Never once to mince words, actor/singer/activist/dynamo Billy Porter has partnered with Equality California to release a special ad encouraging the queer people of the United States to vote.“The stakes in this election truly couldn’t be higher,” Rick Chavez Zbur, Equality California Executive Director said in a statement. “For the LGBTQ+ community and the diverse communities to which we belong, everything is on the line — civil rights, healthcare, gun safety reform, the environment and our democracy.