Billy Porter on Being Unapologetically Himself: 'Bitches Are Scared, and They Should Be'

, designed by the Blonds, keeps me up at night. In a good way. Porter has said he wanted to be "walking art," and every red carpet is an opportunity to rise to that occasion. Since he's a reliable source of a Fashion Moment, I asked if he's always loved clothes this much, and with this clarity of vision. He took a moment to think.

"It was always an expression for me. I always wanted to do something different. I always wanted to express myself in my clothes differently. And I always had great taste. And expensive taste." He laughed to himself, a memory coming through the fog. "When I was 10, I could walk into a store for my Easter suit and scan the suits [he mimics pointing to one], and it would inevitably be the most expensive suite in the store.

Bottega Veneta jacket. Heather Huey eyepiece. Makeup colors: Brow InkTrio in Ebony and Crystal GelGloss lip gloss by Shiseido.The path to learning his value was in no way smooth. "The hetero normative construct that masculinity is better silenced me for many years. It was like my masculinity was in question before I could even comprehend the thought. I was sent to a psychologist at five years old because I was a sissy and my family was afraid. I love them. They didn't know.

"Flamboyance was a silencing mechanism for a long time with me. Flamboyant was code for ‘You're a faggot, and we don't want you.' Flamboyant was a word that was used to marginalize me and pigeonhole me and keep me in a box. You get in the room, you give them flamboyant, and then they come back to you with, ‘He's too flamboyant.' And that's when I started to want to murder people.

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