12th Annual Lambda Literary Awards

Author: Antonio Gonzalez Cerna

July 15, 2000

Anthologies/Fiction

• WINNER: Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction edited by Naomi Holoch, Joan Nestle, and Nancy Holden (Vintage)
• Besame Mucho: New Gay Latino Fiction edited by Jaime Manrique and Jesse Dorris
• Hers 3 edited by Robert Drake and Terry Wolverton
• His 3 edited by Robert Drake and Terry Wolverton
• Mammoth Book of Lesbian Short Stories edited by Emma Donoghue

Anthologies/Nonfiction

• WINNER (Tie): Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia edited by Steve Hogan and Lee Hudson (Henry Holt)
• WINNER (Tie): This Is What Lesbian Looks Like edited by Kris Kleindienst (Firebrand)
• A Woman Like That edited by Joan Larkin
• Columbia Reader on Lesbians and Gay Men in Media, Society and Politics edited by Larry Gross and James D. Woods
• Fighting Words edited by Charles Michael Smith

Children’s/Young Adult

• WINNER: Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger (Simon & Schuster)
• Dare Truth or Promise by Paula Boock
• Name Me Nobody by Lois-Ann Yamanaka
• The Blue Lawn by William Taylor
• The Year They Burned the Books by Nancy Garden

Drama

• WINNER: What I Meant Was by Craig Lucas (TCG)
• Corpus Christi by Terrence McNally
• Lovesick edited by Laurence Senelick
• Of All the Nerve by Deb Margolin
• Prepare for Saints: Gertrude Stein, Virgil Thomson, and the Mainstreaming of American Modernism by Steven Watson

Gay Men’s Biography/Autobiography

• WINNER: The Velveteen Father by Jesse Green (Villard)
• An Underground Life by Gad Beck
• Firebird: A Memoir by Mark Doty
• Gore Vidal by Fred Kaplan
• Left Out: The Politics of Exclusion by Martin Duberman

Gay Men’s Fiction

• WINNER: Allan Stein by Matthew Stadler (Grove)
• Comfort and Joy by Jim Grimsley
• In September, the Light Changes by Andrew Holleran
• The Book of Lies by Felice Picano
• The Coming Storm by Paul Russell

Gay Men’s Mystery

• WINNER: Justice at Risk by John Morgan Wilson (Doubleday)
• Drop Dead by Mark Zubro
• Innuendo by R.D. Zimmerman
• The Death of a Constant Lover by Lev Raphael
• The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse by Keith Hartman

Gay Men’s Poetry

• WINNER (Tie): The Anchorage by Mark Wunderlich (UMASS)
• WINNER (Tie): Trappings by Richard Howard (Turtle Point)
• Diva by Rafael Campo
• Last Rights by Marvin K. White
• Lyric by G. Winston James

Gay Men’s Studies

• WINNER: Pictures and Passions: A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts by James Saslow (Viking)
• Men Like That: A Southern Queer History by John Howard
• The Crisis of Desire by Robin Hardy and David Groff
• The Mismeasure of Desire by Edward Stein
• Times Square Red, Times Square Blue by Samuel Delany

Humor

• WINNER: That’s Mr. Faggot To You by Michael Thomas Ford (Alyson)
• Ethan Exposed by Eric Orner
• Way to Go Smith! by Bob Smith
• Wilma Loves Betty and Other Hilarious Gay & Lesbian Parodies edited by Scott Brassart and Julie K. Trevelyan
• Subgurlz by Jennifer Camper

Lesbian Biography/Autobiography

• WINNER: The Trials of Radclyffe Hall by Diana Souhami (Doubleday)
• Baby Precious Always Shines by Kay Turner
• Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume 2: 1933-1938 by Blanche Weisen Cook
• My Lesbian Husband by Barrie Jean Borich
• Tales of the Lavender Menace by Karla Jay

Lesbian Fiction

• WINNER: Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters (Riverhead)
• Bruised Fruit by Anna Livia
• Faults by Terri de la Pena
• Salt Water and Other Stories by Barbara Wilson
• Shy Girl by Elizabeth Stark

Lesbian Mystery

• WINNER: Hunting the Witch by Ellen Hart (St. Martin’s)
• Lost Daughters by J.M. Redmann
• Murder Undercover by Claire McNab
• She Came in Drag by Mary Wings
• Sleeping Bones by Katherine Forrest

Lesbian Poetry

• WINNER: Rave by Olga Broumas (Copper Canyon Press)
• Interior With Sudden Joy by Brenda Shaughnessy
• Midnight Salvage by Adrienne Rich
• Monkeypuzzle by Rita Wong
• Walking Back Up Depot Street by Minnie Bruce Pratt

Lesbian Studies

• WINNER: To Believe in Women: What Lesbians Have Done for America by Lillian Faderman (Houghton Mifflin)
• A Desired Past: A Short History of Same-Sex Love in America by Leila J. Rupp
• Eden Built by Eves by Bonnie Morris
• Strange Sisters by Jaye Zimet
• Whole Lesbian Sex Book by Felice Newman

Photography/Visual Arts

• WINNER: Pictures and Passions: A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts by James Saslow (Viking)
• The Homoerotic Art of Pavel Tchelitchev by David Leddick
• John Singer Sargent: The Male Nudes by John Esten and Donna Hassler
• Strange Sisters by Jaye Zimet
• The Drag King Book by Del LaGrace Volcano and Judith Halberstam

Religion/Spirituality

• WINNER: Gay Spirit Warrior by John Stowe (Findhorn)
• Respecting the Soul by Keith Boykin (Avon)
• Coming Out Spiritually by Christian De La Huerta and Matthew Fox
• Prayer Warriors by Stuart Howell Miller
• Queer Dharma 2 by Winston Leyeland

Science Fiction/Fantasy

• WINNER: Minions of the Moon by Richard Bowe (Tor)
• Night Shade: Gothic Tales by Women edited by Victoria Brownworth and Judith Redding
• The Annunciate by Severna Park
• The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse by Keith Hartman
• Through a Brazen Mirror by Delia Sherman

Small Press

• WINNER: Massage by Henry Flesh (Akashic)
• Christ-Like by Emanuel Xavier
• Hey Paesan! by Capone, Leto & Mecca
• Mr. Dalloway by Robin Lippincott
• The Queer Press Guide edited by Paul Harris

Transgender

• WINNER: Trumpet by Jackie Kay (Pantheon)
• Crossing by Deirdre McCloskey
• From Toads to Queens by Jacobo Schifter
• The Drag King Book by Del LaGrace Volcano and Judith Halberstam
• Transmen and FTMs by Jason Cromwell