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BILLY PORTER IS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN TO W EMMY FOR LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Billy Porter mak history as the first openly gay black man to w lead actor a drama Emmy for FX’s “Pose.” * first openly gay black actor to win an emmy *

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BILLY PORTER BE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN TO W EMMY AWARD FOR BT ACTOR A DRAMA SERI

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Porter’s w me after Ben Whishaw, who also intifi as gay, won the supportg actor a limed seri or movie Emmy for Amazon’s “A Very English Sndal.

BILLY PORTER MAK HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN TO W EMMY FOR LEAD ACTOR

* first openly gay black actor to win an emmy *

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Perennial gay-fave Jennifer Coolidge—who was up agast four of her Whe Lot -stars—won her first Emmy as well for Outstandg Supportg Actrs a Limed Seri. And the seri, which notably featured arguably the most memorable moment of on-screen gay sex last year, picked up the Emmy for Outstandg Limed or Anthology Seri, beatg out Hulu’s Dopick, The Dropout, and Pam & Tommy as well as Netflix’s Inventg Anna.

BILLY PORTER MAK HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN TO W EMMY FOR LEAD ACTOR

The edian and actor won the award for Outstandg Wrg for a Variety Special for his acclaimed HBO special Rothaniel, which he publicly me out as gay. He mak history as the first openly gay black man to w an Emmy the Lead Actor walkg on the stage to accept the award his fabulo outsized hat, he proclaimed, “The tegory is LOVE!

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Openly gay actrs Fna Shaw received nomatns two different tegori — supportg actrs a drama seri for Killg Eve and gut actrs a edy seri for Fleabag — makg her a double-actg nomee. She will go up agast Emmy-wng openly gay actrs Jane Lynch the edy tegory.

Other nods to LGBTQ cln clu gay actor Ben Whishaw securg a nomatn for supportg actor a limed seri or TV movie for A Very English Sndal; transgenr actrs Laverne Cox beg nomated aga for gut actrs a drama seri for Orange Is the New Black; and RuPl’s Drag Race receivg ne noms wh host RuPl Charl himself petg agast Ellen DeGener for bt realy host. Toml is now openly gay and starrg on the Netflix show Grace and Frankie, which has earned her four nomatns for lead actrs a edy seri. One of Hollywood’s first well-known openly gay figur, DeGener won her only Emmy 1997 for her wrg of “The Puppy Episo, ” the two-part g-out episo of Ellen.

The notable w me right after her public g out on the ver of Time magaze and her acceptance speech enuraged gay teens to be proud of who they are. The openly gay Murphy has been rackg up Emmy nomatns and ws sce 2004, most notably for his shows Nip/Tuck, Glee, Amerin Horror Story, Amerin Crime Story: The Assassatn of Gianni Versace and Pose.

BILLY PORTER MAK HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN TO W EMMY FOR OUTSTANDG ACTOR DRAMA SERI

The Handmaid’s Tale actrs not only plays a gay character on the h show, but she is also an openly gay woman herself.

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