In 2019, Billy Porter cemented his place in history as the first openly gay Black man to be nominated for — and then the first to win — a lead acting award at the Primetime Emmys.
On Tuesday he received his third consecutive nomination for best actor in a drama for his portrayal of Pray Tell in the groundbreaking FX series “Pose.” (Jeremy Strong of “Succession” won the award in 2020.) But this year feels different, he said, and not just because “Pose,” set in New York’s ball scene of the 1980s and 1990s, wrapped up its acclaimed three-season run in June.