Nobody from the queer community was rooting for Emilia Pérez to win, but we weren’t expecting the team behind it to betray trans people so utterly as they made off with their two Oscars.
A historical 13 nominations for the musical about a Mexican cartel boss that fakes her death to transition, was followed by a historically cursed Oscars campaign. Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofia Gascón, the first trans woman to be nominated for Best Actress, was persona non grata by the time the 97th Academy Awards rolled around.
