Billy Porter Calls Out Anna Wintour and Harry Styles Over Singer's 2020 'Vogue' Cover in a Dress
etonline.comHarry Styles became 's first-ever solo male cover star — notably in a dress — the milestone remains a point of contention for Billy Porter.
In a new interview with, Porter — who has become an icon of gender-bending style — once again calls out the historic cover and the people responsible for it, including Editor-in-Chief Anna WintourAt a Q&A with Wintour in front of Condé Nast staff months before the cover's release, she asked him an unexpected question, Porter recalls to. “That b**ch said to me at the end, ‘How can we do better?’ And I was so taken off guard that I didn’t say what I should have said," he tells.
The answer Porter wishes he gave Wintour was, “Use your power as to uplift the voices of the leaders of this de-gendering of fashion movement."«Six months later,» he says, «Harry Styles is the first man on the cover.»For Porter, there are other people that should be blamed. «It’s not Harry Styles’ fault that he happens to be white and cute and straight and fit into the infrastructure that way,» he says. «I call out the gatekeepers.”As for Styles, Porter says the singer is “white and he’s straight.
That’s why he’s on the cover. Non-binary blah blah blah blah. No. It doesn’t feel good to me. You’re using my community — or your people are using my community — to elevate you.
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