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    Billy Porter's 11 Most Iconic Gender-Fluid Red Carpet Lewks

    Neal Broverman
    | 01/09/19

    Billy Porter's 11 Most Iconic Gender-Fluid Red Carpet Lewks

    The 91st Annual Academy Awards: The Pose star is changing how the world sees men and fashion.

    91st Annual Academy Awards

    Billy Porter attends the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

    Actor and singer Billy Porter is living right now. After years of success in the theater world -- including his Tony Award-winning role in Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein's Kinky Boots -- Porter is conquering TV, with his role as Pray Tell in the critically-acclaimed Pose. As the FX drama racks up awards, Porter is becoming a fixture on the red carpet, boldly donning gender-nonconforming fashions that are striking and singular. "One of the things I've realized is that I've always had a gender-fluid sensibility with clothes, and it was so squashed by homophobia," Porter recently told The New York Times, adding that designers haven't been the most accomodating when it comes to loaning him male and female styles. Undettered, Porter is rocking the red carpet in dresses, heels, and form-fitting jackets. Bring it on and smash the patriarchy, Billy! Check out all these lewks below.

    Billy Porter attends the 19th Annual AFI Awards at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on January 4, 2019 in Los Angeles. Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage

    9th Annual AFI Awards - Arrivals

    9th Annual AFI Awards - Arrivals

    Billy Porter attends the 19th Annual AFI Awards at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on January 4, 2019 in Los Angeles. Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage

    GLSEN Respect Awards

    GLSEN Respect Awards

    Billy Porter arrives at the GLSEN Respect Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on October 19, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. Photo by Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images

    'Head Over Heels' Broadway Opening Night

    'Head Over Heels' Broadway Opening Night

    Billy Porter attends the opening night of 'Head Over Heels' on Broadway at Hudson Theatre on July 26, 2018 in New York City. Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images

    Out Magazine's OUT100 Awards Celebration Presented By Lexus

    Out Magazine's OUT100 Awards Celebration Presented By Lexus

    Billy Porter attends Out magazine's OUT100 Awards Celebration Presented By Lexus at Quixote Studios on November 15, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic

    86th Annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony

    86th Annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony

    Billy Porter attends the 86th Annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at Rockefeller Center on November 28, 2018 in New York City. Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images

    TDF Honors Broadway's 'Kinky Boots'

    TDF Honors Broadway's 'Kinky Boots'

    Billy Porter attends TDF Honors Broadway's Kinky Boots at Marriott Marquis Times Square on March 20, 2017 in New York City. Photo by Bennett Raglin/WireImage

    'To Kill A Mockingbird' Broadway Opening Night

    'To Kill A Mockingbird' Broadway Opening Night

    Billy Porter attends the Broadway Opening Night Performance of To Kill A Mockingbird on December 13, 2018 at The Shubert Theatre in New York City. Photo by Walter McBride/WireImage

    'Notes From The Field' New York Screening

    'Notes From The Field' New York Screening

    Billy Porter attends the Notes From The Field New York screening at Museum of Modern Art on February 21, 2018 in New York City. Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images

    Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles' 7th Annual Voice Awards

    Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles' 7th Annual Voice Awards

    Billy Porter attends the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles' 7th Annual Voice Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center on May 5, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Greg Doherty/Getty Images

    Celebrities Visit Broadway

    Celebrities Visit Broadway

    Billy Porter as 'Lola' and Michael Sam pose backstage at the hit musical Kinky Boots on Broadway at The Al Hirshfeld Theater on November 3, 2014 in New York City. Photo by Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic

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