Stonewall Book Award

The Stonewall Book Awards are given annually for the best fiction (Barbara Gittings Literature Award) and non-fiction (Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award) book of the previous year relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered experience. The awards are sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table.

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When first given in 1971 the award was called the Gay Book Award. Over the years the name has changed:

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• Gay and Lesbian Book Award (1987-1989)
• Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Book Award (1994-1998)
• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Book Award (1999-2001)

In 2002 the award was made under its current name which derives from the

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1969 Stonewall riots.

Related Topics:
1969 - Stonewall riots

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