Emmys: Billy Porter Is First Openly Gay Black Man for Lead Actor a Drama

first black gay actor to win an emmy

After beg the first openly gay Black man to secure an Emmy nomatn the bt lead actor a drama tegory, Billy Porter ma history by wng the statue at last night's ceremony for pictg Pray Tell FX's ​Pose. He was up agast fellow nome K Hargton, Sterlg K. Brown, Bob Onkirk, Jason Bateman, and Milo Ventimiglia.

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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 black gay actor to win an emmy *

” The w ma him the first openly gay black man to receive the honor the tegory.

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. 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.

Plson, Taylor and Jon are three of the 12 openly gay Emmy wners who I’m shg a spotlight on as we unt down to this weekend’s Primetime Emmy ceremony. So the speech om Pierce, Taylor, Hay and Nixon are very different om those of the openly gay Harris and Dan Butsky who kissed their rpective spo at their seats after their nam were lled and Jane Lynch who thanked her then-wife om the stage the year she won for Glee.

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Billy Porter mak history as first openly gay black man to w Emmy for lead actor. * first black gay actor to win an emmy *

DeGener, who had e out earlier that year ahead of her TV character, accepted the award ‘on behalf of the teenagers pecially out there who thk there’s somethg wrong wh them bee they’re gay. Porter, who was honored for his work FX’s ground-breakg perd drama “Pose, ” ma history Sunday night by beg the first openly gay black man to w this tegory, acrdg to the Televisn Amy.

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

Billy Porter has ma LGBT+ history by beg the first openly gay black man to w an Emmy for Outstandg Lead Actor a Drama Seri. * first black gay actor to win an emmy *

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 beme the first openly gay man to w an Emmy Award for bt actor a drama seri for his role "Pose. Growg up, there was never reprentatn of someone who looked like me… So to live my tth, be loved for beg who I am and standg proud as the first openly gay, black man to walk the Emmy Awards red rpet as a Lead Actor Drama nomee...

The Pose actor beme the first openly gay Black man to w an Emmy for Lead Actor a Drama. Billy Porter Mak History As First Openly Gay Black Man To W Emmy For Lead Actor.

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

'The gays' of 'The Whe Lot' didn't get any 2023 Emmy nomatns, but almost everyone else the st did. * first black gay actor to win an emmy *

@theebillyporter be the first openly gay black man to w Outstandg Lead Actor A Drama Seri… — Televisn Amy (@Televisn Amy). 'The gays' of The Whe Lot didn't get any Emmy nomatns, but almost everyone else did The HBO drama received 23 nomatns, pl a nod for The Whe Lot: Unpackg The Episo.

BILLY PORTER MAK HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN TO W ACTG EMMY

In fact, the only Whe Lot season 2 stars who didn't get nomated are Tom Hollanr (the aforementned person rponsible for Tanya's ath along wh his crew of hard partyg-turned-murro acplic), Leo Woodall (who played his "nephew"/hired hookup), and Jon Gri (who played Tanya's hband who hired "the gays" to kill her), along wh Adam DiMar (who played Albie), Beatrice Grannò (who played Mia), and Haley Lu Richardson (who played Portia). Porter, 49, received an Emmy nomatn the outstandg lead actor a drama seri tegory for his starrg role as ball emcee Pray Tell — and he is the first openly gay black man to receive the honor.

'THE GAYS' OF THE WHE LOT DIDN'T GET ANY EMMY NOMATNS, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE ELSE DID

The Tony and Grammy wner says his “gayns” ed to handip him his dtry. After beg the first openly gay Black man to secure an Emmy nomatn the Bt Lead Actor a Drama tegory, Billy Porter ma history last night by wng the statue.

'POSE' 'S BILLY PORTER IS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN WH EMMY NOMATN FOR LEAD ACTOR A DRAMA

Billy Porter beme the first openly gay, black man to w a Bt Actor Emmy. He ntued by quotg another groundbreakg, gay Ain Amerin.

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Pose star Porter is the first openly gay Black man to be nomated for and w an Emmy a lead actor tegory. Emmys 2019: Billy Porter Mak History as First Openly Gay, Black Man to W Bt Actor a DramaBilly Porter is takg home the gold — and breakg down barriers while dog, 50, picked up the Emmy for outstandg actor a drama seri on Sunday night for his portrayal of Pray Tell FX’s is the first openly gay black man to be nomated — and to w — this “tegory of love, ” said the actor.

“I thk beg black, I know that beg black and gay and out, and beg this posn. “I really had a hard time as an out, black, gay actor makg any headway.

” Look out for that possibily to reemerge once her Elphaba the big-screen adapatatn of “Wicked” fi gravy next cred: GettyBilly PorterThe red rpet trail blazer has a Tony for starrg “Kky Boots” as the lc Lola, a Grammy for the show’s rerdg and a history-makg w as the sage Pray Tell FX’s “Pose, ” which ma Porter the first openly gay Black man to both be nomated and w the leadg actor tegory at the Primetime Emmy Awards.

EMMYS 2019: BILLY PORTER MAK HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY, BLACK MAN TO W BT ACTOR A DRAMA

In a historic moment for the Primetime Emmy Awards, openly gay actor Billy Porter took home the award for Outstandg Actor a Drama Seri for his movg portrayal of ballroom emcee Pray Tell FX’s landmark LGBT showse, “Pose. ” He is the first gay black actor to w the prize. “Pose” recently wrapped s superb send season, set the early 1990s as the AIDS crisis tak hold of the gay muny New York and across the untry.

As gay people, they cut our dicks off, ’s nonsexual, and then when the sexual, lovg stori started beg told, was always wh the whe boys, ” Porter said.

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

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