books. The awards are presented annually to English language works of fiction (
). They are announced in January to the winning authors or editors, who are given a plaque and cash stipend.
| 1971
| Isabel Miller
| Patience and Sarah |
| 1972
| Peter Fisher
| The Gay Mystique: The Myth and Reality of Male Homosexuality |
| 1972
| Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon
| Lesbian/Woman |
| 1973
| No award given. |
| 1974
| Jeannette Howard Foster
| Sex Variant Women in Literature: A Historical and Quantitative Survey |
| 1975
| Jonathan D. Katz, ed.
| Homosexuality: Lesbians and Gay Men in Society, History, and Literature |
| 1976
| No award given. |
| 1977
| Howard Brown
| Familiar Faces, Hidden Lives: The Story of Homosexual Men in America Today |
| 1978
| Ginny Vida, ed.
| Our Right to Love: A Lesbian Resource Book |
| 1979
| Betty Fairchild and Nancy Hayward
| That You Know: What Every Parent Should Know About Homosexuality |
| 1980
| Winston Leyland, ed.
| Now the Volcano: An Anthology of Latin American Gay Literature |
| 1981
| John Boswell
| Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century |
| 1982
| Lillian Faderman
| Surpassing the Love of Men: Romantic Friendship and Love Between Women from the Renaissance to the Present |
| 1982
| J.R. Roberts
| Black Lesbians: An Annotated Bibliography |
| 1982
| Vito Russo
| The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies |
| 1983
| No award given. |
| 1984
| John D'Emilio
| Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-1970 |
| 1985
| Judy Grahn
| Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds |
| 1986
| Cindy Patton
| Sex and Germs: The Politics of AIDS |
| 1987
| Walter Williams
| The Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture |
| 1988
| Joan Nestle
| A Restricted Country |
| 1988
| Randy Shilts
| And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic |
| 1989
| Alan Hollinghurst
| The Swimming Pool Library |
| 1989
| Sarah Schulman
| After Delores |
| 1990 Non-fiction
| Neil Miller
| In Search of Gay America: Women and Men in a Time of Change |
| 1990 Literature
| David B. Feinberg
| Eighty-Sixed |
| 1991 Non-fiction
| Wayne Dynes, ed.
| Encyclopedia of Homosexuality ((William Armstrong Percy) |
| 1991 Literature
| Minnie Bruce Pratt
| Crime against Nature |
| 1992 Non-fiction
| Lillian Faderman
| Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth Century America |
| 1992 Literature
| Paul Monette
| Halfway Home |
| 1993 Non-fiction
| Eric Marcus
| Making History: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights, 1945-1990 |
| 1993 Literature
| Essex Hemphill
| Ceremonies: Prose and Poetry |
| 1994 Non-fiction
| Phyllis Burke
| Family Values: Two Moms and Their Son |
| 1994 Literature
| Leslie Feinberg
| Stone Butch Blues |
| 1995 Non-fiction
| Dorothy Allison
| Skin: Talking About Sex, Class & Literature |
| 1995 Non-fiction
| Philip Sherman and Samuel Bernstein
| Uncommon Heroes: A Celebration of Heroes and Role Models for Gay and Lesbian Americans |
| 1995 Literature
| Marion Dane Bauer
| Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence |
| 1996 Non-fiction
| Urvashi Vaid
| Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation |
| 1996 Literature
| Jim Grimsley
| Dream Boy |
| 1997 Non-fiction
| Fenton Johnson
| Geography of the Heart: A Memoir |
| 1997 Literature
| Emma Donoghue
| Hood |
| 1998 Non-fiction
| Adam Mastoon
| The Shared Heart: Portraits and Stories Celebrating Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Young People |
| 1998 Literature
| Lucy Jane Bledsoe
| Working Parts: A Novel |
| 1999 Non-fiction
| Sarah Schulman
| Stagestruck: Theater, AIDS, and the Marketing of Gay America |
| 1999 Literature
| Michael Cunningham
| The Hours |
| 2000 Non-fiction
| Barrie Jean Borich
| My Lesbian Husband: Landscape of a Marriage |
| 2000 Literature
| Marci Blackman
| Po Man's Child: A Novel |
| 2001 Non-fiction
| William N. Eskridge
| Gaylaw: Challenging the Apartheid of the Closet |
| 2001 Literature
| Sarah Waters
| Affinity |
| 2002 Non-fiction
| Barry Werth
| The Scarlet Professor: Newton Arvin, a Literary Life Shattered by Scandal |
| 2002 Literature
| Moisés Kaufman and Tectonic Theatre Project
| The Laramie Project |
| 2003 Non-fiction
| Joanne Meyerowitz
| How Sex Changed: a History of Transsexuality in the United States |
| 2003 Literature
| Noel Alumit
| Letters to Montgomery Clift : a Novel |
| 2004 Non-fiction
| John D'Emilio
| Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin |
| 2004 Literature
| Monique Truong
| The Book of Salt |
| 2005 Non-fiction
| Joan Roughgarden
| Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and in People |
| 2005 Literature
| Colm Tóibín
| The Master |
| 2006 Non-fiction
| Joshua Gamson
| The Fabulous Sylvester: the Legend, the Music, the 70s in San Francisco |
| 2006 Literature
| Abha Dawesar
| Babyji |
| 2007 Non-fiction
| Alison Bechdel
| Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic |
| 2007 Literature
| Andrew Holleran
| Grief: A Novel |
| 2008 Non-Fiction
| Mark Doty
| Dog Years: A Memoir |
| 2008 Literature
| Ellis Avery
| The Tea House Fire |
