![]() Despite their Yellowjackets character’s popularity, Hewson made the tough decision to pull out of Emmy consideration earlier this year due to gendered categories. Unfortunately, with the highs and have also come the lows. “Are you also going to legislate against people getting tattoos? It’s just control: ‘I want you to make decisions based on my level of comfort with your existence.’ That is completely irrational.” Non-binary Yellowjackets actor slams gendered awards ceremonies Liv Hewson has benched themselves from the Emmys due to its gendered awards categories. “In terms of ‘What if you feel regret? – is the idea that nobody ever feel regret about anything? Aside from the fact that we have complete statistical information about regret rates of gender- affirming surgery and this is an absolute nonstarter, what? It’s a waste of everybody’s time, it’s knee-jerk, it’s not grounded in reality, and it’s not useful. I don’t have to entertain it and I’m not going to. “It’s a disgust reaction, and I do not take disgust into account as a legitimate point of discourse. Is that how you think about people who’ve had surgery for other things? They explained: “When people talk about gender-affirming surgery using words like ‘mutilation’, that’s not very nice. They also slammed anti-trans voices who engage in rhetoric about trans people “mutilating their bodies”, and rebutted the argument that those people might feel regret as a “non-starter” and “completely irrational”. “The recovery process taught me about rest, accepting help, and caring for my body as something connected to me rather than separate from me, that I’m in opposition to – this is mine and I want to take care of it. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done for myself. I’ve never felt more stable and present and alive. It feels different in my body than it ever has. “I stand differently, I walk differently, I carry myself differently. To have that be in the past now … Liv Hewson and Jasmin Savoy Brown as younger versions of their characters in Yellowjackets (Showtime) It was this impossible mountain: I want that, but I’m never gonna get it. “The place where I went, I had that clinic’s website open on my laptop for five years. “I knew that I wanted top surgery for a decade it’s the longest I’ve ever thought about doing anything. “I cannot tell you the complete, fundamental shift that I have felt in the year since having surgery,” said Hewson. Liv Hewson says top surgery made them happier than everĪlongside their newfound confidence, Liv Hewson said that last year they finally got the gender-affirming healthcare they had been dreaming about – top surgery. But I couldn’t tell anyone because, at the time, it really felt impossible.”Ī decade on, as they unapologetically speak up for LGBTQ+ rights and bring sorely needed queer representation to our screens, they admit they are “so done feeling any shame or apology about it”. It was this beautiful, celebratory thing of that’s me. “But very quickly on the heels of that was, I can’t do anything with this. “‘Oh, that’s 100 per cent what my deal is’,” they thought. “I came across the term non-binary for the first time, and it was just immediate,” Hewson continued. “ a discomfort with and alienation from my body, and a need to control it or be in charge of it or shape it,” they explained. The 27-year-old actor said they first realised they were non-binary in 2012, aged 16, as they recovered from an eating disorder partially fuelled by feelings of gender dysphoria, they told the publication. Now, in an all-encompassing interview with Teen Vogue on Wednesday (28 June) Hewson has opened up about their non-binary identity, having top surgery and clarifying their withdrawal from the Emmy awards. ![]() In the second season, which premiered in March, non-binary star Hewson ( Santa Clarita Diet) reprised their role as dry-witted and hardened survivalist Van Palmer, soon becoming a frontrunner as queer fan-favourite. The series follows an all-girls soccer group forced to survive in a deserted wilderness after a crash landing, while several years in the future, their adult counterparts deal with the aftermath of this trauma. Cannibalism, forest cults, harrowing tales of survival and, of course, immaculate queer vibes. ![]() Showtime’s Yellowjackets – starring Melanie Lynskey, Jasmin Savoy Brown and Liv Hewson – is known for many things. ![]() Yellowjackets star Liv Hewson shared their gender euphoria after fulfilling their decade-long dream of getting top surgery. ![]()
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