'Our light has to come from within.' Billy Porter on directing the trans coming-of-age story 'Anything’s Possible'
yourself. We have to do it ourselves. Our hope, our light has to come from within. Once we do that, nothing can stop us.”Billy Porter at Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival's opening night galaat Outfest, Porter also received the organization’s Achievement Award, honoring his groundbreaking contributions to LGBTQ+ activism and art.
Damien S. Navarro, Executive Director of Outfest and a native of Los Angeles, remembers his first time at Outfest, too: attending one of the festival’s screenings at “19 or 20, with all the stars still in my eyes.” Navarro says he’s proud of the festival’s legacy of activism, relating the story of a sit-in at Los Angeles County offices by members of the festival’s board and staff that took place in the 1990s after the county announced intentions to cut the festival’s funding. Outfest has also honored and been home to some of the most pioneering and iconic work by queer storytellers like Daniel Ribeiro, Sir Ian McKellan, Jamie Babbit, and Elliot Page.
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