This week s Emmy nominations include a first.
Mj Rodriguez became the first openly transgender performer to be nominated in a lead acting category, for her role in the FX drama series
Pose. Her nomination is being hailed as a milestone for trans inclusion.
Meanwhile, some who identify as nonbinary are questioning why entertainment awards are divided by gender in the first place.
For nonbinary actors, the gendered actor/actress categories for awards including the Oscars, Emmys and Tonys ignore their identity. When pitted against each other in the context of an awards show, they only mean male or female, or man or woman, says actor Asia Kate Dillon, who is nonbinary. When presented with those options, I am neither of those things.
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