This powerpoint is a brief introduction to theLGBT movement in the US and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisextual and Transgender Round Table of the American Library Association.

2. June 26 – Police raid the
Stonewall on an Interpol tip
and roust the staff.
June 28 – The police return
and try to raid the entire
establishment.
June 28 – Patrons have “had
enough”.
The “Gay Pride Movement”
is born.

3. Protests last on Gilbert
Street for three days.
Gay activists form Gay
Liberation Front
1970 – Gay Activist Alliance
Formed
1979 – First March On
Washington
September 20, 2011 –
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Repealed

5. July 31, 1932 – February 18, 2007 An Amazing Life
1970 – Founded the ALA’s Task
Force on Gay Liberation.
1973 - The American Psychiatric
Association removes homosexuality
from it’s list of mental illnesses.
1971 through 1976 – Leads the Gay
Task Force at the ALA and edits
reading lists such as the “Gay
Bibliography”.
Longest and oldest serving Gay
Rights activist from 1956 until her
death.
October 1, 2012 - Has a street
named after her the “Barbara Gittings
Way” in Philadelphia.

6. They are the nation's first gay,
lesbian, bisexual and
transgender professional
organization.
 They are the ALA home for
the GLBT community, their
friends and allies.
 They bring together people
from all types and sizes of
libraries and information
centers, serving their diverse
needs and interests.
 They are committed to
encouraging and supporting
the free and necessary access
to all information, as reflected
by the missions of the
American Library Association
and democratic institutions.
 Mission Statement
Must Be An ALA Member.
 $15. 00 – Individual
 $ 5.00 – Student
 $20.00 – Corporate or
Organization.
 Must join as when you
either renew of initially
become a member of ALA.
 Includes 4 issues of the
GLBTRT Newsletter.
Why Join How To Join

7. Ad Hoc
By Laws Committee
External Relations Committee
Fund Raising Committee
Membership Promotion
Committee
Newsletter Committee
Over The Rainbow Book List
Committee
Program Planning Committee
Rainbow Book Committee
Stonewall Book Awards Celebration
Committee
Stonewall Book Award Committee
Web Committee

8. 2013 - Annual Conference in Seattle,
Washington, January 26-27
Past Conferences and Their Agendas Included:
◦ Coming Out In Print: The LGBT Literary Landscape Today
◦ Fabulous Havens: Libraries as Safe Spaces for the Needs
of LGBT Youth
◦ Out of the Closet & Into the Library: LGBTQ Programming
◦ Vampirism Just Got A Little More Colorful: Queer
Vampires
◦ Queer Teens LGBTQ Young Adult Novels

9. Connect Space lets you connect with all of GLBTRT
members in this space.
Buddy Program brings together an active member of
the round table with a new member for one meeting.
GLBTRT Email List is a forum for open communication
among GLBTRT members and others.
GLBT Reviews are book and media reviews published
quarterly by members of the GLBTRT.
Newsletter Archive is a member project to archive all
of the past newsletters and is a multi year
commitment.

10. Out in the Library: Materials, Displays and
Services for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and
Transgender Community
These figures are pulled from our Challenge Database, which currently has 10,676 challenges on record. You will notice that if you add
up the numbers of challenges by reason or initiator, the total will be greater than 10,676. This is because many challenges have
multiple reasons or initiators.
Advocacy & Issues

12. Sweet Like Sugar by Wayne Hoffman
 Champaign Public Library
 Chicago Public Library
 Columbia College Library
 Des Plaines Public Library
 Elmhurst College Library
 Harvey Public Library
 Highland Park Public Library
 Northern Illinois University Library
 Rockford Public Library
 Skokie Public Library
 Steger Chicago Heights Public
Library
 Vernon Area Public Library
 Woodstock Public Library

13. Hide & Seek by Jonathan D.
Katz and David C. Ward
A Queer History of the United
States by Michael Bronski

14. Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy by
Bil Wright
 Addison Public Library
 Aurora Public Library
 Canton High School Library
 Centralia HSD #200
 Champaign Central High School
Library
 Judson College
 Indian Trails Public Library
 Olivet Nazarene University
 Quincy Notre Dame High School
 Schaumburg High School
 Wilmette Public Library

15. The Temperamentals: a new play, by Jon
Marans
Remembrance of Things I Forgot: A Novel, by
Bob Smith
Annabel: A Novel, by Kathleen Winter
The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated,
Uncensored Edition, by Oscar Wilde, author,
and Nicholas Frankel, editor

16. Nina Here Nor There: My Journey Beyond Gender,
by Nick Krieger
Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme, edited by
Ivan E. Coyote and Zena Sharman
Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories, by Wanda M.
Corn and Tirza True Latimer
The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated,
Uncensored Edition, by Oscar Wilde (author), and
Nicholas Frankel (editor)

17. Pink, by Lili Wilkinson
With or Without You, by Brian Farrey
a + e 4ever, drawn and written by Ilike Merey
Money Boy,

18. GLBTRT Reviews - Book and media reviews
from GLBTRT Members
Rainbow Project Book List - Books for people
from birth through eighteen years of age
Over the Rainbow Book List - Books
recommended for adults over eighteen years
of age
GLBTRT News - General, brief news updates
about the GLBTRT

20. The Bay Reporter. February 27, 2007. Retrieved on 11/17/12 from
http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=1580
Queerty. The Gay Pride Issue. Retrieved on 11/12/12 from
http://www.queerty.com/the-gay-pride-issue-20070618/
Vess, David . Barbara Gittings Way Dedicated in Philadelphia. GLBTR Newsletter,
Volume 24, Number 4, Fall, 2012.