Bhumi Pednekar came out to support Brit Awards management, which has decided to do away with gender-specific awards, saying that it’s about time that people should start celebrating artists irrespective of their genders.
She said, “I have always felt that gender must not be important to determine the value of an artiste’s skill or creation. Artistes should be celebrated solely because of their body of work and not by how they choose to identify themselves.”
She added, “Almost echoing the sentiments of the best-selling ‘genderqueer’ English Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Sam Smith‘s concern that the award categories ruled out non-binary artistes like him,” “People are identifying with diverse genders and we just can’t turn a blind eye to this reality.”
Talking about inclusivity, she said, “We should also keep in mind that while we try to be more inclusive, it should not lead to less representation or less inclusion of genders in a world that is governed by the binary lens. That would be counterproductive to equality.” as stated in Koi MOi.