Did You Know Billy Porter Almost Played Emmett on Queer As Folk?

Billy Porter, the Tony and Emmy Award actor most widely known for his role in FX’s groundbreaking LGBTQ+ series Pose, was almost cast on another trailblazing television show.  Queer as Folk co-stars Peter Paige and Scott Lowell joined Jess Rothchild for an episode of her podcast, Hot Takes […]

Billy Porter reveals why filming his first ever Sex Scene in “Pose” was so difficult

The romantic partnership between Pray Tell (Billy Porter) and Ricky (Dyllon Burnside) on Pose season two was one few saw coming, but as a rare depiction of two Black, gay, HIV-positive men getting down to it, it has become one of the most powerful images of the show’s sophomore […]

Cinderella remake to feature ‘genderless’ fairy godmother played by gay man

Cinderella’s fairy godmother will be portrayed as “genderless” by a homosexual male actor in a remake of the classic fairytale by Columbia Pictures. Emmy-award winning Billy Porter, who identifies with his same-sex attractions, will be cast as Cinderella’s magic-weaving godparent. Porter, celebrated in Broadway circles […]

Watch Billy Porter’s star-studded lip sync video for Love Yourselfl

Now is time to shine! Billy Porter has recruited several sickening celebrity guests to lip sync the house down for his new music video. The visual for empowering dance-pop anthem Love Yourself includes Porter’s closest friends such as Pose co-stars Mj Rodriguez, Ryan Jamal Swain, Dyllon Burnside, Jeremy […]

Gay actor Billy Porter will play the fairy godmother in the upcoming ‘Cinderella’ movie

Billy Porter, the gay 50-year-old actor who plays Pray Tell in the FX ballroom drama Pose, has been been cast to play the fairy godmother in Sony’s new live-action Cinderella movie, due out in 2021. The film will be a modern-take on the tale of an […]