Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman It must be very frustrating trying to come up with the perfect bigoted law. Anti-LGBT cranks want to be sure to kick people as often and as hard as possible, but when they get that excited, they have a hard time running through all the ramifications. Most people know about Russia’s […]
By John Mack Freeman Even though gay sex is punishable in Botswana by up to five years in prison, a judge found this week that the state had no method to stop a gay rights group from forming inside the country. Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Botswana got the go ahead this week that their existence […]
Via press release CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) and EBSCO are partnering to offer seven conference sponsorships for librarians to attend the 2015 Annual Conference. The meeting takes place June 25 – June 30, 2015, and offers an opportunity for continuing education, meetings and interaction with colleagues. Each EBSCO scholarship will be in the […]
By John Mack Freeman Another week, another round of advances in the fight for full marriage equality inside the United States. This week, three states had rulings handed down that expanded access to marriage across the country. In South Carolina, a United States District Court threw out that state’s ban on same sex marriage as […]
By Ilyse Kramer Thirteen-year-old Jazz-Jennings is a prolific trans advocate, recognized as the youngest person on The Advocate’s “40 under 40.” She has co-founded TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation, which is committed to supporting and advocating for Trans children in their communities, shared her story on 20/20, 60 Minutes, the Oprah Winfrey Network, YouTube vlogs, and […]
By John Mack Freeman GLBT News has a new page that will list presentations and articles by members of the Round Table related to LGBT subjects. You can find it here or in the About section drop down menu at the top of the page. A special thanks to Tess Goldwasser and Ellen Bosman for taking on […]
By Ashley R. Lierman The past year has welcomed a substantial amount of new trans literature, along with the recent strides in trans representation in visual media. The Advocate has posted a list of the year’s 10 best works of trans nonfiction, including memoirs, health resources, interviews with trans youth, and historical works. View the […]
By Ashley R. Lierman Sorry, folks, things are a little crazy right now at the ol’ day job, so no Queer Quest this week. But the up side is, after this you’ll get columns for two weeks in a row! At least I hope that’s an up side! I dunno! At any rate, I hope […]
By Ann K. Symons You might recognize two of our members in the picture above: David Vess, Past Chair GLBTRT and Digital User Experience Librarian at James Madison University and Robert Newlen, Deputy Law Librarian of Congress. Do I love these two guys – you bet – they are part of my family. Oh, and […]
Via press release YALSA offers a variety of grants and awards to its members who hold positions as librarians who serve young adults. Grant categories range from funding research projects in relation to teens and libraries, travel stipends to ALA conferences, to providing new reading materials to libraries in need. Most applications must be submitted […]