"[1] The award for transgender nonfiction recognizes "[n]onfiction works with content of strong significance to members of the ... trans communities," including "a wide range of subjects for the general or academic reader.
First, books are nominated by publishers, then made finalists by booksellers, making the award more about potential sales than literary merit.
"[4] The Foundation launched a new website in 2006 under the guidance of Executive Director Charles Flowers, who also worked to improve the award process.
[4] Despite recovery efforts, many outlets have continued to use the fact that the Foundation nominated The Man Who Would Be Queen for an award as a way to validate the book's message.
"[A] half-dozen national LGBT organizations" urged the Foundation to remove Galileo's Middle Finger from their list of nominees for the award, a request the Foundation later granted, stating, "“The nomination process did not include full vetting of all works to be certain that each work is consistent with the mission of affirming LGBTQ lives.”[6] Winner Finalist