Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman A Tennessee television station has banned an ad from Freedom to Marry because of its support for same sex marriage. The advertisement features veteran Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld who speaks about his desire to marry his partner after returning from working as a trauma surgeon in Afghanistan. Via PinkNews: The station blocked the […]
By John Mack Freeman A gay rights rally in central Moscow was broken up on Saturday, May 30th by the Russian police. The police detained over 20 people, including some anti-gay protesters that had attacked the gay rights rally. The rally was held after Moscow denied the group the right to hold a rally within […]
By John Mack Freeman The Oneida Nation has officially legalized same-sex marriage by a unanimous vote of the Oneida Business Committee. The change will officially come into effect on June 10. All tribal documents referring to “husband and wife” will have that replaced with the term “spouses.” This decision follows after same-sex marriage became legal […]
By John Mack Freeman The legislature of the semi-autonomous state of Greenland within Denmark voted unanimously this week to extend full marriage recognition to same-sex couples. The 27-0 vote is a culmination of a campaign to bring same-sex marriage to the island nation that began in 2010. Via the Washington Blade: “It was a massive day […]
By John Mack Freeman A new penal code will take effect in Mozambique on Monday, June 1st that will no longer list homosexuality as a crime. The old penal code was originally approved in 1887 when Mozambique was still a colony of Portugal. Although homosexuality was never specifically mentioned, it was often charged as a […]
By John Mack Freeman The White House released a proclamation on Friday declaring June to be a national lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Pride month. The full proclamation reads as follows: LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2015 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION From the moment our Nation first […]
By Tess Goldwasser. Photo credit American Libraries 1994. What is your role in the GLBTRT? I proudly serve as the Chair of GLBTRT, my first active role in the RT. I lead a board of committed officers, colleagues, and friends. My role is to try to articulate a vision for the RT and, with the board […]
By John Mack Freeman In what looks at first like a counter-intuitive study, Lisa Lindley of George Mason University and Katrina Walsemann of the University of South Carolina have found that teenage girls who identify as lesbian or bisexual are significantly more likely to become pregnant. According to the study which analyzed three years of CDC data, […]
By John Mack Freeman LeTourneau University in Texas is an interdenominational Christian and NCAA Division III school. As originally reported by OutSports this week, it has banned its student athletes from same sex dating and public support of same sex marriage in the new student athlete handbook which is available on the school’s website. Via OutSports: The […]
By John Mack Freeman Jubilant crowds cheered throughout Ireland on Saturday as the results began to pour in from that country’s referendum on same-sex marriage. More than 61 percent of those voting in the referendum approved the country legalizing same-sex marriage for the first time. The “Yes” campaign as the efforts of those in favor […]