LGBTQ+ Materials in School Libraries

Stemming from an Affiliate Assembly concern, the 2018 ALA Emerging Leaders team was charged with creating a guide for AASL to support school librarians in addressing challenges related to censorship and patron privacy issues, particularly with LGBTQ+ materials. Defending Intellectual Freedom: LGBTQ+ Materials in School Libraries is more than a collection of resources. This work uses the AASL Standards framework as scaffolding to help users explore LGBTQ+ materials and needs in their own communities.

Find links to the resources and more information HERE.

June is GLBT Book Month

June is GLBT Book Month and is a nationwide celebration of the authors and writings that reflect the lives and experiences of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community.

Looking to update your collection or enhance your current LGBTQIA+ offerings?  Check out these award winners, booklists, and websites!

2016 Stonewall Book Awards
The first and most enduring award for GLBT books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table, honors books for exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience.

2016 Rainbow Book List
The Rainbow List is a bibliography of books with significant gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning content, and which are aimed at youth, birth through age 18.

CCBC: Gay and Lesbian Theme and Topics in Selected Children's and YA Books
As always, the CCBC offers a wonderful list of LGBTQ books for children of all ages.

Bustle: 30 LGBTQIA+ Children's Books
Looking to amp-up your picture book collection?  Bustle presents a list of  30 children's books with the note that "LGBTQIA-positive children's books have something to offer every kind of kid and every kind of family."

Buzzfeed: 16 LGBT Books That Will Actually Change Your Life
Buzzfeed asked followers to share which LGBT book influenced them the most.  A great crowd-sourced list. (Note: Not all books included are for teens/children.)

Lambda Awards

Now in their twenty-sixth year, the Lambda Literary Awards celebrate achievement in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) writing for books published in 2013. - See more at: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/news/03/06/26th-annual-lambda-literary-award-finalists-announced/#sthash.YVzwQwY2.dpuf

Now in their twenty-sixth year, the Lambda Literary Awards celebrate achievement in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) writing for books published in 2013. - See more at: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/news/03/06/26th-annual-lambda-literary-award-finalists-announced/#sthash.YVzwQwY2.dpuf

Now in their twenty-sixth year, the Lambda Literary Awards celebrate achievement in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) writing for books published in 2013. - See more at: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/news/03/06/26th-annual-lambda-literary-award-finalists-announced/#sthash.YVzwQwY2.dpuf

Now in their twenty-sixth year, the Lambda Literary Awards celebrate achievement in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) writing for books published in 2013. - See more at: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/news/03/06/26th-annual-lambda-literary-award-finalists-announced/#sthash.YVzwQwY2.dpuf

Now in their twenty-sixth year, the Lambda Literary Awards celebrate achievement in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) writing for books published in 2013.
More than 90 literary professionals, including booksellers, book reviewers, librarians, authors, and previous Lammy winners and finalists volunteered countless hours of reading, critical thinking, and invigorating discussion to select the finalists in 24 categories. 


Announced June 2, 2014

LGBT CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULT

• Better Nate Than Ever, Tim Federle, Simon & Schuster, Inc./ Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Boy In Box, Christopher R. Michael, Hubbub Publishing
• Girls I’ve Run Away With, Rhiannon Argo, Moonshine Press
• If You Could Be Mine, Sara Farizan, Algonquin Books
• Openly Straight, Bill Konigsberg, Arthur A. Levine Books
• Rapture Practice, Aaron Hartzler, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Secret City, Julia Watts, Bella Books
• The Secret Ingredient, Stewart Lewis- Author, Rebecca Short-Editor, Delacorte Press (Penguin/Random House)
• The Summer Prince, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Arthur A. Levine Books
• Two Boys Kissing, David Levithan, Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
• What Makes a Baby, Cory Silverberg and illustrated by Fiona Smyth, Seven Stories Press/Triangle Square

- See more at: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/26th-annual-lambda-literary-award-finalists/#sthash.4rSskUQ9.dpuf

 LGBT CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULT

•     Better Nate Than Ever, Tim Federle, Simon & Schuster, Inc./ Simon & Schuster Books  for Young Readers
•     Boy In Box, Christopher R. Michael, Hubbub Publishing
•     Girls I’ve Run Away With, Rhiannon Argo, Moonshine Press
•     If You Could Be Mine, Sara Farizan, Algonquin Books
•     Openly Straight, Bill Konigsberg, Arthur A. Levine Books
•     Rapture Practice, Aaron Hartzler, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
•     Secret City, Julia Watts, Bella Books
•     The Secret Ingredient, Stewart Lewis- Author, Rebecca Short-Editor, Delacorte Press (Penguin/Random House)
•     The Summer Prince, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Arthur A. Levine Books
•     Two Boys Kissing, David Levithan, Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
•     What Makes a Baby, Cory Silverberg and illustrated by Fiona Smyth, Seven Stories Press/Triangle Square

More than 90 literary professionals, including booksellers, book reviewers, librarians, authors, and previous Lammy winners and finalists volunteered countless hours of reading, critical thinking, and invigorating discussion to select the finalists in 24 categories. - See more at: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/news/03/06/26th-annual-lambda-literary-award-finalists-announced/#sthash.YVzwQwY2.dpuf

Now in their twenty-sixth year, the Lambda Literary Awards celebrate achievement in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) writing for books published in 2013. - See more at: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/news/03/06/26th-annual-lambda-literary-award-finalists-announced/#sthash.YVzwQwY2.dpuf

 

http://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com/bookshelves_of_doom/2014/03/the-2014-lambda-literary-award-finalists.html ( I love this blog. It discusses a lot of youth book challenges in schools and libraries.)