Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
On June 20th (and thereabouts) this year, the Wikimedia Foundation held its first ever “Wiki Loves Pride” event. The event sought to bring together people in cities around the country and the world to improve the LGBT content available on Wikipedia. The goal is not only to increase the total number of articles dealing with […]
This week, numerous LGBT rights organizations dropped their support for ENDA: the Employee Non-Discrimination Act. The bill passed the Senate this year in a rare instance of bipartisanship, but it has been stalled in the Republican-led House. However, in the light of last week’s Hobby Lobby ruling from the Supreme Court that showed that there […]
In a minor move that still manages to provoke the same eye-roll-worthy responses from the anti-LGBT crowd, the state of California moved this week to remove gender-based language from their marriage certificates. Instead of the terms “husband” and “wife,” the state will now have two spaces that say “spouse” and will refer to the individuals […]
PinkNews is reporting that the National Library Board in Singapore has ordered the withdrawal of two children’s books with LGBT characters. The books And Tango Makes Three and The White Swan Express have been removed from their collections following a single complaint. Petitions to reverse the action have so far gone nowhere, and it is expected that the […]
Over the last few weeks, there has been a lot of back and forth between the Clerk of Boulder, Colorado and the Colorado Attorney General’s office. Basically, the Boulder clerk has said that she has the right and obligation to issue same sex marriage licenses since the Tenth Circuit had ruled that other same sex […]
On Tuesday, July 8th, Wizards of the Coast released the free basic rules for the fifth edition of the long-running RPG Dungeons and Dragons. For the first time, the rule set contained a section on sex. Here is the full text on that section (Images via GayGamer.net). While the language is admittedly clunky and won’t enter the […]
Another Annual Conference has closed, and with it, a brand new committee comes on board for the GLBT News. I will be taking over the editorship from Nel Ward who has been truly remarkable and a wonderful guide in transitioning GLBT News from a quarterly newsletter to a weekly blog. Over the next few weeks, I’ll […]
By Tess Goldwasser Melody is the new GLBTRT secretary, starting after ALA Annual Conference 2014. In her other life, she is a full-time educational media specialist for North Jersey school district, working with grades 6-12. Her passion is bringing libraries “back to life” and making them an important part of the school or community. She is proud […]
The Presbyterian Church in the eighth-largest denomination in the United States with 2.8 million members. The church’s highest council passed a resolution last week that clarified their support for same sex marriage. While this effectively means that the church will now bless and support same sex unions, a full amendment to the Book of Order […]
In a triumph for LGBT rights, the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from the Liberty Counsel that sought to overturn a law that block all gay conversion therapy for minors in California. Liberty had previously lost twice at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, so it appears that this ban will stay in […]