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Alexandra Billings talks her book ‘This Time for Me,’ being HIV survivor

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Actress, singer, author, teacher, and HIV activist Alexandra Billings has long been blazing trails. She became one of the first out trans actresses to play a trans role on television, in the 2005 TV prequel “Romy and Michele: In the Beginning.” She’s appeared in numerous films and TV shows throughout her career (including “How to Get Away with Murder” and “Grey’s Anatomy”) and received critical acclaim for her scene-stealing role as Davina on the hit Amazon series “Transparent.” Alexandra Billings also showed her musical theater chops when she starred as Madame Morrible in the Broadway mega-hit “Wicked” in 2019.

Arguably her work in “Transparent” has been some of her most groundbreaking. In addition to being the first out trans actress to do a full-frontal nude scene on TV, she also influenced the show’s writers to include HIV narratives in the series. “Transparent” costar Trace Lysette “and I don’t have to join the revolution.

We are the fucking revolution,” said Billings in a 2018 interview with Plus, commenting on Hollywood’s responsibility to tell queer and trans stories. “We’re loud.

We’re big. We took up enormous space. What are you going to do?’” In her new memoir, Alexandra Billings talks about working in Hollywood, her past sex work, and being a longtime HIV survivor.

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