Jennifer Yuma editorThe Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation will honor actor, activist and fashion icon Billy Porter at the Elizabeth Taylor Ball to End AIDS fundraising gala on Sept.
17.The “Cinderella” actor will be joining previously announced honorees Dr. Anthony Fauci, amFAR and Sandra Thurman. All four will receive an Elizabeth Taylor Commitment to End AIDS award.Porter’s work as Pray Tell on “Pose” has earned him the Emmy award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series and another nomination this year for the show’s final season.
Porter revealed in May that he is HIV-positive. Talking with Variety‘s Marc Malkin on Monday night at the “Cinderella” premiere, Porter said of going public with his diagnosis, “I hope it has done something.
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