BET won the suit and Scott appealed, ultimately reaching a settlement in 2015.īET has since made incredible strides, having green-lit Lena Waithe's Twenties for a second season and bringing Scott back to host Twenties the After Show, making them the first trans nonbinary person to host a show on the network. Scott, who identifies as transgender nonbinary, sued BET and its parent company Viacom for discriminating against them after producers allegedly forced them to change into men’s clothes, despite their previous outfit - which was gender fluid - having been pre-approved. Tre'Vell Anderson, editor at large for Xtra magazine and co-host of the hit podcast Fanti, tells Yahoo Life, "We have never seen a moment like this happen on BET, which, let's say, has a unique history when it comes to portrayals of LGBTQ people, both negative and positive." This was pure politics in the most positive way."
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"There could be a kid living in this house that is afraid or doesn't feel seen or feels that they need to be closeted. "You can have anyone sitting in front of the television - from 9 or 10 or 11 years old, all the way up to 50-something - watching the BET awards together," he continues. "What a lot of people outside of the culture don't understand is that the BET awards is center to the Black experience as it relates to culture and entertainment in this country," Gerard Bush, co-writer and co-director of the 2020's award-winning Antebellum, starring Janelle Monáe, tells Yahoo Life. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences.