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Massachusetts Native Wins Tony Award, Makes History As Nonbinary Winner Massachusetts Native Wins Tony Award, Makes History As Nonbinary Winner
Massachusetts Native Wins Tony Award, Makes History As Nonbinary Winner A Broadway star and Massachusetts native just became one of the first nonbinary people to win a Tony award for acting. Alex Newell, who was born in Lynn in 1992, won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a musical on Sunday, June 11 for their performance as Lulu in the Broadway musical comedy "Shucked."  Newell identifies as gender nonconforming and uses all pronouns, according to her Wikipedia page.  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alex Newell (@thealexnewell) They made history as one of the first openly nonbinary performe…