If you cannot attend the Stonewall Book Awards Brunch, or cannot wait until Monday morning to meet a favorite author, here is a list of Stonewall Author appearances in the ALA Exhibits Hall. Stop by and say hello. Stonewall Authors Scheduled Appearances at 2011 ALA Annual Conference Date Author Citation Location Award Sunday, 26 June, […]
Author: Nathan Thomas
Tickets Still Available to Stonewall Book Awards Brunch
Going to ALA Annual Conference?  Celebrate & support LGBTQ literature.  Attend the Stonewall Book Awards Brunch on Monday, June 27, 2011 – 10:30am – 2:00pm. Tickets You can get your tickets in the following ways: Haven’t registered for Annual yet?  You can add the Stonewall Book Awards Brunch to your registration during the normal process. […]
GLBTRT Newsletter Released, Spring 2011
In this issue: the round table name change Williams Institute Releases Research on GLBT Population Neutrality = Silence, Neutrality in librarianship explored by Abel Ramos Ramos, Graduate Library Specialist, UW-Madison LGBT Campus Center librarians serving young people can fight the plague of youth bullying by providing LGBTQ experiences in books, including the ones described in […]
2011 GLBTRT Election Results
Beautiful Response to Book Banning: Revolutionary Readings
American Libraries “Year in Review 2010,” which noted GLBTRT’s Speaking OUT Against Bullying List, also described a successful book ban in Burlington County (NJ). One resident succeeded in getting Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology pulled from both the Rancocas Valley Regional High School library and the Burlington County Library System. Awesome Montclair State […]
American Libraries ‘Year in Review 2010’ article notes GLBTRT’s Speaking OUT Against Bullying List in a Censorship Context
Tenth on American Libraries’ Year in Review 2010 list is Censorship. Our Speaking OUT Against Bullying Resource is discussed in the context of book banning campaigns.  One book banning, we noted on our Twitter/Facebook page was in Burlington County, New Jersey.  One resident succeeded in getting Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology pulled from both the […]
Midwinter Meeting Report from GLBTRT Councilor
The following is a message from Peter Hepburn, the GLBTRT’s Councilor.  He is a representative of the GLBTRT on ALA Council, the governing body of ALA. Midwinter 2011 in San Diego, CA, has wrapped up, and I am most of the way home to Chicago (starting this on the plane home, finishing it in my office). […]
2011 GLBTRT Stonewall Awards & Book Lists Garner Attention
If you see our awards or books lists mentioned in the news, let us know at glbtrt@gmail.com. Â We will link to all mentions here as we hear about them. References to Stonewall Book Awards in News & Blogs Kirkus Reviews: The Oscars of Teen Lit (3/7/2011) San Diego G&L News: Inspiring novel about transgender teenage […]
GLBTRT Winter Newsletter Released
ALA Youth Media Awards Article Notes GLBTRT
Our own Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award is featured prominently in a American Libraries article about the coming announcement of the Youth Media Award winners. The event will happen on Monday, January 10, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. in San Diego California during the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting. The coveted awards honor […]