For Queer Mice
by BROWWWSER
You Like Me! You Really Like Me!
t's an incredible night! All the stars
are out tonight for the first annual Web Award Awards. There's Tom Rielly from PlanetOut
wearing a fabulous Todd Oldham suit. Amy Goodloe from Lesbian.org looks divine in Donna
Karan. QRD founder Ron Buckmire is just pulling up in a limo. Oh, this is too exciting!
Tonight's gala event will honor those lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)
websites that in turn give out awards to other LGBT websites. Now the lights are dimming
and the crowd hushes as host Patricia Nell Warren steps on-stage. She pulls out the first
envelope. And the winner is...
Grand
Prize: The Freedom Awards at http://freedom.co.uk/.
The original queer web award and still the best. Based in England, they honor sites with
good content that shares information to others. Rainbows abound at this modern site as you
use Freedom Search to explore by category or country. This award and others recognized
tonight originally began when many so-called "Best-of-the-Web" awards were
reluctant or refused to distinguish excellent queer web pages. Now we have our own awards,
so use them to search the Internet and submit your queer web page to see if you win an
award.
1st Runner Up: The Rainbow Award at http://www.gayamerica.com/awards/. This
pretty site with a crushed velvet-like background presents awards for LGBT excellence on
the web. Pages with exceptional content, design, creativity, presentation, concept, and
contributes to the community may win this monthly award started in September '96. Both
commercial and personal pages who win can display the Rainbow Award logo, a rainbow Earth
preceding a pink triangle. But the night is still young...
Lambda Award: Totally Cool Queer Site Awards at http://geocities.datacellar.net/WestHollywood/5616/.
Creator FagBoy has created a well-designed site that showcases LGBT pages with lots of
queer pride and terrific design. The difference is that YOU vote on the nominees in nine
categories. See previously honored sites with a brief description of each, and vote now on
the August nominees. The award itself is a Ring, so click on the award to go to the next
winning site. Speaking of the next award...
Best
of Show: The Del Rubio Triplets Wonderland at http://geocities.datacellar.net/WestHollywood/3331/.
This kitschy, campy, happy, fun, animated site is the home of Milly, Elena, & Eadie
Del Rubio, the fabulous triplets with miniskirts, go-go boots, and big blonde hair who
have been entertaining people with their guitars and singing for over 50 years. They give
out the 3 Rubies Award to a few select sites. Click on the sparkling rubies to visit past
winners. Or browse their biography and discography, download audio and video from their
Pee Wee's Playhouse visits, and much more. A must-see site!
Best Special Effects: Pride! Award at http://www.beproud.com/prideaward.htm.
Nominate your favorite site for a Pride! Award by Alternatives, who sell pride merchandise
like jewelry, T-shirts, flags, accessories, home fashions, and more. Their homepage
features a hunky gay superhero in a black skintight costume jumping right at you (thus
winning the special effect award!). Shop away or skim their links.
Best Interview: Phenomenal Women of the Web at http://www.spydersempire.com/women_o.htm.
Spyder gives out her seal to women on the Internet with outstanding pages of excellence
and honor, some 650 so far. Her lovely site is a must-bookmark for women web weavers. She
receives the Best Interview Award for the Phenomenal Women of the Web Creed, which will
empower women and scare the crap out of most men!
Miss Congeniality: Made With Dyke Pride at http://www.txdirect.net/~sassyfem/dykepride.html.
If you're a woman who loves other women who's created your own web page, tell the world
your site is Made With Dyke Pride. Swipe the logo and add it to yours - no messy
nominations, no catfights. That's why it wins Miss Congeniality. Also visit SassyFemme's
other lipstick-flavored pages.
People's Choice Award: Queer Living Family Choice Award
at http://geocities.datacellar.net/~neurotaz.
Just a few sites have won this award for fine web design and quality the whole family can
enjoy. Nominate a site or see Neurotaz's other delights like "Dinner and a
Movie", music links, her "Ellen" page, and more.
Most Empowering: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgendered
Disabled Veterans Award at http://geocities.datacellar.net/WestHollywood/Heights/1751/.
Besides the esteemed GLBTDVA Award, these excellent pages has tons of info for GLBTDVs:
membership and veteran info, political issues, employment and networking resources, and
their own webring. A compelling site.
The Goddess Award: Athena's Goddess of Wisdom Award
at http://www.qworld.org/staff/athena. An
award given to personal or commercial websites with strong content and impact for lesbians
and all women. Her collection of winning sites is an A-list of lesbian web pages.
Most Creative: Wit's End Literary
Cyberzine at http://geocities.datacellar.net/WestHollywood/4128/.
This colorful intelligent e-zine features artists, writers, poetry, editorials, writing
tips, contest, previews, and a special guest. Their Creativity Award is bestowed to
entertaining websites with good writing, presentation, and creativity. Not your usual
award site!
Most Likely To Succeed: FunkyDiva's Award of Excellence
at http://www.spiritone.com/~sappho. Visit
her fabulously funky site with beautiful graphics and click on "getaward" to see
her award she grants to LesBiGays "who's web pages reflect excellence in both form
and content and are a positive resource for us."
Miss Cellaneous: Just kidding! Well, that wraps up
this Award of Award shows. The winners are aglow and the losers are calling their agents.
The crowd disperses, heading to the hip new dance club or home for some late-night web
chatting. Wherever you go, drive safe and play safe! This is Browwwser, signing off.
