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It's the 1995 Monas! News Ii views Vision • Integrity •Quality Vol. 9, No. 4•April1995 Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Be Stupid ... It's The 1995 MONAs! That's right ladies (and gentl emen) it's som - transgender alli ance Pledge for ommunity: "\\ e thing w haven't done for awhile but we sa id , "Hey, ha to stop this b fore it g ts started! " I t's dust off those old MO A statuettes and gi' e The " Darwin Was Right" Award-to eryon out a ~ win the April issu ." MO Asar n't lik the who b Ii ved last year's Renaissance ews & Vi ews Philadelphia Chapter's Rennie Awards. Oh no, Apri l cover story. thos are giv n out to women that the chapt r picks The "All Fizz, No Socia" Award- to It's Tim a go cl rol model . The MONA is a Renais ance meri a. After a blitzkri g announcement of politi­ National pr s ntation and the name tands for: cal lobbying goals this summ r, nothing lse has Meaningless, Obscure, Nonsense Awards. b n h ard from th m. Thcs prestigious award ar picked b th eu;s The "We Ain't No Preverts" Awarcl-to J ri & Views ditorial staff. Do we have so me obscur L and Tmnsf ormations magazin for publishing a ritual or esoteric m th cl by which we pick these magazine with pornographic drawings and photos of luck')' winners? o. \\ h n v r w ~ l lik it, w it transvestit sand she-ma! s, and th n claiming to around, attired in elegant drag, sipping aperitifs, r present the transgender community. noshing on dainty fin ger sandwich s and thinking The "For Your Eyes Only" Awanl- to Spar­ about every tupid thing that we've observed in the tacus and Michael Salem for Hin g names from community over the past year. Then, we give th em th ir crossdresser mailing lists. an award. H re ar this years lucky winn rs : The "Preverts Need Not Apply'' Award-to The "Nobody Likes A Whine1·" Award- to th e Speaker of th e House, ewt Gingrich for this Linda and ynthia Phillips for complaining so gem of ewt Speak: "I am not prepared to establish loudly that th Int rnational Congress on Gender, a Federal law that allows yo u to sue your employer if Cross Dr ssing and S x Issues would draw people yo u end up not having a job because of a disagree­ away from th T xas "T' Party. It didn't. ment that involves your personal b havior at that The "Dale Carnegie" Award-to IFGE for level. Do s that mean, for example, a transvestite their remark that California Dr amin' is "for fun " should automatically have the ri ght to work as a whil IFGE's oming Together conference is "seri­ transvestite? I don't think o." ous." Registration at IFGE's con~ r nc this year was at an all -time low. That's it for th 1995 MO As. Just think, if you The "I Like The Dark Ages" Award- h r­ do or say something stupid in the n xt few months full presented to ev ryon who worked against th mayb we'll includ you when ver we g t around to ntral Oklahoma Transgender llianc . doing this again. The " Orkin Terminator" Award- to Laura B.: 11w MO A~ are a joke. o stat11 eltes, certifi­ aldwell of IFGE for this comm nt on the recent ca tes or poker chiJIS will he sent to th e winners. IFGE: Lynn-Out, Laing-In Th Int rnational foundation for GendC' r Edu­ At tlw same time, If'GE announced Ali son La­ cation (If'GE) announc cl th resignation of \1 r­ ing will fill th e position of Ex cu ti e Dir ctor of issa Sl1 errill Lynn, founder and philosophical archi­ ffGE at a date to be determined, probably late tect of th organization. The announcement was um me r. 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