Friday, April 7, 2017

Is it time to scrap gender specific awards?

Emmy Award organizers asked Asia Kate Dillon from Billions which category the female-born star wanted to be considered for, it proved a struggle because the performer identifies as gender non-binary.

What to go for - best actor or best actress?The dilemma opened up a dialogue with Emmy organizers after Dillon wrote a letter to the Academy.

In the end the performer chose to enter the best supporting actor category explaining "actor" is generally regarded as a non-gendered word.

But is it time to drop the gender tag altogether?




From BBC news