Heading to Orlando for ALA Annual at the end of June? Don’t miss these exciting programs put on by the GLBTRT!
Queer Zines –
Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, and Where We’re Going
Saturday, June 25 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Orange County Convention Center, Room W102A
Join Milo Miller, Co-Founder of Queer Zine Archive Project and a panel of Queer Zine specialists (Jenna Freedman of Barnard College, and Violet Fox of College of St. Benedict & St. John’s University) to learn about the history of queer zines, the current state of the culture, and where we’re going now, including the new Zine Code of Ethics. Get ideas on how to catalog and archive zines in your collection, along with ideas on how to encourage zine culture in and around your library.
Interests: Adult Services, Diversity, Marketing, Popular Culture, Public Programs, Readers’ Advisory, Young Adult Literature, Young Adult Services
Cost: Included with full conference registration.
Reflecting Realities:
Transgender Fiction for Today’s Tweens and Teens
Sunday, June 26 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Orange County Convention Center, Room W102A
Transgender youth are identifying themselves earlier and earlier, and yet they are some of the least represented within youth literature. Parents and youth alike need assistance figuring out how to take steps in their journey, and often they turn to the library for their primary resources. Join Cory Silverberg (author of the 2016 Stonewall Honor Book “Sex is a Funny Word”) and authors Donna Gephart (Lily and Dunkin), Brie Spangler (Beast), and Meredith Russo (If I Was Your Girl) to learn about their newest works and ways to help transgender youth in your library.
Interests: Adult Services, Diversity, Equity of Access, Popular Culture, Readers’ Advisory, Social Change, Young Adult Literature, Young Adult Services, Youth Services
Cost: Included with full conference registration.
Stonewall Book Awards Program
Monday, June 27 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
HYATT Regency Orlando, Room Florida Ballroom
Celebrate the winners of the 2016 Stonewall Book Awards! The Stonewall Book Awards are the oldest awards honoring the best in gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender writing. Join the GLBT Round Table as it recognizes the winners and honorees in fiction, non-fiction, and children’s and young adult categories. The first The Newlen-Symons Award for Excellence in Serving the GLBT Community will also be presented.
Cost: Included with full conference registration.