Pose star Billy Porter has revealed that he gets emotional when thinking about how far queer representation on TV and in films has advanced. Speaking exclusively to PinkNews ahead of his headline act at Brighton Pride on Saturday (3 August), the actor reflected on how the entertainment world has progressed since he entered the industry
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Billy Porter has shared an update on his James Baldwin biopic, promising that he will “get it made”. (Getty) Actor and Brighton Pride headliner Billy Porter has provided an update on his biopic of James Baldwin, on what would have been the US writer and queer civil rights activist’s 100th birthday. It was announced last
The upcoming season of Encores! at New York’s City Center will include an adaptation by Pose‘s Billy Porter of The Life, a musical last seen in New York on Broadway in 1997. Porter’s adaptation, which he’ll direct, is one of two upcoming Encores! productions reviving rarely staged Broadway musicals centering on Black lives; also in
Pose is set to recommence filming its third season after production was shut down in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. Crew members on the award-winning LGBT+ FX series are reportedly being tested for coronavirus, with producers hoping that filming can kick off again in October, according to Variety. Pose, along with a raft of other television
Billy Porter has revealed that he “wept for an hour” when same-sex marriage was legalised in the United States. The Pose star said he “never thought” same-sex marriage would be possible – so it came as a shock when a 2015 Supreme Court ruling made it the law of the land. “The day it became
Billy Porter has said that “LGBT+ Black folks are people too” in a passionate speech about racism and discrimination in the United States. The Pose star addressed anti-LGBT+ prejudice within the Black community in a video posted today (June 5), and spoke about the violence faced by Black trans women. “As a Black queer man