IN THIS ISSUE OF THE TAPESTRY

FEATURE - IFGE COMMUNITY AWARDS

• The Virginia Prince Lifetime Contribution Award - The transgender community's most prestigious award
• Living to Tell And Telling to Live - Nancy Nangeroni - The perilous Journey of this year's Virginia Prince Award winner
• An Interview With Nancy and Gordene - Nancy Nangeroni and Gordene MacKenzie Talk to Tapestry
• The Trinity Awards - Meet this year's winners!
• A Call To Arms -Venessa Edwards Foster - Let's put our money where our mouth is
• Trans Mission - Sean Bugg - What has Mara Kiesling been up to?
• Partners in Diversity Award - And the winner is... Dell Computers!
• Deep In The Heart of Texas - Donna Rose - One transwoman's experience at Dell
• TSELF Awards - Providing financial support for students of gender studies
• The IFGE Rainbow award - NGLTF and Matt Foreman have been chanpions of diversity

ARTICLES

• Transitioning At Work - Stasha Goliaszewski - Some TS workplace policies are just plain bad!
• No Longer a Victim - Phyllis Randolf Frye. - After her defeat in the courts, Christie Lee Littleton has found new strength
• A Death and a Homecoming - Monica F. Helms - Sometimes you have to lose something to gain something
• Can a Woman Be a Man On Screen? - Denise Noe - A look at male impersonation on film

PERSONALITIES

• Sean Dorsey - Petra Voorman - Changing the face of modern dance
• Cassandra Cass - A new kind of pin-up girl

POETRY

• Why?? - Sarah Anne Thompson

COLUMNS

• And That's the Way It IS - Monica F. Helms
• Ask Ari - Arlene Istar Lev
• Fantasy Girl vs. Reality Woman - Miqqi Alicia Gilbert
• Counseling Our Youth - Judy Osborne

DEPARTMENTS

• A Word From The Editor
• Editorial: Giving Christianity a Bad Name
• Tran Mail
• Dr. GenderFixIt
• I.F.G.E. Synchronicity Bookstore
• Professional Listings
• Community