The Emmy Awards on Monday took a step toward gender-neutral terminology by announcing that actors may opt for performer on their winning statuette instead of actor or actress, according to The Hollywood Reporter .

No performer category titled Actor or Actress has ever had a gender requirement for submissions, the Television Academys Board of Governors wrote. Now, nominees and (or) winners in any performer category titled Actor or Actress may request that their nomination certificate and Emmy statuette carry the term Performer in place of Actor or Actress.

To be clear, the award show isnt scrapping the actor, actress, supporting actor or supporting actress categories, Variety noted . But it is allowing nominees and recipients more choice in how they want to be recognized. The change takes effect for this Emmy Awards season.

The San Sebastian Film Festival announced this week that it is ditching its gendered wording altogether.

Deadline reported that the Berlin Film Festival already switched to nongendered acting prizes , as did the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critis Dorian TV Awards .

The MTV Movie & TV Awards and the Television Critics Associations Awards already have categories that avoid gender-specific wording, Variety said.

The prime-time Emmy Awards are scheduled for Sept. 19.