Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 498

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BY EILEEN SHAPIRO
CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT
BILLY PORTER
TALKS ABOUT HIS MOVIE DIRECTING DEBUT:
ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE
Celebrated Tony and Emmy winner, star of Pose and Broadway, actor/
singer/songwriter, fashion icon and activist Billy Porter has earned
quite the cachet for his directorial feature debut with the romantic Gen
Z coming of age story Anything’s Possible via Orion Pictures and ALP/
Killer Film Productions. The film will air globally and exclusively on
Prime Video on July 22, 2022 and stars Eva Reign, Abubakr Ali, and
Renée Elise Goldsberry.
The film follows a
trans high school
girl, Kelsa, as she
navigates through
her senior year.
After classmate
Khal gets the
courage to ask her
out, a romance
transpires full of
the joy, tenderness
and pain of young
love.
PHOTO CREDIT: SHAVONNE WONG
I had a
conversation with
Billy regarding his
experience on the
other side of the
camera, as well as
writing six songs
on the soundtrack,
following his
vivaciously
decadent
BET Awards
extravaganza…

INTERVIEW
Congratulations on your
directorial debut! How
does it feel to be on the
other side?
It’s great! Everything I ever
dreamed of.
Is this something you’ve
always wanted to do or
did the opportunity come
along and you just said,
“Why not?”?
Yes, I have always wanted
to direct. I started directing
in theater. I directed in
theater for over 20 years.
I’m excited to be making
the crossover.
So, how is this different
for you than the
theater? What are your
challenges?
The biggest challenge for
me is that in the theater,
you are rehearsing to
create a story that you
perform every day from
beginning to end at the
same time. So you have
the first day you’re at
rehearsal and then you
go all the way to opening
night. The thing about film
and television is you’re
expected to go from the
first day of rehearsal
to opening night with
everything multiple times a
day. That’s exhausting. And
that’s the greatest way to
describe it because when
you’re directing a play,
depending on what you’re
doing, you have two to six
weeks to rehearse to get to
opening night. When you
are directing a film, you
have two hours to get to
opening night. So that’s the
challenge and that’s the big
difference.
This is a great film.
I thought the lead
character was a lot like
you, for some reason.
Bubbly and fun. What
audience are you mainly
hoping to have an impact
on?
I don’t care. I want
everybody to come and see
this and be transformed.
I don’t want to put a limit
on who that can be. God
knows I’m surprised every
day by the kinds of people
who approach me on the
street and say I’ve changed
them in some way. I look
at a person and go, “Oh,
never in a million years did
I think I would impact you.”
So I’m not going to put any
limits on it.
The subject matter is
not a usual matter for
mainstream people, but
I think the movie affects
everybody. I have nine
grandchildren and they
are all different ages,
ranging from six to high
school, and all my kids
are teachers too. One of
them, who is 11, has a
best friend that is trans.
So the subject matter
does affect everybody,
but I think the question is:
Do you hope the younger
kids learn from this or
high school kids?
Well, the ones that need
to learn are adults. Clearly.
The kids are teaching us.
The kids don’t care. We’re
in a whole new place in the
world, which is why there
is so much rollback, there
is so much fear. The new
generation doesn’t care.
The progress has already
happened. It has already
taken hold. There ain’t no
going back. You can slow
it down a little bit, but there
ain’t no going back and
everybody knows it. That’s
why there is panic and
pandemonium right now.
When I go and I speak to
the kids, I listen, which is
what we should do. We
should take children more
seriously. Listen and learn
something. That is what’s
so exciting for me about
this movie, and I hope that
people can see it in the
spirit it’s being given, which
is love and kindness and
compassion. Everybody is
worthy. Even if you don’t
understand it, even if you
don’t agree with it, that’s
not the conversation.
The conversation is that
everybody’s humanity is
worth it.
So, when you first got this
movie and you read the
script and decided you
were going to direct it,
what kind of feeling was
that?
First of all, I have been
trying to be a film and
television director for over
two decades. So, euphoric
joy was the first thing. The
second feeling was WOW.
I chose a long time ago
my authenticity, my truth. I
made the choice to be sure
that I fused my art with that.

The service of my
queerness. The service of
my authenticity being put out
into the world. Sometimes
just being who you are is
a revolutionary act. So,
with that said, to get to this
space where I get to share
that energy with the world is
transformative. I am thrilled.
Will you go on directing?
Yes, of course. I didn’t come
here to do it once and then
leave.
Do you have a favorite
scene?
There are two scenes. The
first one is the scene where
Kelsa’s mother finds out
that she’s been posting
her transition online and a
mother’s fear comes out.
And there is a big blowout
with this black mother who is
very supportive of her trans
daughter. The bookend of
that comes a little bit later
when they’re in the car
together and she says to her
daughter, “You are magical.
You are my little girl.” It’s just
really emotional. It’s really
subversive when you think
about the black community’s
relationship to the LGBTQ+
community. It’s tenuous at
best. And it’s time for these
conversations to expand.
We get to do that with
this movie–without finger
wagging or shaming. And I
love that; that’s what art gets
to do.
The movie was touching, it
was funny, it was moving.
If you could have me ask
you any question about it
or anything on the planet,
what would that be and
how would you answer?
I don’t know. My brain is too
fried. I don’t know.
Is there anything else that
you feel you want to talk
about with the movie–
maybe your biggest
triumph with the movie?
I hope people can receive
it with the spirit it’s been
given. And there’s a
soundtrack coming. I wrote
six new songs. I think that
in alignment with the film, it
makes it very special. The
soundtrack is pretty much
with all queer artists, which
is really also very significant.
It comes out the same day
as the movie.
Are you performing the
songs?
I perform some of them.
What was your biggest
inspiration while directing
this? What motivated
you? What drove you?
I was motivated by the
necessity of this archetype
of Kelsa and this community
that she exists in. To
show the world what we
should be doing. It’s an
aspirational tale. Some
people experience this
type of support and love.
Most do not. Hopefully, this
will show folks how to do
it. Artists have that ability
and responsibility. I am just
grateful.

Do you
consider it
a real life
movie? How
close to real
life do you
think the
movie is or do
you hope it
becomes?
I do think it’s
an aspirational
tale, but I also
feel we’re on
the way. How
many times
have you
seen a black
President
in film or
television
before we
had a black
President?
That’s the
power of art.
So I hope I can
contribute to
that.

BY JIM SILVESTRI
FANS ARE GETTING
MORE OF KIMMI MORE!
Interview >>>
Thotyssey: Hello, Kimmi.
Thanks for chatting! How
was your Pride?
Kimmi Moore: It was filled
with strep throat for me!
But it was great to see
everyone working so hard
and thriving.
Oh, no. I hope you’re
feeling better! Your drag
sisterhood the Assassins
are fully busy both on
Fire Island and in NYC.
It’s so MUCH! How do you
all do all these shows all
over the place and remain
so lovely and seemingly
sane? Let me guess...
magic?
Haha! Oh, Jim, “seemingly
sane” is the greatest way to
put that. Hmm, therapy and
meditation on the beach.
This life is absolute vodka
wild.
The Assassins have a
whole collective aesthetic
and a specific vibe
(dancing cabaret rockstar
courtesan sorceresses),
but you all also bring your
own individual gifts to the
mix. You are the dance
A founding member
of the tremendously
popular New York
drag coven the
Assassins, dance
diva Kimmi Moore
has cast a new spell
on us, care of a
brand new banger
and music video.
pop diva with original
bangers! What came first
for you, music or drag?
Music. I’ve been singing,
playing, and writing since I
was young. I learned piano
at a young age, sang in
choir and so much more. I
also did a lot of community
theater and directed shows
myself.
You released “My Head”
in 2018 and “One Night,”
which I declare slaps
really hard, in 2019... both
with really vibrant, fun,
choreographed videos.
How hands on and in
charge are you through
the whole process, from
songwriting to recording
to filming the videos?
I am sometimes a little too
hands on. I’m very specific
about my art. The previous
two singles I wrote myself
and had producers to help
me finish the music.
Read full interview on Thotyssey.com | Follow @itskimmimoore

My newest single, “Latin Lips”, is
completely written and produced by
myself. I am very proud of it. The
nightmare of quarantine had a little bit
of a bright side, in which I had time to
sit down and focus my energy on some
positive things.
What, or rather, um, who…inspired
that song?
I actually went to school for Spanish
and wanted to put that to use and
combine it with my love for music.
Spanish language and culture have
always been something I admired.
Oh, and I’m still paying off those damn
student loans. Haha.
Are you enjoying performing this
one live?
Oh yes, I performed at my release
party this Friday and I perform it at
most shows. My friends/bartenders at
Cherry’s get up on stage and dance
with me. It’s such a fun time. I love that
I have a job where I get to have fun
and make magic with my friends and
colleagues.
And the choreography and visuals in
the song’s video are so fun.
Yes! I’m so beyond grateful for the
friendship I have with [fellow Assassin]
Nick Gaga. He is a creative genius,
and he has believed in me so much.
He directed, filmed, did artwork, and
conceptualized looks. This is just the
start of our work together, and I can’t
wait to see what we are going to do
next.
There were about 20 people involved
in this project, and I am so grateful for
them. A huge thank you to everyone
who supports me. It’s just the start of
my career and it would not be possible
without the love. As an independent
artist, every stream counts, so put the
song and video on repeat and let’s get
a drag queen to the Billboard awards!
Thanks, Kimmi!

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