The British music industry awards, known as the BRIT Awards, are this weekend. And for the second year, there will be no "best male" and "best female" categories. only best artist. But the move to be more inclusive of nonbinary and trans artist had some unintended consequences. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports.
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