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Billy Porter Voices His Support For The Black LGBTQ+ Community: ‘Our Lives Matter Too’

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05.06.2020 - 22:55

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Billy Porter is speaking out on behalf of the Black LGBTQ+ community. On Thursday, the “Pose” star shared a powerful video to his Instagram page, where he spoke about his personal experience with racial injustice as a queer Black man amid nationwide protests following the death of George Floyd.

Related: Billie Eilish Takes Knee During Black Lives Matter Protest “As Black people, we risk our lives every time we leave our homes.

As queer people of colour that risk is doubled,” Porter explained. “We move about our days sucking it up, hiding our pain and terror from the world, trying to make ourselves small, so white people and straight people feel comfortable.” He added, “Our parents try to prepare us for the realities of this world: the fact

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