Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman Leslie Feinberg passed away on November 15th. Feinberg was self-described (per Advocate.com) as a ” an anti-racist white, working-class, secular Jewish, transgender, lesbian, female, revolutionary communist.” Feinberg is survived by her partner of 22 years, Minnie Bruce Pratt. Feinberg’s 1993 first novel, Stone Butch Blues was a groundbreaking work on the complexity of gender that won […]
By John Mack Freeman The International Olympic Committee has recommended that LGB-inclusive language that bars discrimination based on sexual orientation be added to the Sixth principle of the Olympic Charter. The move comes after international pressure was placed on the IOC from LGBT rights groups due to the 2014 Winter Olympics being held in anti-LGBT […]
By John Mack Freeman Although we didn’t publish on Transgender Day of Remembrance, GLBT News would like to encourage everyone who is allied in the struggle for trans rights to take a moment of silence to honor those in the trans community that have faced discrimination, violence, and death over the last year. In an age […]
By John Mack Freeman After all the progress in same sex marriage over the summer and early fall, there hadn’t been that much new progress in recent weeks. A lot of that changed with marriage equality hitting three more states for good this week. A slow march towards full equality, but at least one that […]
By Tess Goldwasser Dawn is a member of the GLBTRT. She hopes to participate in the Rainbow List or Stonewall Awards committees in the future. Until recently, she was a graduate assistant at Florida State University’s Goldstein Library while earning her MLIS. Now she is a doctoral student in the same program, working as a […]
By Ashley R. Lierman In my first column, I touched briefly on Canadian game developer BioWare and their inclusion of same-sex relationships and queer characters. The Dragon Age series of games is currently one of BioWare’s big titles, and with the newest installment, Dragon Age: Inquisition, debuting this week, I thought it would be a […]
By Ashley R. Lierman Comedian Marc Evan Jackson spoke to Out recently about his role on FOX’s police sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine, where he plays the husband of Andre Braugher’s stony-faced, by-the-book gay police chief. Now early in its second season, the series has already earned praise for its diverse and stereotype-busting cast of characters, including […]
By John Mack Freeman I have always believed in being able to give what I’m able to give to help people who may not have what I have. But there is one incredibly common way of giving back to communities that I have never participated in, and it fills me with rage. I have never […]
Via press release CHICAGO — Librarians face adversity every day, whether they are defending a book that has been challenged or fighting to provide services on a limited budget. If you know a beleaguered librarian, now is your chance to give that person some much needed recognition by nominating them for the Lemony Snicket Prize […]
By John Mack Freeman A new ad from the HRC targets Mississippi evangelicals in an effort to increase their support of same sex marriage and LGBT issues more broadly. Watch it below: