Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
Anne Rice the author of Interview With a Vampire and dozens of other books died last weekend at the age of 80. https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/anne-rice-homoerotic-vampires-left-immortal-mark-gay-culture-rcna8632 https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/13/anne-rice-interview-with-the-vampire-lgbt/ https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/12/anne-rice-lgbtq-icon-advocate-literary-genius-passes-away/
Legendary Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim died late last month at the age of 91. https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/11/29/stephen-sondheim-soared-while-rest-us-remained-ground https://www.jweekly.com/2021/11/30/how-stephen-sondheim-helped-me-find-my-gay-jewish-sensibility/ https://pridesource.com/article/sondheim-found-just-the-right-words-to-illustrate-my-life-as-a-gay-man/ https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/11/legendary-gay-composer-broadway-genius-stephen-sondheim-passes-91/
County commissioners in McConnellsburg, PA voted to not provide additional funding to the local public library because it had hosted a LGBTQ support group so some local citizens decided to raise money for the library. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/11/29/fulton-county-library-funding-lgbtq/
Ahead of the Transgender Day of Awareness, this article provides information about the transgender people lost last year. https://www.forbes.com/sites/lakenbrooks/2021/11/14/2021-has-been-a-deadly-year-for-transgender-people/?sh=3c5eee806e8b
Authors JR and Vanessa Ford along with illustrator Kayla Harren write about how their young protagonist deals with the feelings of being a transgender kid. https://www.npr.org/2021/11/11/1054341669/whats-it-like-to-be-seen-as-a-girl-but-feel-like-a-boy-ask-calvin
The Navy christened the USNS Harvey Milk, a fleet replenishment oiler named after Milk who was a Navy veteran and one of the nation’s first openly gay elected officials. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/11/07/navy-christens-ship-usns-harvey-milk-after-gay-rights-activist/6330296001/
Check out these candidates up for election tomorrow. https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/8-lgbtq-candidates-make-history-november-rcna3940
“Passing” won the U.S. Narrative Feature Jury Award at this year’s NewFest, the LGBTQ film festival’s 33rd year. “Miguel’s War” won the Documentary Feature Jury Award and “A Distant Place” won the International Narrative Feature Jury Award. https://variety.com/2021/awards/news/passing-miguels-war-newfest-lgbtq-film-festival-1235096398/
Dr. Rachel Levine, the nation’s most senior transgender official, made history again Tuesday by becoming the first openly transgender four-star officer across any of the country’s eight uniformed services. https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/dr-rachel-levine-becomes-nations-first-transgender-four-star-officer-rcna3283
21 people who came out in 2021! https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/nbc-out-proud/national-coming-day-21-people-come-2021-rcna2839