Hollywood star Billy Porter says he wants Kamala Harris and Tim Waltz to “go further” on transgender issues, adding that he wants the press to censor President Donald Trump when it comes to his opposition to sex-reassignment surgery for children.
Billy Porter, an openly gay man who frequently wears women’s clothing in public, spoke to CBS News during an interview at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday.
At one point during the interview, a CBS News reporter asked Porter whether the Harris-Waltz pairing could go further on transgender issues.
“Personally, I think they could have gone further,” he responded, “but I also realize that this is a political issue, so the message needs to stay within the political sphere.”
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Taking to the stage on the second day of the Democratic National Convention, Billy Porter spoke out against bills that would restrict transgender rights, saying, “If you don’t like trans people, just focus on yourself. Finally, someone said that, huh? We’re in America. We can be different. We can agree to…” pic.twitter.com/nJh9CxdFdP
—CBS News (@CBSNews) August 20, 2024
Both Kamala Harris and Tim Walz have embraced transgenderism and drag queens during their political careers.
A recently uncovered video shows Kamala Harris bragging that, as Attorney General of California, she made taxpayer-funded gender reassignment surgery available to all transgender inmates in California’s prisons.
Here, Kamala boasts about her efforts to ensure that “all transgender inmates in prisons” have access to taxpayer-funded gender reassignment surgery. pic.twitter.com/YRukQk7b6y
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) July 30, 2024
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s move to require tampons in boys’ bathrooms in public schools earned him the nickname “Tampon Tim.”
Kamala Harris recently RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars There she promoted voter registration.
In an interview with CBS News, Billy Porter slammed the mainstream media for reporting that Donald Trump opposes gender-reassignment medical procedures for children.
“It’s tiring, it’s uncomfortable. It’s not working anymore. It’s only working because we keep giving it oxygen. It’s time to stop,” he said.
When a CBS News reporter countered that, as the Republican presidential candidate, Trump’s policies were newsworthy, Porter further argued, “You killed it, right? You say, this is ridiculous, we’re not going to cover it anymore.”
As Breitbart News reported, a recent poll found that nearly six in ten Americans, or 58 percent, oppose sex-change drugs or surgery for minors.
Despite his relative obscurity outside of Hollywood and the gay community, Billy Porter has become a regular presence at Democratic Party events.
Porter was spotted dancing alongside Doug Emhoff and Kamala Harris at the White House Juneteenth Party earlier this summer, and even kissed Kamala Harris’ hand that night.
This photo shows Billy Porter giving a speech. @VP Harris at the Juneteenth concert!
📸: Susan Walsh pic.twitter.com/SFwQiOSfi6
— The Best of Kamala Harris (@archivekamala) June 11, 2024
In 2020, he appeared at the Democratic National Convention to endorse Joe Biden, performing a bizarre dance interpretation of Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth.”
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