Pittsburgh Native Billy Porter Reveals He’s Been Living With HIV Since 2007

By Lisa Respers France, CNN
(CNN/KDKA) — Pittsburgh native Billy Porter made history by winning an Emmy in 2019 for his role as Pray Tell, a character who is HIV-positive, on the FX series “Pose.”
Now Porter has shared that he’s been drawing on his own life as an HIV-positive gay man for the role.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Porter revealed that he was first diagnosed 14 years ago.
The actor explained that in 2007 his life was in a bit of a shambles after