Since you'll most likely be buying a lot of things in the near future, you might consider checking out the Human Rights Campaign's [2010 Buying for Equality Guide]. The list is based off the HRC's [Corporate Equality Index], which rates U.S. employers on their policies and practices pertinent to the LGBT community.

As Lee Wind [put it]: "This is ( Read more... )

Scholastic is withholding a book featuring a character with two moms from distribution at their book fairs (a huge outlet for children's books in the U.S. because they bring the books to schools). The book in question is Lauren Myracle's Luv Ya Bunches and apparently Scholastic also sent a letter to her editor "asking the author to omit certain ( Read more... )

OMG, I have just spent two and a quarter hours in a room with three of my heroes, two other awesome people, and an audience of like-minded librarians. I am incoherent with squee, people. My mind is pretty much reduced to askdfklhgh ( Read more... )

Following [ yesterday], more linkage:

So: Amazon cries "glitch". [Publishers Weekly], [Seattle Post-Intelligencer Blog]

Twitterers: [#glitchmyass]

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So. I'm a librarian. My big issue as a librarian is censorship, and in particular as that relates to LGBT books. I've written papers on censorship and LGBT issues. I follow the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom on Twitter (@ oif). And [Banned Books Week] is my favourite time of the year, but I like to celebrate it ( Read more... )

eee, omg, you guys, Vermont! [Vermont Legislature Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage]! \o/ And, even better:
These men and women in the legislature are not professional politicians; they are citizen legislators representing small districts where voters know who they are, meet them at the general store chat with them at the gas station. The grass roots ( Read more... )

I mentioned a while ago that 2009 is the [ International Year of Astronomy ]. One of their events is 100 Hours of Astronomy, from April 2 through 5, for which there are many special events, local and international. One of the events is "Around the World in 80 Telescopes", which features continuous live webcasts from various observatories around ( Read more... )

Yay, I made it back to D.C. today and it's still here! And we have a new President, and it's still shiny and awesome! \o/

( Philadelphia )

Dear Study Abroad Office & Professor-in-Charge,

Pleasepleaseplease pick me. I tried really hard to convey how much I want this in the teeny tiny 300-word limit of the personal statement, but the full extent of my excitement actually cannot be put into proper words. Pleasepleaseplease.

Hopefully yours,
~Laura

Seriously. I have never wanted to ( Read more... )

Gay-rights advocates to challenge Proposition 8 in court:It is a matter of fairness, said Jenny Pizer, a staff attorney with Lambda Legal. "If the voters approved an initiative that took the right to free speech away from women, but not from men, everyone would agree that such a measure conflicts with the basic ideals of equality enshrined in our ( Read more... )