Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By Thomas Maxheimer Under Trump’s Tax Plan, LGBT People Suffer The plan will make deep cuts in accessibility of healthcare and other programs to LGBTQ Americans, especially transgender people says Newsweek. Study: LGBT people of color face greater discrimination “People of color who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender are also six times more likely […]
By Thomas Maxheimer Here’s the First Trailer for the Gay, Coming Out Romance ‘Love, Simon’ Becky Albertalli’s coming-of-age/coming-out novel Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda is being adapted into the film Love, Simon. Watch the trailer here. How Designing Women Addressed AIDS 30 Years Ago Sometimes we forget the pioneers who brought important issues to […]
By Tricia Boucher Victims of Canada’s ‘Gay Purge’ to Get Apology from Trudeau Justin Trudeau will formally apologize to members of the military, public service, and police who were discriminated against, lost jobs, and imprisoned due to their sexual orientation. This follows the start of a class-action lawsuit against the government that is attempting to […]
By A. Faulkner What is your role in the GLBTRT? Up to now, a silent member just happy to pay my membership fee and support the RT. What does the GLBTRT mean to you? Represents important voices in our profession + Stonewall Awards! Are you involved in ALA in other ways? 2017 Newbery Committee (ALSC), […]
In honor of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table’s 50th Anniversary coming in 2020, the GLBTRT Fund Raising Committee will be selling t-shirts — and we need YOUR help to create them! The Fund Raising Committee will be accepting t-shirt design submissions from GLBTRT members and supporters before putting the designs up to […]
By Tricia Boucher Virginia GOP Devises Transphobic Way to Refuse to Call Danica Roem ‘Gentlewoman’ In order to not call duly elected democrat (and trans woman) Danica Roem “gentlewoman”, which is the customary address for women in the Virginia House of Delegates, GOP Delegates will do away with the 400-year-old tradition of gendered titles. Roem […]
Dear Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table Members and Supporters, As of November 1, 2017 through December 31st, or through the conclusion of the ALA Annual Campaign, ALA will be sponsoring a fundraising match campaign where an anonymous donor will match gifts made to the ALA Annual Fund. Every gift to an ALA unit from an […]
By Thomas Maxheimer This upcoming Virtual Reality drama centers the LGBTI experience The VR experience will debut at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018 and tells the story of a mother from Missouri who found her gay son’s diary after he dies of an AIDS related illness. The director, Illya Szilak, wants the project to […]
By Tricia Boucher Turkish capital bans LGBT cinema, exhibitions LGBT-themed films and exhibitions have been banned in Ankara, Turkey. While homosexuality is not a crime in Turkey, Pride parades have been banned in Istanbul for the last two years. Australian voters approve gay marriage After a hard-fought battle, Australian voters approved gay marriage by a […]
By Tricia Boucher HRC & Trans People of Color Coalition Release Report on Violence Against the Transgender Community The HRC and TPOCC released A Time to Act: Fatal Violence Against Transgender People in America in 2017 in time for Monday’s Transgender Day of Remembrance. LGBT Conversion Therapy Is Dying in Florida—and Fast 17 local bans […]