INTERESTING: The Emmy Awards go gender neutral
The welcomed change to going gender neutral is something that shows the world is changing...
The Emmy Awards has been in existence since the 1940s and it is a dedicated platform that recognises the achievements from a particular area of television.
The Emmy is considered one of the four major entertainment awards in the United States, the others being the Grammy (for music), the Oscar (Academy Award for film), and the Tony (for theatre).
June is Pride Month and with the renewed understanding of gender disassociations in terms of pronouns such as he and she, which is referred to as Non-Binary, we are happy to celebrate the acknowledgement from an historic organisation such as The Emmys.
"The Television Academy's Board of Governors has confirmed that nominees in the Best Actress or Best Actor awards can choose to be called a "performer" rather than an actor or an actress when the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards take place in September this year," MSN reports.
The Emmys were quoted in a statement on their website saying: "No performer category titled "Actor" or "Actress" has ever had a gender requirement for submissions.
"Now, nominees and (or) winners in any performer category titled 'Actor' or 'Actress' may request that their nomination certificate and Emmy statuette carry the term 'Performer' in place of Actor or Actress."
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