A gender-fluid 11-year-old Vancouver actor is eligible for consideration in both male and female performance categories at British Columbia's Leo Awards, the annual prize celebrating the province's film and TV industry. Vancouver actor Ameko Eks Mass Carroll's performance in the short film Limina has been accepted for consideration in male and female acting categories. (Turbid Lake Pictures)"I would love to give the Leo Awards a ginormous thanks for making people under the trans umbrella feel more welcomed in the world," Carroll said. The motion picture is co-produced and directed by Florian Halbedl and Joshua M. Ferguson. The 2017 Leo Awards will take place this spring.

Source: CBC News January 27, 2017 21:53 UTC