in 1988, bereano published dorothy allison's "trash", which won two lammy or lambda literary awards in the categories of lesbian fiction and small press. other notable titles on firebrand's list include the "dykes to watch out for" series by alison bechdel, "stone butch blues" by leslie feinberg, and books by jewelle gomez, minnie bruce pratt, and cheryl clarke. firebrand won a total of four american library association gay/lesbian/bisexual book awards and twelve lambda literary awards. in 1996, bereano won the publisher's service award from the lambda literary foundation.