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The Spirit Awards have recognized excellence in independent film for nearly four decades, using categories such as best female lead and best supporting male, in line with the Oscars, Emmys and Tonys. But with the increasing prominence of nonbinary and gender-nonconforming performers, many of whom are uncomfortable competing in gendered categories, the Film Independent brass struggled to justify why acting awards were split up when the technical prizes — including writing, directing, editing and cinematography — were not.
“There just didn’t seem to be a clear, compelling, convincing answer to that question,” Welsh said. “That’s just not acceptable, really, to require people to identify themselves in ways that are not truthful or that they don’t want to do, and it just seemed unwelcoming.”
BesIn August, Film Independent announced that the 38th Spirit Awards — to be held Saturday in Santa Monica, Calif. — would be their first with gender-neutral acting categories. The show is not alone in phasing out gendered acting prizes: New York’s Gotham Awards, the Canadian Screen Awards and the Berlin Film Festival made similar shifts in recent years. Several ceremonies recognizing achievement in theater, including the Outer Critics Circle Awards, off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Awards and D.C.’s Helen Hayes Awards, have also moved to non-gendered acting categories.
Comment:
Gender dysphoric people should have a separate category.
They should not interfere with other categories.
The same thing should be done with sports awards, transsexuals should have their own category where they can compete against each other.
The Left is attempting to erase male and female genders and replace them with dozens of bizarre genders.
They do not have any right to do this.
People need to stand up to them.
“There just didn’t seem to be a clear, compelling, convincing answer to that question,” Welsh said. “That’s just not acceptable, really, to require people to identify themselves in ways that are not truthful or that they don’t want to do, and it just seemed unwelcoming.”
BesIn August, Film Independent announced that the 38th Spirit Awards — to be held Saturday in Santa Monica, Calif. — would be their first with gender-neutral acting categories. The show is not alone in phasing out gendered acting prizes: New York’s Gotham Awards, the Canadian Screen Awards and the Berlin Film Festival made similar shifts in recent years. Several ceremonies recognizing achievement in theater, including the Outer Critics Circle Awards, off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Awards and D.C.’s Helen Hayes Awards, have also moved to non-gendered acting categories.
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Comment:
Gender dysphoric people should have a separate category.
They should not interfere with other categories.
The same thing should be done with sports awards, transsexuals should have their own category where they can compete against each other.
The Left is attempting to erase male and female genders and replace them with dozens of bizarre genders.
They do not have any right to do this.
People need to stand up to them.