It's about 30 years since the Screen Actors Guild insisted that all male and female performers be called actors. That the term "actress" was sexist.
SAG established their award in 1995. The trophy is called The Actor.
Many awards no longer use the terms Best Actor or Best Actress. Instead they say Best Male Actor and Best Female Actor.
The Oscars still say Best Actress, but that might be tradition and because the viewing public expects it. But it might only be a matter of time before they switch to Best Female Actor.
Some of the more progressive awards simply have a Best Performer award, entirely non gender specific. I think MTV does it that way.
The Screen Actors Guild can say insist on anything they want - they read off of scripts anyway, but regardless, actors are XY and actresses are XX.
Yes but what is the position of the Film Actors Guild?