Stonewall Book Award: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

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.

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

• 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 1969 Stonewall riots.