Nonbinary star of Yellowjackets withdraws from Emmys over gendered categories

Nonbinary Actor Liv Hewson Withdraws from Emmys Over Gendered Categories

Nonbinary actor Liv Hewson has made the difficult decision to withdraw from the Emmys as a candidate for best actress due to the award show’s gendered categories.

Hewson, 27, recently starred in the television series Yellowjackets as teenage goalkeeper Van Palmer, a lesbian with a girlfriend, during the first season of the Showtime drama. An Emmy nomination would have been the actor’s first.

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“There’s not a place for me in the acting categories,” Hewson told Variety. “It would be inaccurate for me to submit myself as an actress. It neither makes sense for me to be lumped in with the boys. It’s quite straightforward and not that loaded. I can’t submit myself for this because there’s no space for me.”

Hewson believes that creating a third category for those who identify neither as male nor female is not the solution. Instead, they suggest treating the acting categories like the director, music composer, and cinematographer categories.

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“We’re not going to start awarding best female and male director or female or male cinematographer,” Hewson said, “because we all understand that implicitly would be insulting. You can keep things as they are right now — I just won’t be participating.”

The Awards Ceremony is Slated for Sept. 12