Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman An upcoming featuring Wonder Woman will have the superhero performing a same-sex wedding. In Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman #48, which is currently available online and will hit shelves in November, Jason Badowerhe is helming the issue. He said he was inspired by the Obergefell ruling in June that legalized same-sex marriage throughout the United […]
Via press release The 2015 Conference on Inclusion and Diversity in Library and Information Science (CIDLIS) is now accepting registrations and submissions. The conference (known in past years as the Symposium on Diversity in LIS Education) focuses on issues of diversity, inclusion, and information access in library and information professions. It will be held at […]
By Ashley R. Lierman Meredith Talusan, a Filipina-American transgender writer and more, recently joined BuzzFeed’s writing staff full-time, marking her as the first trans person to do so. In a heartening celebration of trans solidarity and firsts, Talusan was interviewed by the Advocate’s news editor Dawn Ennis, herself the first trans staff member at her […]
By Ashley R. Lierman A new video featuring Orange Is The New Black actor, comedian, and out lesbian Lea DeLaria has been released in the YouTube StyleLikeU series, which seeks to “empowers people to accept and express their true selves.” Over the course of the video, DeLaria holds a frank and emotional discussion of her sexual […]
By Cat Walker The newest resource added to the GLBTRT Professional Tools page is a guide to resources in print and online about Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders that are also gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. The size of the American population with Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage has grown, and the visibility of […]
By Elizabeth Gartley A few months ago, I came across the 2011 article “The Silent Message: Professional Journals’ Failure to Address LGBTQ Issues” by Elizabeth Koehler, in The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults, the academic journal of YALSA. In her study, Koehler searched for LGBTQ-themed articles in nine professional journals commonly read […]
By Ashley R. Lierman Continuing in my quest to insist that I do actually like things, this week I think it’s time to talk about Sense8. This is a good time for it in particular because a) I just recently finished finally watching the first season, and more importantly, b) because it was just announced […]
By Carlos Fernandez According to the Oxford Concise Dictionary of World Religions, “religion binds people together in common practices and beliefs: it draws them together in a common enterprise of life” (Bowker, The concise Oxford dictionary of world religions, 2000, p. xix). Unfortunately, for many lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) people, religion has […]
By John Mack Freeman The retailer Target has announced plans to move away from using gendered signs in their Toy, Entertainment, and Home areas. The move came as a result of customer requests to stop the arbitrary demarcation of items based on their color or intended audience. Via their announcement: But we never want guests […]
Via press release from the National Center for Lesbian Rights [Earlier this month], five national organizations introduced Schools In Transition: A Guide for Supporting Transgender Students in K-12 Schools, a first-of-its-kind publication for school administrations, teachers, and parents about how to provide safe and supportive environments for all transgender students, kindergarten through twelfth grade. The lead […]
