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The Legendary Billy Porter, and Discussing a Hyperpartisan Supreme Court

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

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Do You Think Straight People Should Support LGBTQ Plus Projects?

Billie Eichner said that he felt like the movie didn't get the support from straight audiences that it needed to be a successful rom-com. Do you think Billie was right in what he said? Because a lot of people were mad. Here's the thing, the focus is wrong. And I'll say this until the day I die, that movie was made for us. But instead of marketing it to us, we're still made to believe that we're not valid and our stories aren't valid unless straight people co-sign on them. That's a problem. Look at Tyler Perry. Now, we actually have a business model.

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