Billy Porter has revealed that he has been living with HIV for the past 14 years.Porter, who plays the HIV-positive character Pray Tell in Pose, opened up about his diagnosis during a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
He told the publication that he was diagnosed back in 2007, which he said was “the worst year of my life”.“By February, I had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
By March, I signed bankruptcy papers. And by June, I was diagnosed HIV-positive,” Porter explained.“The shame of that time compounded with the shame that had already [accumulated] in my life silenced me, and I have lived with that shame in silence for 14 years.
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