Download Audiobook Unprotected: A Memoir by Billy Porter in English

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From the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner, a strong and revealing autobiography about race, sexuality, and artwork.It’s simple to be your self when who and what you’re is in vogue. However rising up Black and homosexual in America has by no means been simple. Earlier than Billy Porter was slaying purple carpets and giving an iconic efficiency within the celebrated TV present Pose; earlier than he was the Tony Award-winning star of Broadway’s Kinky Boots; and earlier than he was an acclaimed recording artist, actor, playwright, and all-around diva, Porter was a younger boy who didn’t slot in. At 5 years previous he was despatched to remedy to repair his effeminacy. He was endlessly bullied at college, sexually abused by his stepfather, and got here of age in a world the place merely being himself was a relentless battle. Unprotected is the story of a singular artist in his personal phrases. It’s the story of a boy whose expertise, braveness, and determined dedication led him via numerous exhausting instances to the place he’s now; an icon whose refusal to again down within the face of adversity has made him an inspiration to hundreds of thousands. Porter is a multitalented, multifaceted treasure on the prime of his recreation. A hovering, resonant story, full of recent revelations, and shot via along with his beautiful wit, Unprotected will entertain and encourage.