Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By Thomas Maxheimer LGBT Americans feel Trump has sacrificed them to shore up his evangelical base “The Trump-Pence administration launched an all-out assault on LGBTQ people, women, and other minority communities by unleashing a sweeping license to discriminate,” says Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin. Man banned from Oregon library after hiding LGBTQ DVDs Staff […]
By Thomas Maxheimer Watch Laverne Cox’s short history of transgender rights & learn something today The ACLU, Laverne Cox, Transparent producer and artist Zackary Drucker, and the creative team of Molly Crabapple and Kim Boekbinder have teamed up to create the trans history. Watch the powerful video here. ‘Tom of Finland’ Hits U.S. Movie Theaters […]
“Every year, the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) of the American Library Association seeks to honor librarians, library related organizations (including libraries, library staff, library boards, library friends), and other individuals or groups (public or private) that have demonstrated excellence in the area of responding to the needs of the lesbian, gay, […]
By Tricia Boucher LGBT people in Egypt targeted in wave of arrests and violence Amnesty International reports that people are being arrested in Egypt after rainbow flags were displayed at a concert. While not a criminal offense in Egypt, people suspected of homosexual acts, particularly men, are often arrested. Groundbreaking LGBTQ Art Show on Display […]
By Tricia Boucher Trans Teen Sues Catholic Health Organization After Being Denied Medical Care The ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of a transgender boy who was denied medical care – not by his mother’s insurance carrier, but by her employer, PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham, WA. OutFront: Harvard Swimmer Sets Example for […]
By Thomas Maxheimer Trump’s Strategic HHS Plan Erases All Mention of LGBTQ People and Their Health Needs HRC reports that the Department of Health and Human Services 2018-2022 strategic plan has been scrubbed of all mention of LGBTQ-related issues. Lambda Legal to Appeal to SCOTUS to Block Mississippi’s Heinous Anti-LGBTQ ‘Religious Freedom’ Law Even though […]
By Thomas Maxheimer ‘Marsha P. Johnson,’ ‘How To Survive A Plague’ and Everything Streaming In October on Netflix, Hulu and Amazon How to Survive a Plague (2012), Queens and Cowboys: A Straight Year on the Gay Rodeo (2014), Stonewall (2015), The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017), Fifty Shades Darker (Unrated Version) (2017), and many more! ‘Younger’ […]
By Tricia Boucher At Last: First Same-Sex Couple Marries in Germany Despite the fact that Angela Merkel voted against same-sex marriage, it won the vote in Germany. This past week, the first same-sex couple was legally married there. South Korea soldier: ‘Criminal because I’m gay’ All South Korean men must serve in the military. A […]
By A. Faulkner What is your role in the GLBTRT? Member What does the GLBTRT mean to you? I enjoy reading posts about what is going on in the LGBTQI library community and learning about new publications. I also like to keep up with the developments around LGBT archives. Are you involved in ALA in […]
By Tricia Boucher Parents were outraged over a non-binary teacher, so the school removed them A Florida math teacher sent a note home with students requesting to be addressed with gender-neutral language. After an outcry from parents, Mx. Bressack was reassigned to an adult class. Man convicted of a hate crime in the murder of […]