Back in April 2017 the MTV movie & TV awards scrapped their best actor and actress categories, instead opting for a single gender-neutral acting category that was open to both male and female actors.
“Films will now compete in the same categories as TV series too, as MTV shakes up its ceremony, saying its audience ‘doesn’t see male-female dividing lines”
In the Guardian article Gwilym Mumford writes about the events that led up to this historic change.
MTV’s decision to make their awards gender-neutral comes at a time when the issue of separate male and female acting awards is generating much discussion. This week Asia Kate Dillon, who identifies as gender non-binary, wrote a letter to Emmy awards organisers the Television Academy after they asked which of the best actor or actress categories the ‘Billions’ star would prefer to be included in.
Asia Kate Dillon responded: -
“I’d like to know if in your eyes ‘actor’ and ‘actress’ denote anatomy or identity and why it is necessary to denote either in the first place?”
In response, the Academy said that Dillon could apply to whichever category they “more closely identifies as”. Dillon opted for actor, due to its widespread use as a gender-neutral term. On the awards night when presenting the very first Non-Binary award for Best Actor to Emma Watson, Dillon said: -
“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.”
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