Billy Porter doesn't do anything halfway. Always one to light up a red carpet, a scene or a room, the Pose actor has now shaken up the magazine industry by being the first male-identifying person to grace the cover of Allure magazine.
Great art connects emotionally. It makes you think. It takes risks. One person who seems like the living embodiment of that is our cover star, Billy Porter. In all of its 29 years and 345 issues, Allure has never featured a man on its cover — until today. So I'm thrilled to have the Pose star as our first.
But I want to emphasize: Billy Porter is not on our cover because of his gender. Although he's been a face for the growing number of famous men branching outside the red carpet's typical tux-and-tie, he — like all of us — can't be defined by one facet.