Lambda Literary Awards 2010: 12 Queer Books You'll Love
http://www.autostraddle.com/lambda-literary-award-nominees-41210/Oh hi there! Hello! Do you like books? If you don't, then you should. In related news did you know the Lamba Literary Award nominees were announced recently? The Lambda Awards ("Lammys" if you're nasty) were first instituted in 1988, and their mission is "to celebrate LGBT literature and provide resources for writers, readers, booksellers, publishers, and librarians – the whole literary community." Nominated books either deal with queer subject matter, are written by queers, or both! This year the ceremony to announce the winners will take place on May 27th, 2010, at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
The Lambda Literary Awards aren't perfect – they still represent only a fraction of the creative output of queer writers, and the problems of bi invisibility and transphobia that pervade our community are present here too. However the Awards have attempted to respond to and rectify their problems over the years.
