As a nominee, TransAthletica is also eligible to win a Webby People’s Voice Award, which is voted online by fans across the globe. From now until April 20th, TransAthletica fans can cast their votes at vote.webbyawards.com.
Created by the team behind Rainbow History Class (@rainbowhistoryclass), TransAthletica follows the story of Rudy Jean Rigg as they explore the unique challenges faced by trans people in sport, asking questions like, how do we define a person’s gender, or what determines a “normal” level of hormones, and how we can change sport systems to be less gendered? The series launched in the middle of the 2022 Australian Federal Election period, of which transgender inclusion in sport was a major election issue. TransAthletica has accumulated well over 2.6M views and 229K likes organically from scratch and its impact also moved off-platform and into mainstream media, launching across televisions around the country, setting a standard for including transgender voices in the public conversation.
The Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), is the leading international awards organization honouring excellence on the Internet. IADAS, which nominates and selects The Webby Award Winners, is comprised of Internet industry experts including Questlove, DJ and Producer; Tan France, Fashion Designer, Television Personality & Author; Natalie Guzman, Co-President & CMO, Savage X Fenty; Werner Vogels CTO, Amazon; Roxanne Gay, Host, The Roxanne Gay Agenda; Quinta Brunson, Writer, Director and Actor; Ziwe Fumudoh, Comedian and Writer; Reshma Saujani, Founder, Girls Who Code; LeVar Burton, Actor, Podcaster and TV Host; Andy Slavit, Host, In The Bubble; Takashi Murakami, Artist; Samantha Bee, Comedian; and Tracy Chou, Founder & CEO, Block Party.
“Nominees like TransAthletica are setting the standard for innovation and creativity on the Internet,” said Claire Graves, President of The Webby Awards. “It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the nearly 14,000 entries we received this year
TransAthletica Director and co-writer, and Snack Drawer co-founder Hannah McElhinney says “ Our series is ammunition in the fight for transgender rights on and off the field. And a Webby nomination could not come at a better time. We’re well aware we’re the underdog in this fight. Anyone going up against Jimmy Fallon is! But TransAthletica is an underdog story, full of incredible underdog athletes who continue to play, even when the game is stacked against them. So in the spirit of the underdog, please help us win a Webby and vote.
Winners will be announced on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, and honoured in a star-studded show at Cipriani Wall Street. Winners will have an opportunity to deliver one of The Webby Awards’ famous 5-Word Speeches. Past 5-Word Speeches include: Steve Wilhite’s “It’s Pronounced “Jif” not ‘Gif’; NASA’s “Houston We Have A Webby”; and Drew Barrymore’s “Social Media’s a Wild Ride.”
About TransAthletica:
TransAtheltica is hosted and co-written by Rudy Jean Rigg, co-written and directed by Hannah McElhinney, produced by Amina Soubjaki and edited by Carly Paterson. The series is a Snack Drawer Original production, originally released in June 2022 on TikTok.
To help TransAthletica win a People’s Choice Webby, search TransAtheltica or Snack Drawer at vote.webbyawards.com or visit this link
