{"id":50704,"date":"2017-02-27T18:45:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T23:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/billy-porter-receives-the-hrc-visibility-award\/"},"modified":"2017-02-27T18:45:38","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T23:45:38","slug":"billy-porter-receives-the-hrc-visibility-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/billy-porter-receives-the-hrc-visibility-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Porter Receives the HRC Visibility Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Billy Porter Receives the HRC Visibility Award<\/b><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/VGyAulkGryo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Billy Porter Receives the HRC Visibility Award\"><br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VGyAulkGryo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Broadway powerhouse Billy Porter was honored with HRC&#8217;s Visibility Award at the 2016 HRC Philadelphia Gala this past weekend. 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