Feb 25, 2016 · Now, in a powerful, no-holds-barred essay, ANOHNI explains her decision not to attend. I am the only transgendered performer ever to have been nominated for an Academy Award, and for that I...

Feb 25, 2016 · Lost in the justifiable furor over #OscarsSoWhite is the fact that a transgender person has received an Academy Award nomination for the first time since songwriter Angela Morley earned two...

Feb 25, 2016 · ANOHNI posted an open letter to Facebook today about why she is choosing not to attend the Academy Awards this year. It’s a thought-provoking read that’s well-worth your time; check it out...

Feb 27, 2016 · Anohni, the first transgender performer ever nominated for an Oscar, is boycotting the Academy Awards ceremony. The Best Original Song nominee explained her decision in an essay for Pitchfork...

Feb 26, 2016 · Anohni is the first transgendered performer ever nominated for an Oscar, but not the first transgendered artist.

Feb 25, 2016 · ANOHNI begins her essay by thanking the artists who nominated her for the award, and giving a nod to songwriter nominee Angela Morley for being the first trans Oscar nominee in the 70s. “I was in Asia when I found out the news,” she remembers.

Feb 26, 2016 · Ahead of the awards on Sunday 28th of February, nominee for the Best Original Song award, Anohni (formerly known as Antony Hegarty), has announced she will not be attending the ceremony in an emotional essay penned by the artist, and published jointly on Pitchfork and her website.

Feb 26, 2016 · In an essay published exclusively on Pitchfork, the transgender performer Anohni, who is nominated for Best Original Song for "Manta Ray," explains her reasoning for publicly shunning the Oscars.

Feb 26, 2016 · Oscar-nominated transgender performer Anohni has decided not to attend this year's Academy Awards ceremony.

Feb 25, 2016 · Anohni, a Mercury Award-winning artist and environmental activist also known as Antony Hegarty, is the second openly transgender person to have ever been nominated for an Academy Award.