Release Date

05 Jun, 2025

Runtime

01:40: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Love is for everyone!

Surviving childhood abuse during his upbringing in Baltimore, Archbishop Carl Bean forged a path to New York and Hollywood to do the one thing he knew he was put on earth to do: sing. Making his mark first as a gospel singer, Bean got the break of his life when Motown tapped him in 1977 to record the disco song “I Was Born This Way,” which quickly became the first gay anthem at a time when it was uncommon to be out and proud. When the AIDS crisis hit, however, Bean soon found himself drawn to a different calling: compassionate activism. Instead of pursuing the momentum of his promising music career, he founded the Minority AIDS Project and the Unity Fellowship Church — the first LGBTQ+ church for people of color.

Original Title

I Was Born This Way

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Actors

Carl Bean

Billy Porter

Questlove

Lady Gaga

Dionne Warwick

Maxine Waters

Crew

Sam Pollard

Daniel Junge

Jerry Henry

Jed Alan

Wellington Love

Jed Alan

Daniel Junge

Tessa Malsam

Davis Coombe

John Jennings Boyd

DeAndre James Allen-Toole

Questlove

Billy Porter

Jamie Lee Curtis