Lily Gladstone is paving the way for queer, Indigenous representation in Hollywood
Killers of the Flower Moon – made history when she became the first Native American and Indigenous person to win the Golden Globe for Best Actress.“This is a historic win,” they said while accepting the win. “This is for every little rez kid, every little urban kid, every little Native kid out there who has a dream, who is seeing themselves represented and our stories told — by ourselves, in our own words — with tremendous allies and tremendous trust from and with each other.”Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.But her reign didn’t end there.
Later that month, Gladstone became the first Native American woman to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress. Gladstone’s historic wins and nominations were enough to keep us gooped and gagged for a lifetime.
But then they revealed a part of themselves that still has us cheering: In an interview with People, Gladstone shared that she uses she/they pronouns, explaining how, “in most Native languages, most Indigenous languages, Blackfeet included, there are no gendered pronouns.
There is no he/she, there’s only they.”For Gladstone, using she/they pronouns is “partly a way of decolonizing gender for myself,” and “embracing that when I’m in a group of ladies, I know that I’m a little bit different.
