Billy Porter credits Anna Wintour with helping him make “the most fashionable entrance in Met Gala history” by approving his request “to arrive at the Met as an Egyptian sun king surrounded by six young men with no shirts on”
last year — carried on a throne by six shirtless male attendants while dripping in gold, emboldened with wings and wearing a custom ensemble by The Blonds —proclaimed: “Billy Porter Just Made the Most Fashionable Entrance in Met Gala History.” The Emmy-winningstar credits Anna Wintour with helping him rewrite fashion's history books at the iconic event as she oversees the Costume Institute benefit and organizes the coveted invite list.
We see that if we look back to the '80s and the AIDS crisis. I'm sure you've been thinking about it a lot after losing Larry Kramer, who was such an incredible icon for all of us, and if you remember how the fashion community came together at a time when, honestly, even in a city like New York, people were not really talking about the devastation of the AIDS epidemic and what it meant. There were people in society that didn't even want to mention the name.
Thank you for facilitating and helping me fulfill it. I have to say, you have been a part of the group of people that's opened the door for me to be whatever it is that we're calling me being at this point — I just live it. I showed up and it’s been great.
I feel so honored to have been invited. Was there a moment in your life, like an inciting incident or an inflection moment where you became aware of the LGBTQ community? Did your relationship evolve over time or were you always an ally? I was right in the middle of it. I came out as queer in 1985 at 16 years old. It was "gay" then — now we call it "queer" — but it was the middle of the AIDS crisis. We went straight to the front lines to fight for our lives. Speaking of a Larry Kramer, you know, it was the summer of '89 and I was doingin New Jersey at Montclair State University. The ensemble boys invited me to Gay Pride, and we met at Fifth Avenue right in front of Saks Fifth Avenue, in that church.
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