Billy Porter has hit out at Vogue's decision to use a straight, white male for their first gender neutral fashion shoot.
Last November, Harry, 27, made history as the first solo male cover star of US Vogue in its 127 years, in a shoot which saw him wear a Gucci dress and feminine garments.
The shoot caused controversy, including backlash from US commentator Candace Owens, but Billy, 52, has revealed his issue with the cover was their choice of star.
Hitting out: Billy Porter hit out at Vogue for featuring a straight white male in their first gender neutral fashion shoot (pictured in a Christian Siriano tuxedo dress at the 2019 Oscars)
Pose actor Billy - who often wears dresses at red carpet events - explained: 'I created the conversation [about non-binary fashion] and yet Vogue still put Harry Styles, a straight white man, in a dress on their cover for the first time.
'I’m not dragging Harry Styles, but he is the one you’re going to try and use to represent this new conversation? He doesn’t care, he’s just doing it because it’s the thing to do.
'This is politics for me. This is my life. I had to fight my entire life to get to the place where I could wear a dress to the Oscars and not be gunned now. All he has to do is be white and straight.'
Iconic: Harry Styles, 27, made history in November as the first solo male cover star of US Vogue in its 127 years, in a shoot which saw him wear a dress and feminine garments
Comments: The shoot caused controversy, including backlash from US commentator Candace Owens, but Billy has revealed his issue with the cover was their choice of star
Billy, was the first gay black man to win a lead acting Emmy for his portrayal of Pray Tell in Pose, about the drag ball culture of Eighties New York, went on to insist that he 'personally changed the game' for a wave of men embracing skirts and
