Make It Stop! MTV Changes 'Moonman' Mascot to 'Moon Person'

“Why should it be a man?”

7.31.2017

If you've ever watched a movie from MTV Films or the Video Music Awards (VMA), then you'd be familiar with the iconic "Moonman" mascot they hand out as a gold statue every year.

Well, we can all scratch that one out, because "Moonman" will no longer be known as "Moonman" as he has now had his woke epiphany and will identify only as "Moon Person." That is, until "Person" becomes offensive and he must identify as "Moon Being."

In an interview with The New York Times on Sunday, MTV president Chris McCarthy said the "Moonman" could be anyone and therefore should not be boxed in by gender, even though no woman at this point in history has walked on the moon.

“Why should it be a man?” McCarthy asked. “It could be a man, it could be a woman, it could be transgender, it could be nonconformist.”

Other outlets have celebrated the move, naturally, because the left moves in lockstep wherever it goes.

"In keeping with some new changes at the network, MTV is doing away with the gendered VMA trophy, lovingly called the 'Moonman,' in favor of a gender-free space traveler, which will be henceforth known as the 'Moon Person,'" reports E! News.

Not this should come as a shock to anyone, since MTV has morphed from a pop-cultural epicenter of music television into a celebration of all things progressive.

This is what Orange is the New Black actress Asia Kate Dillon said at last year's VMA show when presenting the world's first ever "genderless" award.

“This year has been full of firsts for me," she said. "I am the first, openly, non-binary actor to play a non-binary character on a major, television show and now it’s so cool to be here presenting the first, acting award ever that celebrates performance, free of any gender distinctions. Tonight, we celebrate portrayals of the human experience because the only distinction we should be making when it comes to awards is between each outstanding performance."