Billy Porter Shares Inspiring Message For LGBTQ Class of 2020 During YouTube Virtual Commencement

season 1 first debuted in June 2018, there was no doubt that longtime stage actor Billy Porter was long overdue for a breakout moment. On co-creators Ryan Murphy and Steven Canals’ groundbreaking FX series about the ballroom scene and LGBTQ community of color, Porter plays ardent emcee Pray Tell, whose heart is as big as his mouth.

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.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterGlobal Citizen and the European Commission have teamed for Global Goal: Unite for Our Future – The Concert and actor Dwayne Johnson is set to host the event which takes place on June 27.

her husband Nick Cordero's battle with the coronavirus.On Friday, Kloots was able to visit Cordero in the Intensive Care Unit at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where the 41-year-old Broadway star has been fighting for his life since his health struggles began in March.

LGBTQ+ stars and allies including Adam Lambert, Katy Perry, Billy Porter, Big Freedia, and Sia are teaming up this month to keep the legacy of Pride alive in 2020, despite social-distancing restrictions forcing most would-be celebrations to shut down. On June 25, a live-streamed virtual COVID-19 relief event called Can’t Cancel Pride will air via iHeartRadio.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorKaty Perry, Adam Lambert, Big Freedia, Billy Porter, Kim Petras, Melissa Etheridge, Sia and Ricky Martin are among the stars on deck for “Can’t Cancel Pride,” a COVID-19 relief benefit for the LGBTQ+ Community.The virtual relief benefit produced by iHeartMedia and Procter & Gamble is designed to help raise visibility and funds for LGBTQ+ communities impacted by COVID-19.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterVariety’s Virtual TV Festival will be held from June 23-25 and feature conversations with Hillary Rodham Clinton, Amy Schumer, Kumail Nanjiani, Billy Porter and many more prominent speakers.Formerly known as the annual Variety TV Summit, the event has been rebranded as the inaugural Variety Virtual TV Festival. The expansion to a digital presentation will draw a broader global audience and a wider range of topics over three days.

coronavirus shined a light on a plethora of America’s ongoing issues. “In a lot of ways, the pandemic just brought into focus problems that have been growing for a very long time,” he continued.

Alicia Keys is offering some encouraging words to the Class of 2020 with her speech during YouTube Originals’ Dear Class of 2020 virtual commencement on Sunday (June 7).

With the coronavirus pandemic sidelining in-person graduation celebrations, YouTube's star-studded Dear Class of 2020 livestream on Sunday (June 7) helped fill in the gap for students graduating this year.Finneas, Grammy-winning brother of Billie Eilish and solo artist in his own right, joined forces with Camila Cabello, Noah Cyrus, Cynthia Erivo, Khalid and many others to deliver a rendition of U2's "Beautiful Day" during the livestream.Prior to the Finneas-produced cover, U2 frontman Bono

Billy Porter spoke out in support of the black LGBTQ+ community amid ongoing protests against police brutality and racism across the U.S.The Pose actor took to Instagram and called out a number of communities for past events and transgressions that have led the country to “the tipping point”, in an almost 17-minute-long video. “This country was built on thievery, violence, genocide and slavery, period,” the 50-year-old said.

Billy Porter is raising his voice high in the Black Lives Matter movement, and is also calling them out for lack of support for Black LGBTQ lives.

Billy Porter is speaking out on behalf of the Black LGBTQ+ community.

Anna Wintour couldn’t turn down Billy Porter’s request to be carried into the 2019 Met Gala by six shirtless men while dressed as an Egyptian sun king.

The Hollywood Reporter has named their “50 Most Powerful LGBTQ Players In Hollywood”, a long list featuring Billy Porter, RuPaul Charles, Andy Cohen and more.

Two weeks ago Billy Porter jumped on the phone to discuss his Emmy-winning performance as Pray Tell, the fictional emcee of New York’s early ’90s ballroom scene, in FX’s “Pose.” At the time, the nation was only reeling from two straight months of stay at home orders due to a coronavirus pandemic that was on its way to killing over 100,000+ Americans. George Floyd was still alive.

Billie Faiers has given fans a rare look inside her children's playroom as she captured her son Arthur playing. The Mummy Diaires star, 30, who lives in her Essex home with husband Greg Shepherd and two children Arthur and Nelly, shared a snippet of her son "pottering around" in the room which is crammed full of toys for the siblings to play with.

Kip Moore is offering his thoughts about racial injustice following the death of George Floyd and the ongoing protests in the United States.