The 25th

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were held on June 3, 2013, to honor works of

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published in 2012."Op-ed: The Transgenderest Lammys Ever"
'' The Advocate'', June 14, 2013. Yolanda Wallace became the first

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writer to win the Lesbian Romance category with her win for ''Month of Sundays''. Tom Léger and Riley MacLeod, co-editors of the anthology ''The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard'', were the first

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authors to win the Transgender Fiction award. 2013 was also the first year in the history of the awards that the Transgender Fiction award was both presented by and accepted by trans authors.

Special awards

Nominees and winners

References

External links

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Lists of LGBT-related award winners and nominees 2013 in LGBT history