Billy Porter Reveals He’s HIV-Positive In ‘THR’ Cover Story: ‘There’s No More Stigma’
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etcanada.comBilly Porter is breaking his silence. Appearing on the new cover of The Hollywood Reporter, the 51-year-old “Pose” star reveals his HIV-positive diagnosis 14 years ago.
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I was trying to have a life and a career, and I wasn’t certain I could if the wrong people knew. It would just be another way for people to discriminate against me.” He explains, “I was embarrassed.
I was ashamed. I was the statistic that everybody said I would be.” Porter talks about his concern over the stigma that would follow him had he been open about the diagnosis. “It wasn’t a fear that [my status] was
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