Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman This week, Switzerland has voted for a law that would protect GLBT people from discrimination. By a vote of 103-73, the parliament approved a measure that would ban discrimination and hate speech based on gender identity and sexual orientation. Further, progress is being made on same sex unions with 54% of Swiss people […]
By John Mack Freeman It seems like every week I read a new handful of stories about how ill-informed and short-sighted legislators around the country are trying to make it harder for trans people to use the restroom. In response to this, a long-running hashtag #WeJustNeedToPee blew up on social media this week as trans […]
By John Mack Freeman This week, the European Parliament declared that same sex marriage was a “civil and human right.” Via Gazetta del Sud: The European Parliament on Thursday called on EU member states to recognise civil unions and same-sex marriage as a civil and human right and urged governments and EU institutions to contribute […]
By John Mack Freeman Two new GLBT-related laws were proposed in Oklahoma this week. The first proposed to remove Oklahoma from the marriage business altogether. Clerks would no longer issue marriage licenses. Instead, those performing marriages would register the union with a clerk of court after the fact. The goal of the law is to […]
By John Mack Freeman The Clean Reader app for iOS and Android released recently. This program blocks profanity from e-books by taking out the offending word and replacing it with a “cleaner” alternative or by simply leaving a blank space. Although the word is viewable by tapping the space, the goal of the app is […]
By Ashley R. Lierman The first official LGBT character in the Star Wars canon will appear in Paul S. Kemp’s novel Lords of the Sith,reports Big Shiny Robot: Moff Mors is an Imperial who has made some very serious mistakes but she is an incredibly capable leader and spends much of the book working hard […]
GLBT News solicited each of the current candidates for ALA President to submit a guest column for our membership. The News Committee nor GLBTRT officially endorses any candidate for ALA office. Hello! I’m delighted to have this opportunity to reach my fellow members of GLBTRT. I’m Joe Janes, and I’m a faculty member and Chair […]
GLBT News solicited each of the current candidates for ALA President to submit a guest column for our membership. The News Committee nor GLBTRT officially endorses any candidate for ALA office. I’m JP Porcaro and I’m running for president of the American Library Association; let me tell you how I got to this point. I […]
GLBT News solicited each of the current candidates for ALA President to submit a guest column for our membership. The News Committee nor GLBTRT officially endorses any candidate for ALA office. “We have had an unusual campaign and we have the rare opportunity to expand our reach to groups by using blogs, newsletters and virtual […]
GLBT News solicited each of the current candidates for ALA President to submit a guest column for our membership. The News Committee nor GLBTRT officially endorses any candidate for ALA office. I have a keen interest in issues of intellectual freedom – and am the author of “The New Inquisition: Understanding the Managing Intellectual Freedom […]
