Billy Porter wants his props. The actor and musician was one of the first to introduce gender-bending styles to the red carpet. But he is often overlooked for major fashion opportunities.

One of those opportunities was the chance to appear as the first solo male on the cover of Vogue Magazine. The opportunity was afforded to former One Direction star Harry Styles in December 2020. Styles famously appeared in a Gucci gown for Vogue's December 2020 issue.

“It doesn’t feel good to me. You’re using my community — or your people are using my community — to elevate you. You haven’t had to sacrifice anything,” Porter told The Telegraph. 

He also said that he had an in-depth conversation with magazine editor Anna Wintour months prior to the cover.

"That bitch said to me at the end, ‘How can we do better?’ And I was so taken off guard that I didn’t say what I should have said,” said Porter when recalling his convo with Wintour.

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As he recounted the story, he said that he should have told Wintour,  "Use your power as Vogue to uplift the voices of the leaders of this de-gendering of fashion movement."

"Six months later, Harry Styles is the first man on the cover,” he added.

Porter was clear that it isn't the "As It Was" singer that he blamed for the slight. "It’s not Harry Styles’ fault that he happens to be white and cute and straight and fit into the infrastructure that way … I call out the gatekeepers."

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Per PEOPLE, the interview with The Telegraph isn't the first time that Porter has specifically called out the cover. In October 2021, he told The Sunday Times, "I feel like the fashion industry has accepted me because they have to. I created the conversation [about nonbinary fashion] and yet Vogue still put Harry Styles, a straight white man, in a dress on their cover for the first time."

"I was the first one doing it and now everybody is doing it," Porter added. "I'm not dragging Harry Styles, but… He doesn't care, he's just doing it because it's the thing to do. This is politics for me. This is my life."