Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By Ashley R. Lierman In a twist on the sadly familiar tale of gay couples being denied service by homophobic business owners, a new thriller called B&B plays with the idea of one couple getting even instead of getting mad. As ScreenDaily describes the story: Paul McGann (Withnail & I), Tom Bateman (Jekyll & Hyde) […]
By Ashley R. Lierman A web comic featuring a gay superhero exploded in popularity when it went to Kickstarter to become a print graphic novel, Out.com reports: Young Protectors: Engaging the Enemy centers around a young gay hero and a team of his super-powered friends pitted against an older gay villain. Author Alex Woolfson originally […]
By Ashley R. Lierman The Advocate has released two lists of can’t-miss reading material this week: for kids, one of picture books with LGBT themes (in slideshow form); and for teens and adults, one of LGBT graphic novels. If you’re looking for collection development ideas or just behind on developing your or your family’s own […]
Via press release The American Library Association’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) today announced the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies at the University of Minnesota Libraries as the inaugural recipient of the Newlen-Symons Award for Excellence in Serving the GLBT Community. The award was established to honor […]
By John Mack Freeman The 2016 Over the Rainbow list has been announced. 68 titles have been honored this year. Read the full list here.
By. A. Faulkner Most of us have just recently returned from visiting with friends and family over the holiday season. For many of us, the late December break comes with religious undertones. At my family homestead, it’s as blatant as hand-carved nativities and reading from the Book of Luke. Inevitably, the combination of scripture, and […]
By John Mack Freeman GLAAD just released its 2016 “Accelerating Acceptance” report, and it shows that while progress has been made towards achieving full GLBT equality, an attitude of complacency is settling in with many GLBT supporters. From GLAAD’s Key Findings: Perhaps because marriage equality was so widely covered by the media in 2015, half […]
By John Mack Freeman The Russian State Duma has rejected a bill that would have criminalized coming out by GLBT people. Via Radio Free Europe: The Russian State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State-Building has declined to endorse a controversial draft bill that would introduce fines and arrests for people who publicly express their […]
By John Mack Freeman On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day earlier this week, Montana Governor Steve Bullock issued an executive order banning discrimination against GLBT people by the state government. He further encouraged private businesses in the state to follow his lead. For more on this story, read the full story on Joe My God.
By John Mack Freeman The Human Rights Campaign has endorsed Hillary Clinton for President of the United States. Clinton is scheduled to appear and accept the endorsement in-person today, January 24th. From the announcement: HRC today announced its endorsement of Hillary Clinton for President. HRC’s Board of Directors, comprised of 32 community leaders from across […]