Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman In an essay in this morning’s Businessweek, Apple CEO Tim Cook came out as gay. Admitting that he had long been out in his personal life and to colleagues at Apple, Cook came out to the public at large saying in part: “I don’t consider myself an activist, but I realize how much […]
Via Kelly McElroy on the GLBTRT-L list QZAP is a completely grassroots collective which works to collect, digitize, and provide access to queer zines online through their searchable database. In celebration of their 11th anniversary, we are launching MoFemmeBer, a fundraiser and zine-readathon. In order to raise funds, we’re asking folks to get their friends […]
By John Mack Freeman The National Health Service in Greater Glasgow and Clyde (Scotland) mistakenly released the names of 86 trans patients earlier this week. After an internal investigation, the release was attributed to human error. The error occurred when individuals receiving gender treatment received a mass e-mail in which none of the other e-mails […]
By Ashley R. Lierman The film Boulevard, in which Robin Williams made his final appearance and in which he portrays a gay man, may never be released to theaters. The film has been “failing to find a mainstream backer,†according to the Mirror: A source said: “It’s really sad but it is looking impossible that […]
By Tess Goldwasser Michael is a new member of the RT. He says he’s been “lurking†for about a year and is looking to get more involved. He is currently in a para position and does “as much reference and teaching as they allow me.†He hopes to land an academic librarian position, and has […]
Via press release Los Angeles, CA – Lambda Literary, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization advancing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender literature, is proud to announce an historic partnership with the San Diego Unified School District to make its LGBT Writers in Schools Program available to the city’s high school students. Approved by the San Diego […]
By John Mack Freeman The first ever international conference on trans military particiaption was held in Washington, D. C. this week. Advocates for trans military inclusion and trans military members from around the world were invited to speak. Via an ACLU press release: “The lesson from today’s conference is clear,” said Aaron Belkin, Director of […]
By John Mack Freeman It can be easy to forget in the excitement of the recent bevy of same sex marriage bans that have been struck down that these rulings have other effects besides making marriage immediately available. Madelynn Taylor, a 74-year old Navy veteran, finally won the right to be buried next to her […]
