Billy Porter on How the Emmy Win for 'Pose' Changed His Life (Exclusive)

Billy Porter says that any push for total unity is incomplete if transgender people are left out of the conversation. "We can do it together, but we can't do it until we embrace and love each other through our differences, because of our differences," the Pose star said on Jimmy Kimmel Live! On Thursday's episode, guest hosted by Billy Eichner, Porter brought attention to the homophobic and transphobic parts of the Black community.

Janet Mock’s life completely changed. The author and activist found herself being courted by prolific TV creator Ryan Murphy, who had requested a meeting with her to discuss working in Hollywood on a new series,, which he had co-created with Steven Canals and Brad Falchuk.

Billy Porter says that any push for total unity is incomplete if transgender people are left out of the conversation. "We can do it together, but we can't do it until we embrace and love each other through our differences, because of our differe

Billy Porter joined Billy Eichner — guest-hosting “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” this week — for a chat about his recent viral Instagram post addressing homophobia and transphobia within the Black community.

Pose star Billy Porter has used the coronavirus isolation period to focus on writing his memoirs and start work on a musical.The actor had just completed shooting his scenes in the forthcoming live-action Cinderella movie before production in the U.K.

Just when we thought we couldn’t love him anymore, Billy Porter becomes the first openly gay man to cover Essence.The Pose star is featured on the front of the magazine’s July/August 2020 issue looking radiant in an Aliétte dress and Christian Siriano hat while discussing the current political climate and his coming-of-age struggle as a young gay black man from Pittsburgh.“My masculinity was in question from the moment I could comprehend thought.

Just as Pride month comes to a close, Billy Porter is making history with Essence as the magazine’s first-ever gay cover star.

On FX's history-making Pose, Mj Rodriguez's Blanca Rodriguez-Evangelista is a symbol of hope, optimism and fight. The HIV-positive house mother, in season two of the drama from Ryan Murphy and Steven Canals, fought for herself both personally and professionally, battling both AIDS and a transphobic landlord who burned down her business.

Annie Murphy's final day on was also her last scene of the series. On the Goodwood, Ontario, set that stands in for the titular town, Murphy, as Alexis Rose, tearfully clutched co-stars Dan Levy (who plays brother David), Noah Reid (his husband, Patrick) and Emily Hampshire (the steadfast Stevie Budd) as the siblings waved goodbye to their onscreen parents (Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy).

There were protests, rainbow flags and performances — it was LGBTQ Pride, after all. But what was normally an outpouring on the streets of New York City looked a little different this year, thanks to social distancing rules required by the coronavirus.

Billy Porter stopped by “The Kelly Clarkson Show” to discuss the Black Trans Lives Matter movement.

Janelle Monáe and Billy Porter both took part in this year's NYC Pride event, which happened virtually on account of the coronavirus pandemic.Porter appeared with global cast members from Kinky Boots the musical, and fellow original stars, Stark Sands and Annaleigh Ashford.Monáe performed her track "Cold War."The coronavirus pandemic has forced a plethora of 2020 events to move online, and that includes NYC Pride.While in-person events are still a long way away, NYC Pride 2020 took place

Billy Porter and Kirk Franklin were among the many stars who used the Global Goal: Unite For Our Future concert as a platform to highlight the important changes taking place across the United States and around the world right now.

wasn’t part of NYC’s coronavirus Phase 2 reopening this week. But this Sunday two organizations will still recognize — one virtually, the other with an in-person gathering — the first Christopher Street Liberation Day March on June 28, 1970.In lieu of a march through the streets this year, NYC Pride will stream a star-studded “special broadcast event” from noon to 2 p.m.

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