Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman WNBA’s Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson exchanged vows last Friday afternoon. Via People: “As about 75 guests looked on, the brides, both 24, were married beneath an archway at the Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort. Bouquets and arrangements of white hydrangea, white and coral roses, and peach hypericum berries helped establish […]
By John Mack Freeman Sidney Abbott, notede lesbian activist and author, passed away on April 15, 2015 at the age of 77. A former member of the activist group Lavendar Menance and co-author of the book Sappho was a Right-On Woman: A Liberated View of Lesbianism, Abbott was a force for gay women’s rights in […]
By John Mack Freeman The May 25, 2015 issue of The Nation featured a cover story entitled “Not Your Grandmother’s Librarian: Fighting Big Brother in the Digital Age.” The full article can be read here.
Via press release 33 members have been elected as Councilors-at-Large on the Council of the American Library Association (ALA) for three-year terms. The terms begin at the conclusion of the 2015 ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco and extend through the end of the 2018 Annual Conference held in New Orleans. The 2015 – 2018 […]
For decades, honorifics with a person’s name in forms of address and databases have either implied status (doctor, lawyer, etc) or gender (mister, miss, etc.). However, the gender neutral title “Mx” is joining the list of honorifics available on driver’s licenses and other official documents in the United Kingdom for the first time as of […]
By Tess Goldwasser What is your role in the GLBTRT? I’m the Chair of the Resources Committee. What does the GLBTRT mean to you? It’s one of my “homes” in ALA, the professional association I have been a member of for many years. I feel comfortable meeting and working with other GLBT librarians, and that […]
By John Mack Freeman As you know, June will mark the inaugural GLBT Book Month under the maintenance of ALA and GLBTRT. To celebrate this, I would like to feature stories of the importance of GLBT books on the News blog throughout the month. They can be personal stories of your experiences, a thought piece on […]
By John Mack Freeman The GLBT Reviews blog released a new column this week by Judi Tichacek called “Playing Catch Up: Missed GLBTQIA Titles.” Head on over to the Reviews blog and check it out!
By John Mack Freeman Out Muslim filmmaker Parvez Sharma produced a documentary about his pilgrimage to Mecca (known in Islam as a “Hajj”). Primarily filmed with cell phones and small cameras, the documentary traces the trip through an area where homosexuality is punishable by death and filming is forbidden. Via Queerty: The film was denounced […]
By John Mack Freeman A limited 3,000 issue run of the Austrin queer men’s magazine Vangardist has been printed this month using an HIV-positive blood-infused ink. The ink is completely safe and carries zero risk of infection. The concept was created to draw attention to the fact that new HIV infections have been spiking in recent years […]