the future. She just finished a one year term in AmeriCorps as a Youth […]