Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman It has not been a good month to be North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory. Last month, he signed into law HB 2 that, among other things, stripped cities of their rights to develop protections for GLBT people and that also blocked trans people from using public restrooms that align with their gender […]
By Ashley R. Lierman Honey Maid has recently released a commercial featuring a Latino father giving a message of love and acceptance to his gay son and his family. The touching Spanish-language ad continues to build the reputation for LGBTQ+-friendly advertising established by the brand’s family-oriented Valentine’s day video. Watch the commercial below:
Via press release Today American Library Association (ALA) President Sari Feldman, Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) President Andrew Medlar and ALA Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) Chair Peter Coyl released a joint letter to North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory recommending that he urge repeal of the Public Facilities Privacy & Security […]
By John Mack Freeman If you haven’t visited the GLBT Reviews blog lately, you should! They are constantly publishing new reviews of GLBT-themed materials. This week, they have five new reviews, including: Brothers, by Ralph Josiah Bardsley The Gay Revolution: the Story of the Struggle, by Lillian Faderman Searching For Sappho: The Lost Songs and World […]
By John Mack Freeman A religious freedom bill flew through the Mississippi legislature this week in a matter of days and has now landed on the governor’s desk for his signature. The bill is considered by many politics watchers to be a more stringent version of religious freedom bills that have been introduced elsewhere in […]
By John Mack Freeman Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards (D) announced his intentions this week to rescind an executive order put in place by his predecessor Bobby Jindal (R) that allowed anti-GLBT discrimination on religious grounds. Via the Washington Blade: As reported by Deadline Hollywood, Edwards, a Democrat, intends to undo the executive order signed […]
