Oscars: Academy Deems Gender-Fluid Performer Eligible in Both Male and Female Categories

9 December 2016 12:12 PM, PST | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »

Kelly Mantle, a performer who identifies as "gender fluid," has made Oscar history.

The 40-year-old, who was born a male and is best known as a contestant on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, plays the supporting part of a transgender prostitute in Miguel Ali's Confessions of a Womanizer, an indie starring Gary Busey that is in the midst of its Oscar-qualifying run this week.

The film's backers, when filling out the paperwork required by the Academy to confirm Oscar eligibility, arrived at the acting submissions section and faced a conundrum: The organization asks for performers to be listed »

- Scott Feinberg

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