Billy Porter mak history as the first openly gay black man to w lead actor a drama Emmy for FX’s “Pose.”
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- BILLY PORTER: ‘I'VE LIVED AS A BLACK GAY MAN FOR 50 YEARS AMERI. NOTHG SHOCKS ME'
- BILLY PORTER IS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN TO W EMMY FOR LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA
- BILLY PORTER DISCS SELF-EXPRSN AS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN TO COVER ‘ESSENCE’
BILLY PORTER: ‘I'VE LIVED AS A BLACK GAY MAN FOR 50 YEARS AMERI. NOTHG SHOCKS ME'
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Now Porter has shared that he’s been drawg on his own life as an HIV- posive gay man for the role.
BILLY PORTER IS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN TO W EMMY FOR LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA
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.
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. “I thk about when I grew up and when I me out the ’80s: As a black gay man, there were no exampl to validate my existence. ” The w ma him the first openly gay black man to receive the honor the tegory.
History was ma at the 2019 Emmy Awards, as that night Billy Porter was the first openly gay black man to w the award for bt actor a drama seri (via Los Angel Tim). When Billy Porter first kissed a girl, he knew he was gay. "She me to my room before she went to llege, a sundrs, and we kissed and that's when I knew I was gay, " he relled an terview wh W magaze.
BILLY PORTER DISCS SELF-EXPRSN AS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN TO COVER ‘ESSENCE’
Homophobia is somethg Billy Porter has fought agast his entire life.
Although Billy Porter knew om a very early age that he was gay, he grew up a very relig hoehold, which prevented him om tly beg himself. While that was the right move for Porter, he still enuntered anti-gay beliefs throughout the entirety of his reer. "The homophobia, the systematic homophobia, the bs at large, the attack on my masculy really [led] me to a crossroads, " he revealed an terview wh W magaze, " bee was like, 'Well you have to fix yourself or you won't ever have succs.
" He add that gettg married has been credibly empowerg, pecially given all that they had been through as gay men. Billy Porter ma his character Kky Boots "super gay". So he ma Lola "super gay, " as noted by Esquire, and wound up wng a Tony Award for his performance.