 Michael Billy About Us: Our HostAt age 14, a gang of 15 high school students brutally assaulted Michael in front of his school. "There goes the faggot!" one of the gang yelled, while another student threw Michael against a fence, still others carried him off and tried to stuff him in a garbage can. "Kill the faggot!" they screamed. Michael eventually escaped and later filed hate crime charges.
Now 25, Michael Billy, a New Jersey native, has become a national leader for gay and lesbian youth and is an ardent advocate for an end to homophobia. He was invited by President and Mrs. Clinton to attend the White House Conference on School Safety. While there, Michael met with Attorney General Janet Reno to discuss the need for federal hate crime laws.
Michael has appeared on or has been interviewed by CNN NewsStand, The Advocate, MTV, The Leeza Gibbons Show, Fresh Air, WHYY-FM, XY magazine, MSNBC, CNN, The Ricki Lake Show, and Frontiers Newsmagazine (which included him in its 1999 "Hometown Heroes" special issue.) Michael received the Equality Award from the Human Rights Campaign (1999) and the Sue Anne Big Crow Award for civil rights and education from the National Education Association (2000.)
With a background in journalism, he joined Sirius Satellite Radio in the fall of 2006 as a news writer and anchor for the Out Q News and later joined the Frank DeCaro Show. At present you can hear him on the Alex Bennet Program on Sirius Left from 9 till noon weekdays.
Contact Michael: 212.255.6012 mbilly@inthelifetv.org |