Profile a Roundtable Member: Lisa Johnston

By Tess Goldwasser Meet Lisa Johnston: Lisa has served the GLBTRT since 2001 as a member of the Stonewall Book Awards Committee, Chair of the Stonewall Book Awards (the first year they were included in the Youth Media Awards), representative to the ALA Diversity Council, Chair of the now defunct Nominating Committee, and Book Review […]

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Around the Youth Circuit: News Snippets by Jenna Goodall

By Jenna Goodall With a new year comes a lot of evaluation of the previous year’s books. Were LGBT people well represented in 2013’s YA books? Let’s take a look at the statistics: In her post, “2013 LGBT YA by the Numbers,” Malinda Lo compiled statistics about the publishers of 2013 LGBT YA and the […]

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Profile a Roundtable Member: KT Horning

By Tess Goldwasser Meet KT Horning: Long-time member of the GLBTRT, KT served on the Stonewall Book Award Committee in 1987. One of her best memories from that experience was having lunch with one of that year’s winning authors, Joan Nestle, who won for A Restricted Country. More recently she’s served on the Rainbow List Committee […]

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