Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman The Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara-helmed Carol has won the 2015 Queer Palm at the Caanes Film Festival. Via Gay Star News: Directed by Todd Haynes, ‘Carol’ is adapted from a Patricia Highsmith novel (‘The Price of Salt’) that tells the story of two women who fall in love in 1950s New York […]
By John Mack Freeman Donald Green has retracted “When contact changes minds: An experiment on transmission of support of gay marriage” from the December 2014 issue of Science because of new information that has emerged that the data used in the study was fabricated. The study received a good deal of press attention when it was published because […]
By John Mack Freeman Boy Scout President Robert Gates announced his support for ending the ban on gay adult leaders in the organization at the group’s annual meeting in Atlanta this past week. Gates said that given the cascading changes surrounding the issue at this time — including shifts in employment discrimination laws, internal dissent […]
Via press release The American Library Association (ALA) is collaborating with Lambda Literary to utilize the American Library Associations’ Rainbow Book List in Lambda Literary’s LGBTQ Writers in Schools Program. The Rainbow Book List, an annual bibliography of the year’s best works of fiction and non-fiction for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender teens, has been […]
Via press release Blue Valley High School, located in Stilwell, Kansas, is the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) 2015 National School Library Program of the Year (NSLPY) Award recipient. Sponsored by Follett, the NSLPY annually recognizes a school library program that meets the needs of the changing school and library environment and is fully […]
By John Mack Freeman The GLBTRT Reviews blog has posted five new reviews this week and a new column. They are: Book review: A Boy Like Me, by Jennie Wood Book review: Tapping My Arm for a Vein, by Jim Elledge Book review: The Giddy Death of the Gays and the Strange Demise of Straights, […]
Via press release The Nominating Committee for the 2016 ALA election would like to remind everyone that the deadline is quickly approaching for anyone interested in running on the 2016 spring ballot for the offices of ALA president-elect, treasurer, and councilor-at-large. The Nominating Committee will select two candidates to run for president-elect, two candidates to […]
By John Mack Freeman The first official federal monument to honor the service of LGBT veterans will be unveiled on Memorial Day (May 25, 2015). Via the Windy City Times: The first federally approved monument honoring LGBT veterans will be dedicated Monday, May 25—Memorial Day—at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois, one hour […]
By John Mack Freeman A new study from ILGA shows that the number of countires that criminalize homosexuality has dropped from 92 to 76 from 2005 to 2015. Some of the top sheet results include: there are 117 countries (UN Members) where same sex sexual acts between adults in private are legal. Mozambique and Palau […]
By John Mack Freeman This week, the United Nations Free and Equal campaign released a new video encouraging people to see past labels. The video played all day in Times Square on May 14. Here is the video and description: This video from the United Nations Free & Equal campaign celebrates the contributions that millions of […]