The TransGuys Community Awards: 2010 Nominations

To submit a nomination: Enter it under the appropriate category below, in the “Other” field.

Important notes:

  • You can nominate yourself, but nominees must get more than one nomination to be eligible.
  • Nominees can be nominated in multiple categories.
  • The top 5 nominees per award category will be selected by TransGuys.com to move on to the voting phase, based on eligibility criteria and the number of nominations.
  • Joshua and his web sites and profiles are NOT eligible for the TCAs. This includes TransGuys.com and the Gender Outlaw blog.
  • The deadline for nominations is November 19, 2010.

Have a question about eligibility? Post it here.

Award Categories


Best Blog

This award honors the best blog authored by a trans guy that discusses the FTM experience in one way or another. Independently hosted blogs, blogs on networks such as WordPress.com or Blogger, and Tumblelogs are all eligible. Private blogs that require a login are not eligible.

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Best YouTube Channel

This award will be given to a trans male vlogger or vloggers whose YouTube channel is engaging and has garnered a dedicated following. (Note: That doesn’t necessarily mean a high number of subscribers.) Collab channels where the majority of vloggers are trans male are eligible. Please submit the vlogger or collab channel YouTube username for your nomination.

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Best Facebook Presence

This award honors the best Facebook Profile, Page or Group created by or administered by a transgender man. (If administered by a team, there must be a trans guy on the team to be eligible.) Criteria include quality and depth of content, audience engagement and social influence.

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Best Community

The award for Best Community honors the most helpful and resourceful social network or forum that caters to transgender men. Eligible websites do not have to be dedicated exclusively to trans men, but must have a group or sub-forum that is.

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Best Resource Website

This award celebrates the highest quality resource website for transgender men. The website does not have to be created by a trans guy or guys, nor does it have to be exclusively for trans guys, but it must have a significant section devoted to the needs and interests of transgender men. Blogs and online community websites are eligible. Criteria include quality and depth of content, and website usability.

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Best Action Campaign

This award recognizes the best in FTM online activism. Fund raising initiatives, awareness campaigns and other calls to action that specifically advocate for the well-being of transgender men are all eligible. Campaign organizers do not have to be trans male to be eligible.

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Best Business

This award showcases the best FTM-owned or FTM-targeted business that has an active online presence. Criteria include innovation, integrity, and the quality and usability of the nominees’ website.

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Musician or Music Group of the Year

This award recognizes excellence by a trans male musician or a music group featuring a trans male member. Eligible performers are required to have gigged professionally in 2010 and have a dedicated web presence (website, blog or social profile.)

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Sex Performer of the Year

This award honors the achievements of the year’s best trans male sex performer. Eligible nominees are required to have been professionally active in 2010 and have a dedicated web presence (website, blog or social profile.)

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The Phoenix Award for Outstanding Achievement

This special award recognizes outstanding achievement in any area of FTM advocacy, activism, community or health care, online or offline. Nominees can be of any gender, living or deceased.

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