| Category |
Winner |
Nominated |
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| Bisexual Fiction |
 Myrlin Hermes, The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet |
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| Bisexual Non-Fiction |
Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, Border Sexualities, Border Families in Schools |
- Paula Byrne, Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead
- Michael Gregg Michaud, Sal Mineo
- Patti Smith, Just Kids
- Candace Walsh and Laura Andre, Dear John, I Love Jane: Women Write about Leaving Men for Women
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| Gay Debut Fiction |
David Pratt, Bob the Book |
- Chris Corkum, XOXO Hayden
- Tom Mendicino, Probation
- Tom Schabarum, The Palisades
- Rob Stephenson, Passes Through
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| Gay Erotica |
Jon Macy, Teleny and Camille |
- Hank Edwards, Vancouver Nights
- William Holden, A Twist of Grimm: Erotic Fairy Tales for Gay Men
- Richard Labonté, Best of the Best Gay Erotica 3
- Jerry Wheeler, Tented: Gay Erotic Tales from Under the Big Top
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| Gay Fiction |
Adam Haslett, Union Atlantic |
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| Gay Memoir/Biography |
Justin Spring, Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist and Sexual Renegade |
- Bryan Batt, She Ain’t Heavy, She’s My Mother
- R. Tripp Evans, Grant Wood: A Life
- Selina Hastings, The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham
- Gale Chester Whittington, Beyond Normal: The Birth of Gay Pride
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| Gay Mystery |
David Lennon, Echoes |
- Greg Herren, Vieux Carre Voodoo
- Garry Ryan, Smoked
- Richard Stevenson, Cockeyed
- I. E. Woodward, Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers
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| Gay Poetry |
Brian Teare, Pleasure |
- Greg Hewett, darkacre
- Michael Klein, then, we were still living
- James Schuyler, Other Flowers: Uncollected Poems
- James L. White, The Salt Ecstasies
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| Gay Romance |
Erik Orrantia, Normal Miguel |
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| Lesbian Debut Fiction |
Amber Dawn, Sub Rosa |
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| Lesbian Erotica |
Tristan Taormino, ed., Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch/Femme Erotica |
- Kathleen Warnock and Lea DeLaria, Best Lesbian Erotica 2011
- D Alexandria, This Is How We Do It: A Raw Mix of Lesbian Erotica
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| Lesbian Fiction |
Eileen Myles, Inferno (a poet’s novel) |
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| Lesbian Memoir/Biography |
Barbara Hammer, Hammer! Making Movies Out of Sex and Life
Julie Marie Wade, Wishbone: A Memoir in Fractures |
- Katherine A. Briccetti, Blood Strangers
- Amie Klempnauer Miller, She Looks Just Like You: A Memoir of (Nonbiological Lesbian) Motherhood
- Chely Wright, Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer
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| Lesbian Mystery |
Val McDermid, Fever of the Bone |
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| Lesbian Poetry |
Anna Swanson, The Nights Also |
- Jen Currin, The Inquisition Yours
- Elizabeth J. Colen, Money for Sunsets
- Eleanor Lerman, The Sensual World Re-Emerges
- Laurie MacFadyen, White Shirt
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| Lesbian Romance |
Cate Culpepper, River Walker |
- Georgia Beers, Starting from Scratch
- Karin Kallmaker, Above Temptation
- Ann Roberts, Beacon of Love
- Lindsey Stone, Awakening to Sunlight
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| LGBT Anthology |
Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman, Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation |
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| LGBT Children's/Young Adult |
Jane Eagland, Wildthorn |
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| LGBT Drama |
Maureen Angelos, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey and Lisa Kron, Oedipus at Palm Springs: A Five Lesbian Brothers Play |
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| LGBT Non-Fiction |
Virginie Despentes, King Kong Theory |
- Stuart Biegel, The Right to Be Out: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America’s Public Schools
- Emma Donoghue, Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature
- Noach Dzmura, Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community
- Jallen Rix, Ex-Gay No Way: Survival and Recovery from Sexual Abuse
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| LGBT Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror |
Sandra McDonald, Diana Comet and Other Improbable Stories |
- Nene Adams, Flowers of Edo
- Steve Berman, Wilde Stories 2010: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction
- Jane Fletcher, Wolfsbane Winter
- Tanith Lee, Disturbed by Her Song
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| LGBT Studies |
Scott Herring, Another Country: Queer Anti-Urbanism
Gayle Salamon, Assuming a Body: Transgender and Rhetorics of Materiality |
- Deborah Cohler, Citizen Invert Queer: Lesbianism and War in Early Twentieth-Century Britain
- Rafael de la Dehesa, Queering the Public Sphere in Mexico and Brazil: Sexual Rights Movements in Emerging Democracies
- Fran Martin, Backward Glances: Contemporary Chinese Cultures and the Female Homoerotic Imaginary
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| Transgender Fiction |
Zoe Whittall, Holding Still for As Long As Possible |
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| Transgender Non-Fiction |
Noach Dzmura, Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community |
- Michelle Alexander and Michelle Diane Rose, The Color of Sunlight
- Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman, Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation
- Kristen Schilt, Just One of the Guys?: Transgender Men and the Persistence of Gender Inequality
- Rebecca Swan, Assume Nothing
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