About the Stonewall Book Award: 

The Stonewall Book Award is a set of three literary awards that annually recognize "exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience" in English-language books published in the U.S. They are sponsored by the Rainbow Round Table (RRT) of the American Library Association (ALA) and have been part of the American Library Association awards program, now termed ALA Book, Print & Media Awards, since 1986 as the single Gay Book Award.

• 1971-1986 Gay Book Award
• 1987-1989 Gay and Lesbian Book Award
• 1990-1993 Gay and Lesbian Book Award (nonfiction and literature categories)
• 1994-1998 Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Book Award (nonfiction and literature)
• 1999-2001 Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Book Award (nonfiction and literature)
• 2002–2010 Stonewall Book Award-Barbara Gittings Literature Award and the Stonewall Book Award-Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award.
• 2010–present Stonewall Book Award-Barbara Gittings Literature Award, the Stonewall Book Award-Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award, and the Stonewall Book Award-Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Award.