Actor in lead role of 'Emilia Perez' has received nomination for Best Actress

I refrained from using the phrase ‘cis -woman’ for fear of being jumped on.

but, to rephrase

it is not a role a cis-woman could play.

Shes a transwoman so in the actress category.

Ok?

Who lost an opportunity?
If all the others were better they would have been nominated.
This argument is nonsensical. It’s a completely level playing field. Well except it isn’t because of people like you.

Comparing it to Mrs doubtfire is exactly why threads get deleted. Reasonable Munster users don’t want to debate with this offensive shit.

Shes a woman so she’s in the actress category. Get the fuck over it.

(cue ‘I’ll get over it when ‘they’ stop taking our opportunities’, like the Oscar was so nearly yours if it wasn’t for all those trans fuckers 😂😂. Honestly no one has a harder life than mumsnetters.)

Who lost an opportunity?
If all the others were better they would have been nominated.
This argument is nonsensical. It’s a completely level playing field. Well except it isn’t because of people like you.

Comparing it to Mrs doubtfire is exactly why threads get deleted. Reasonable Munster users don’t want to debate with this offensive shit.

Shes a woman so she’s in the actress category. Get the fuck over it.

(cue ‘I’ll get over it when ‘they’ stop taking our opportunities’, like the Oscar was so nearly yours if it wasn’t for all those trans fuckers 😂😂. Honestly no one has a harder life than mumsnetters.)

I don't like it at all BUT if this person is legally considered to be a woman then I suppose they have a right to be in the category - they will probably win.
I think its a way of sticking 2 fingers up at Trump more than anything else

Pretty much sums up the transphobia mumsnet continues to provide a platform for.

When a trans person breathes there’s a bloody mumsnet thread about it.

Being trans does not benefit her in the way it would in sport. She is playing a trans character, indeed for much of the film she plays a man pre-transition. She hasn’t taken anyone’s space because this is not a role a woman could play.

Pretty much sums up the transphobia mumsnet continues to provide a platform for.

When a trans person breathes there’s a bloody mumsnet thread about it.

Being trans does not benefit her in the way it would in sport. She is playing a trans character, indeed for much of the film she plays a man pre-transition. She hasn’t taken anyone’s space because this is not a role a woman could play.

Pretty much sums up the transphobia mumsnet continues to provide a platform for.

When a trans person breathes there’s a bloody mumsnet thread about it.

Being trans does not benefit her in the way it would in sport. She is playing a trans character, indeed for much of the film she plays a man pre-transition. She hasn’t taken anyone’s space because this is not a role a woman could play.

I'm confused about what I'm confused about 😂

I know!!!

Honestly I am getting you all confused as it is so confusing isn’t it 😅?!

I agree. My post was also saying this actor is not placed in the category of their biological sex.

I was also (failing) to put this into context to show that, despite gender swapping and sex swapping in roles, previously actors and actresses have always been nominated in the category of their biological sex.

Yes. You are right. They were placed in the category of their biological sex.

Again - the point of the OP is that this actor is NOT placed in the category of their biological sex. That's literally the point.

What I am trying to say is that it is relevant. There are lots of examples of men playing men pretending to be women, women playing women pretending to be men. And Linda Hunt, a women, won an oscar playing a man. All of the above people throughout the years were placed in the category of their biological sex. Not who they played. Even Linda Hunt - her male role was in the actress category.

What I am trying to say is that it is relevant. There are lots of examples of men playing men pretending to be women, women playing women pretending to be men. And Linda Hunt, a women, won an oscar playing a man. All of the above people throughout the years were placed in the category of their biological sex. Not who they played. Even Linda Hunt - her male role was in the actress category.

Her XX chromosomes. I'm talking about Lydia/Linda Hunt. Who are you talking about?

What makes them a woman?

So she's a woman in real life and she got put in the actress category. The role she portrayed is irrelevant here.

The point of the original post is that the actor is male and got put in the actress category. Thereby depriving a woman of a nomination in the actress category.

Karl has shot to the top of the acting profession with this role. Previously, both as a man and then as a trans woman, there was no suggestion of such amazing acting. No big award nominations. No huge parts. And Karla is 52, so that's a long time making it to film stardom. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Sof%C3%ADa_Gasc%C3%B3n

No they are not. Thats exactly what I am saying. She was portraying a man (not a cross dresser or trans character) and still got put in the actress category.

Is this person a trans man in real life?

If not then it's not the same.