The first out trans actor ever nominated for an Oscar took the opportunity to address the executive order signed by Donald Trump earlier this week, restricting US government recognition to only biological sex.
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This year’s Oscar contenders amount to a collective broadside against a president campaigned against by almost everyone in the industry.
Gascón continued: “Now it is time to focus on my performance and put aside my ethnicity, sexuality or hair colour, to move forward in ‘integration’.
As the Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser reminded her A-list audience earlier this month: “You’re all so famous, so talented, so powerful, you could really do anything.
