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20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER � Balletbookworm's task: PRIDE2019

June 28, 2019, marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riot, a clash between police and activists/community members outside the Stonewall Inn after a police raid. The first Gay Pride parades were held in June the next year to mark the first anniversary of the Riot. Fifty years later, Pride has grown into an international month-long celebration inclusive of all genders, gender expressions, sexualities, and relationships.

In honor of Pride, choose one of the following options and read one book with a page count greater than 300 (this is the Bigger is Better task!) that fits the task parameters.

Required: State the option you chose when you post.

Option 1: STONEWALL
The June 28 raid of the Stonewall Inn and subsequent uprising catalyzed activists working to dismantle anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation across the country. Read a book with a title of at least three words where all initial letters of the words are found in THE STONEWALL RIOT. Each letter may be used only as often as found in the phrase. (If you would like a suggestion, may I recommend The Stonewall Reader: Edited by The New York Public Library, recently published by Penguin Classics?)

Option 2: The Icons
Two pioneering transgender activists who participated in the Stonewall uprising were and . They were prominent figures in the fight for transgender rights, youth rights, civil rights, and AIDS activism. This year both women are being posthumously honored with statues to be unveiled in Greenwich Village. Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in either MARSHA P JOHNSON or SYLVIA RIVERA. All name parts count, including initials.

Option 3: The Lammys
The Lambda Literary Awards, aka the Lammys, are awarded every year by the Lambda Literary Foundation to published work that celebrates LGBTQIA+ themes. The most recent awards were given out on June 3, 2019. Read a book that has won or been nominated for a Lammy, in any category: Lambda Literary Awards Winners and Nominees. Remember, books must meet general SRC rules, too.
Required: State the page of the list your book can be found on when you post.

March on (books that work):

Start again (books that won't work):

This thread is now open!

For Option 3 -- The Lammys

Does it have to be on the list? Can I go directly to the award site?


The linked list is a bit more difficult to browse.

Or, if the award is noted on the home page like: Lake on the Mountain



Sorry - -I see the list page is required.

Susan,
You can certainly use the award site list to help find a book, but to make it easier on the mods we're using the GR list as the "official" list with pages. If a book is a finalist/winner and it's not listed in GR that way you can ask a GR librarian to add that for you. :)

Melissa wrote: "Susan,
You can certainly use the award site list to help find a book, but to make it easier on the mods we're using the GR list as the "official" list with pages. If a book is a finalist/winner and..."

Ok thanks. I think browsing on the award site first is easier for me. Then I guess, I'll have to go page by page with a word search to find the title. But...at least I know if go through all of those pages and don't find it, I can have it added.

The GR list is sorted (usually, unless there's a glitch) with most recent years first, so there's a ballpark as to where it would be in the list so you shouldn't have to go page by page. :)

And the book's main page should have a link to any awards it has been given - if the link isn't there then it's likely the book needs to be added to the awards list or have editions combined by a librarian.

Melissa wrote: "The GR list is sorted (usually, unless there's a glitch) with most recent years first, so there's a ballpark as to where it would be in the list so you shouldn't have to go page by page. :)

And th..."

Ooohh ... I had no idea that was a link! But just to the first page of the list. However, that year info will definitely help me skip a bunch of pages.

Hopefully this helps others .. winners are on pages 1 -16, nominees start on page 16 - page 47

I have a question on Option 2 about Killing Moon by Rebecca York.

The book says Rebecca York and Ruth Glick, but when you click on the author's page you see that Rebecca York is the pen name of Ruth Glick, so the book is really written by a single author.

Will this book work for this task?

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The book says Rebecca York and Ruth Glick, but when you click on the author's page you see that Rebec..."

Hi Sunshine,
My instinct is to say yes, but let me check with the moderators first :)

Hi Sunshine!
I talked to Kristina and Killing Moon will work. You can link to this post for approval. I'm just going to edit the book's data to note that one of those names is a pseudonym to lessen confusion for that title in the future. :)

Great! Thank you!