{"id":2000082,"date":"2023-08-14T14:16:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T18:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billy-porter-still-mad-white-and-straight-harry-styles-wore-gown-on-vogue-cover-using-my-community\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T14:17:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T18:17:59","slug":"billy-porter-still-mad-white-and-straight-harry-styles-wore-gown-on-vogue-cover-using-my-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billy-porter-still-mad-white-and-straight-harry-styles-wore-gown-on-vogue-cover-using-my-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Porter remains upset about Harry Styles wearing a gown on the Vogue cover, feeling that it appropriates and exploits his community."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbilly-porter-still-mad-white-and-straight-harry-styles-wore-gown-on-vogue-cover-using-my-community%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2000082&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TV personality <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/celebrities\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Billy Porter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  recently shared his thoughts on the highly publicized 2020 issue of \u2063Vogue featuring musician <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/harry-styles\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harry Styles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  modeling a stunning Gucci gown. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Porter, 53,\u200b expressed his disappointment with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour&#8217;s decision\u200d to feature Styles, a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/lgbtq\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">straight<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  white man, as\u200d the magazine&#8217;s first male\u2063 solo cover model for the \u200bDecember 2020 issue, even though he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/au-serial-killer-bounced-from-prison-comes-out-as-transgender-woman-already-threatening-victims-family-report\/\" title=\"AU Serial Killer Bounced From Prison Comes Out As Transgender Woman, Already Threatening Victim\u2019s Family: Report\u00a0\">cross-dressing<\/a> at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt doesn&#8217;t\u2063 sit well with me. You&#8217;re using\u200b my community \u2014 or your people are using my community \u200b\u2014 to elevate yourself. You haven&#8217;t had to make any sacrifices,\u201d Porter\u200b expressed during a \u2064recent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/music\/interviews\/billy-porter-interview-harry-styles-vogue\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">interview<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  with The Telegraph.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-movie-remakes-that-tried-swapping-genders-and-flopped\/\" title=\"6 Movie Remakes That Tried Swapping Genders\u2026 And Flopped\">talented star<\/a> of &#8220;Pose&#8221; recalled an earlier conversation \u2064he had with Wintour before the cover was\u200c released. \u201cThat b**** asked \u2062me, &#8216;How can we improve?&#8217; And I was caught off guard, so I didn&#8217;t say what I should have said,\u201d Porter \u2064revealed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cUse your power as \u200cVogue to amplify the voices of the\u200c leaders in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billy-porter-still-mad-white-and-straight-harry-styles-wore-gown-on-vogue-cover-using-my-community\/\" title=\"Billy Porter remains upset about Harry Styles wearing a gown on the Vogue cover, feeling that it appropriates and exploits his community.\">gender-neutral fashion \u200dmovement<\/a>,\u201d the actor continued. \u201cSix months later, Harry Styles is on the cover.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Porter clarified that he isn&#8217;t\u200c angry\u200c with Styles, but rather disappointed with Vogue&#8217;s &#8220;gatekeepers.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt&#8217;s\u2063 not Harry Styles&#8217; fault that he&#8217;s white, cute, straight, and fits into the existing \u2064structure&#8230; I&#8217;m calling out the gatekeepers,\u201d \u200dPorter emphasized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This\u2062 isn&#8217;t the first time the &#8220;Cinderella&#8221; alum \u2064has voiced his concerns \u200babout the same Vogue cover. In an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/pose-star-billy-porter-did-i-ever-think-id-be-this-successful-no-because-im-gay-k59wszd5p\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">interview<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  \u200c with The Sunday Times in October 2021,\u200d he stated, \u201cI feel like \u200cthe\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gravy-train-keeps-rolling-for-second-stepdaughter-ella-emhoff\/\" title=\"Gravy Train Keeps Rolling for Second Stepdaughter Ella Emhoff\">fashion industry<\/a>\u200b has accepted me because they have to. \u2063I started the \u200bconversation [about nonbinary fashion], and \u200dyet \u200bVogue still chose to \u2063put Harry Styles, a straight \u200bwhite man, in a dress on their cover for the first \u2064time,\u201d Porter expressed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI was the pioneer, and now everyone \u2064is \u200bdoing it,\u201d he continued. \u201cI&#8217;m not criticizing Harry Styles, but&#8230; He doesn&#8217;t care, he&#8217;s just following the trend. This is political for me. This is my life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After facing criticism, Porter further\u200b explained \u200dhis comments during an appearance on \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt&#8217;s about the systems of oppression and erasure of people of\u200b color \u200bwho contribute to the culture,\u201d he clarified at the time. \u201cI&#8217;m sorry, \u2063Harry. I didn&#8217;t mean any harm. I&#8217;m a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lgbtq-critics-denounce-james-cordens-golden-globe-nomination\/\" title=\"LGBTQ Critics Denounce James Corden\u2019s Golden Globe Nomination\">gay man<\/a>. We like\u2063 Harry. He&#8217;s cute.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV personality Billy Porter criticized Vogue&#8217;s decision to feature Harry Styles in a Gucci gown on their 2020 cover. 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