Billy Porter is well-known for his extravagant red carpet looks. Toni Anne Barson / Getty Images
Billy Porter criticised Vogue's December cover that featured Harry Styles wearing a dress for first time.
Porter said to The Sunday Times Styles was wrong because "he doesn’t care".
Porter claimed that he "created a conversation" about men wearing clothing worn by women, and Porter agreed.
Billy Porter criticised Vogue in an interview with The Sunday Times' Style magazine, because Harry Styles was the first man to wear dresses on the cover.
Vogue was criticized last year by Candace Owens, a conservative commentator, and members of the LGBTQ community for its Harry Styles cover. Owens said that Vogue had portrayed a white, cisgender male in a movement that was largely founded from transgender people of colour.
Porter spoke out in a Sunday Times interview to praise the rise of men wearing dresses and skirts, ahead of his memoir "Unprotected".
Porter stated, "I changed the entire game." Porter said, "I. Personally. Modified. The. The. Game. That is not an act of ego. It is simply fact. It was my first attempt, and it is now the norm for everyone."
Emmy-winning actor, who also won the Emmy Award, said: "I feel that the fashion industry accepted me because they must. Here's why I'm not convinced. "I started the conversation about non-binary fashion and Vogue still featured Harry Styles, a straight white male, on the cover of their magazine for the first.
Styles has not publicly endorsed the LGBTQ community, but he has never been open about his sexuality. Styles' extravagant fashion sense has made him stand out over the years. Styles explained to Vogue that he does not like "limiting" his choices when it comes clothing.
"I'm not dragging Harry Styles. But he's the one you're going try to use to represent this new conversation." Porter stated in an interview that he doesn't care and is just doing it because it's the right thing to do. This is politics to me. This is my life. To be able to wear a gown to the Oscars without being shot now, I had to fight for my whole life. He just needs to be straight and white."
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