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Transgender Oscar nominee Anohni has opted to skip the Academy Awards after not being invited to perform.

Anohni is nominated for Best Original Song for “Manta Ray,” recorded for the documentary “Racing Extinction.” Fellow category nominees Sam Smith, Lady Gaga and The Weeknd were billed to perform for the night but Anohni found out she and another Best Original Song nominee, Sumi Jo, were cut due to “time constraints.”

In an open letter on her website, the 44-year-old singer aired her concerns over being cut.

“I slowly realized that the positive implication of this nomination was being retracted,” Anohni writes. “The producers seemed to have decided to stage performances only by the singers who were deemed commercially viable.”

“I want to be clear – I know that I wasn’t excluded from the performance directly because I am transgendered,” the singer continued. “I was not invited to perform because I am relatively unknown in the U.S.”

“I have decided not to attend the Academy Awards this election year,” Anohni concluded. “I will not be lulled into submission with a few more well manufactured, feel-good ballads and a bit of good old fashioned T. and A.”

Anohni is part of indie-rock group Antony and the Johnsons, but has also worked as a solo artist for years. She is the second ever openly transgender Oscar nominee.