For the first time, two non-binary actors were nominated at this year’s Tony Awards. They both won.
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00:00History was made at last night's Tony Awards, where two actors became the first openly non-binary
00:05performers to win acting Tonys. Jay Harrison Gee won Best Lead Actor in a Musical for their
00:10performance in Some Like It Hot. For every trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming human who was
00:15ever told you couldn't be seen, this is for you, Gee said. Alex Newell won Best Featured
00:19Actor in a Musical for their performance in Shucked. Thank you for seeing me, Broadway.
00:23I should not be up here as a queer, non-binary, fat black little baby from Massachusetts,
00:28said. Thanks to a deal with the Writers Guild of America, the 76 Tony Awards were able to
00:33go on unscripted and televised amid the ongoing writer's strike.