Billy Porter is still finding himself. In a new interview with People, the “Pose” star opens up about suffering childhood abuse and finding ways to overcome his trauma.
RELATED: Billy Porter Performs ‘Red Hot’ Cover Of The Club Classic ‘Caught In The Middle’ “At 52 years old, I am getting to the deepest parts of my truth,” Porter says. “I’m having a rebirth — on my own terms.” At a young age, Porter was a target for bullying, which was not taken seriously by his mother. “My Black queerness made everyone uncomfortable,” he says, recalling getting beaten up and sent to the hospital in the first grade, to which his mother told him, “They crucified Jesus, baby.
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