Fifty years ago, unr the spic of the Amerin Library Associatn’s Social Rponsibili Round Table, a small group of activists, librarians, and activist-librarians formed what was then known as the Task Force on Gay Liberatn—the very first gay and lbian uc any natnal profsnal anizatn.
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- GAY TASK FORCE - ANNUAL CONFERENCE 1985
- THE ALA TASK FORCE ON GAY LIBERATN: EFFECTG CHANGE NAMG AND CLASSIFITN OF GLBTQ SUBJECTS
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- GAY TASK FORCE - ANNUAL CONFERENCE 1983
GAY TASK FORCE - ANNUAL CONFERENCE 1985
The Natnal LGBTQ Task Force is dited to achievg eedom and jtice for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer people, and their fai through proactive, targeted, change-ducg iativ. * ala gay task force *
The Rabow Round Table (RRT) of the Amerin Library Associatn (ALA) was found 1970 as ALA's Task Force on Gay Liberatn. It is the natn's first gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr profsnal anizatn.
Most of the rmatn listed below om Cal Gough’s chronology found the nference publitn for the Gay, Lbian and Bisexual Task Force: 25th anniversary, 1970-1995 gala.
On July 1st at the ALA Annual Conference Detro, MI, the Task Force on Gay Liberatn meets for the first time. A social and “nscns-raisg event” was held wh members of the Detro Gay Liberatn Front.
THE ALA TASK FORCE ON GAY LIBERATN: EFFECTG CHANGE NAMG AND CLASSIFITN OF GLBTQ SUBJECTS
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Barbara Gtgs puts together a list of 37 gay-posive books, magaze articl, and pamphlets - the first versn of a rource that would bee known as “A Gay Biblgraphy.
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In June at the ALA Annual Conference Dallas, TX, the Task Force announc the first wner of the Gay Book Award: A Place for Us by Isabel Miller (published by McGraw Hill as Patience and Sarah, ISBN: 9780070420359) and holds s first program “Sex and the Sgle Cataloger: New Thoughts on Some Unthkable Subjects” wh panelists Joan Marshall and Steve Wolf. The Task Force has a “Hug-a-Homosexual” booth the exhib hall. At the ALA Annual Conference San Francis, over 400 people attend a panel on gay and lbian characters YA novels.
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ALA’s Task Force on Gay Liberatn chang s name to the “Gay Task Force.
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In rponse to Ana Bryant’s anti-gay csa, the Task Force subms a succsful rolutn to ALA Council reaffirmg ALA’s support of equal employment opportuny. The sixth and fal edn of “A Gay Biblgraphy” was prted.
The Task Force’s Gay Book Award is regnized as an official ALA award. The Task Force chang s name to the “Gay and Lbian Task Force.
GAY TASK FORCE - ANNUAL CONFERENCE 1983
The Task Force chang s name to the “Gay, Lbian, and Bisexual Task Force.