Billy Porter has revealed that he is living with HIV, and has been for the past 14 years. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the Tony, Grammy and Emmy-winner recalls the tough times he endured in 2007 when he was diagnosed with Type-2 Diabetes and HIV, and also filed for bankruptcy. He says, "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. HIV-positive, where I come from, growing up in the Pentecostal church with a very religious family, is God's punishment." Porter says medical treatments have kept the virus virtually undetectable and is finally ready to tell the world, "This is what HIV-positive looks like now."
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