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Also, don’t forget to check out the details of our virtual Q&A below. The next one comes to you live on Friday.
You probably know Dyllón Burnside as Ricky on the hit FX show “Pose.” But did you know he got his start in a boy band and is spending his coronavirus summer in metro Atlanta fighting for racial justice?
Burnside put his apartment in Harlem in the rearview and relocated to Conyers as the coronavirus pandemic unfolded. That’s where his mom lives and the South is where the actor and singer spent much of his youth.
Even with production on Season 3 of “Pose” on hiatus thanks to the pandemic, Burnside is making the most of his time in Atlanta – and with his mom.
He dropped his debut single “Silence” earlier this month and the video for it was shot at his mom’s house – and she handled most of the videography for it. She’s played a big role in Burnside’s career, starting with managing the boy band “3D” when he was 12.
“My mom is not to be messed with. She is definitely a mama bear for her cub,” Burnside said in a new episode of Podcast Q.
On this new episode of Podcast Q, we talked with Burnside about the relationship with his mother, those sexy scenes in the “Silence” video she didn’t shoot and his tips for staying fit enough for those “Pose” crop tops.
But we also went deep to expand on his powerful message of racial justice and equality for black queer people at the Beauty in Colors Rally in Atlanta, his work with the People’s Uprising Task Force, the responsibility of portraying a black HIV-positive queer character in “Pose” and that steamy sex scene with Billy Porter – a first for both of them.
Photo courtesy Greg Vaughan
Live Q&A: Meet three LGBTQ officials waging war on coronavirus
With the coronavirus pandemic surging, elected officials across metro Atlanta are struggling with how to protect their communities. And for two LGBTQ municipal leaders, the battle has turned personal.
Chamblee’s Brian Mock and Mariah Parker in Athens-Clarke County – the first-ever LGBTQ elected officials in their areas – tested positive for the virus as they helped their municipalities navigate through the pandemic.
We’ll explore those issues and more on Friday in the next episode of Q Conversations, our live virtual Q&A series. Our conversation is with three LGBTQ elected officials on the frontlines of fighting the pandemic – Parker (photo center), an Athens-Clarke County Commissioner; Doraville City Council member Stephe Koontz (photo right); and Mock (photo left), a member of the Chamblee City Council. We’ll also answer your questions.
Register now for the July 31 episode of Q Conversations. (The event is free but registration is required.)
Can’t make the event on Friday? Register and we’ll share a recording of the conversation you can replay later.
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