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== Vote for the Girls and INNewsCenter == | == Vote for the Girls and INNewsCenter == | ||
− | {{main|Vote for the Girls ( | + | {{main|Vote for the Girls (U.S. site)|INNewsCenter}} |
For some time, [[Ava Zinn]] had been self-identifying as a girl since 1994 and wanted to have a major presence as a transgender woman and as a consequence of her gender transition, her sexual orientation changed from a heterosexual male to a homosexual female. She initially thought that as a woman strongly preferring bisexual women in her dating pool (as she has been relationships as a male with females that were bisexual or have since came out as bisexual after Zinn ended the relationship). | For some time, [[Ava Zinn]] had been self-identifying as a girl since 1994 and wanted to have a major presence as a transgender woman and as a consequence of her gender transition, her sexual orientation changed from a heterosexual male to a homosexual female. She initially thought that as a woman strongly preferring bisexual women in her dating pool (as she has been relationships as a male with females that were bisexual or have since came out as bisexual after Zinn ended the relationship). | ||
In November 1985, when Zinn moved from Mill Township near Gas City to Van Buren with [[Albert Zinn|her brother]], and [[Margaret Zinn|mother]], Zinn first self-identified as a girl as she and her mother had a close family relationship, and also around that time, Ava began to prefer Fort Wayne over Indianapolis (some speculated that this was due to the fact Clyde Lee and Howard Caldwell were anchoring WRTV's 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. editions of ''Channel 6 News,'' which was referenced in an episode of Zinn's animated sitcom [[Queen of the Willis]], namely ''[[Revenge of the Male Anchors]]'' which [[Ava Willis|the fictional character based on Ava herself (b. 1973)]] began to live as woman and underwent a sex change on November 1, 1999--coincidentally the same day Zinn launched her web site and the popular [[INNewsCenter]]). | In November 1985, when Zinn moved from Mill Township near Gas City to Van Buren with [[Albert Zinn|her brother]], and [[Margaret Zinn|mother]], Zinn first self-identified as a girl as she and her mother had a close family relationship, and also around that time, Ava began to prefer Fort Wayne over Indianapolis (some speculated that this was due to the fact Clyde Lee and Howard Caldwell were anchoring WRTV's 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. editions of ''Channel 6 News,'' which was referenced in an episode of Zinn's animated sitcom [[Queen of the Willis]], namely ''[[Revenge of the Male Anchors]]'' which [[Ava Willis|the fictional character based on Ava herself (b. 1973)]] began to live as woman and underwent a sex change on November 1, 1999--coincidentally the same day Zinn launched her web site and the popular [[INNewsCenter]]). | ||
− | From December 2006 until February 2007, Zinn did not watch WXIN's morning newscast because a male had filled in for Angela Ganote, which didn't sit well with Zinn at the time and had been a pet peeve of Zinn's after moving to Van Buren. On April 3, 2009, as part of an April Fool's joke, Zinn's INNewsCenter site finally posted its first (and so far only) news montage of two males anchoring the WXIN morning newscast with Scott Jones and Gene Cox, who filled in for Angela Ganote that morning. The description for the clip was "No, Angela Ganote didn't undergo a sex change.." Ava Zinn has said in an interview discussing INNewsCenter, "I don't mind seeing two women anchor a newscast. It's becoming clear that a two-woman anchor team will be the social norm." Later in 2009, Zinn, who had begun watching the popular singing competition American Idol started to develop a way to keep female contestants on American Idol and preventing the male counterparts from winning American Idol. Zinn eventually called the project [[Vote for the Girls]], a web site to compete with | + | From December 2006 until February 2007, Zinn did not watch WXIN's morning newscast because a male had filled in for Angela Ganote, which didn't sit well with Zinn at the time and had been a pet peeve of Zinn's after moving to Van Buren. On April 3, 2009, as part of an April Fool's joke, Zinn's INNewsCenter site finally posted its first (and so far only) news montage of two males anchoring the WXIN morning newscast with Scott Jones and Gene Cox, who filled in for Angela Ganote that morning. The description for the clip was "No, Angela Ganote didn't undergo a sex change.." Ava Zinn has said in an interview discussing INNewsCenter, "I don't mind seeing two women anchor a newscast. It's becoming clear that a two-woman anchor team will be the social norm." Later in 2009, Zinn, who had begun watching the popular singing competition American Idol started to develop a way to keep female contestants on American Idol and preventing the male counterparts from winning American Idol. Zinn eventually called the project [[Vote for the Girls]], a web site to compete with Vote for the Worst to strictly only voting for female contestants. |
At the time of Vote for the Girls' pre-launch, most of Ava Zinn's friends were males that were initially unaware of Zinn's sex change to female or even unaware that Zinn was married fifteen hours after graduating from high school. As Zinn put together Vote for the Girls and expanding INNewsCenter (at the time INNewsCenter had been online for 10 years, she wanted to become friends with [[Angie Zinn|Angie Willis]] (not to be confused with [[Angie Willis (Queen of the Willis)|the Queen of the Willis character of the same same]]) as well as more female friends of Ava's brother, Albert, more established histories, and carried more value with advertisers. | At the time of Vote for the Girls' pre-launch, most of Ava Zinn's friends were males that were initially unaware of Zinn's sex change to female or even unaware that Zinn was married fifteen hours after graduating from high school. As Zinn put together Vote for the Girls and expanding INNewsCenter (at the time INNewsCenter had been online for 10 years, she wanted to become friends with [[Angie Zinn|Angie Willis]] (not to be confused with [[Angie Willis (Queen of the Willis)|the Queen of the Willis character of the same same]]) as well as more female friends of Ava's brother, Albert, more established histories, and carried more value with advertisers. |