Karla Sofia Gascn's Oscar Nomination

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Oscars nominated their first openly trans performer. What would her win mean? | Opinion

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Karla Sofia Gascón is the first openly transgender performer to be nominated for best actress.

The nomination represents a breakthrough for trans stories at the Academy Awards .

GLAAD, an LGBTQ advocacy group, called the film a “profoundly retrograde portrayal of a trans woman”.

Monica Sandler : Gascón 's nomination comes 10 years after # OscarsSoWhite called attention to legacy of racial exclusion at the Oscars.

Sandler says there have been growing calls for more opportunities to allow transgender actors to perform their own experiences on screen.

She asks: What if people from within these communities could just tell their own stories? Sandler is an assistant teaching professor at Ball State University .

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