• Billy Porter is HIV-positive.
  • Although he found out in 2007, he just shared his diagnosis this week.
  • Billy kept his news to himself because he didn’t want anyone to discriminate him professionally.
  • He didn’t tell his mother because he didn’t want to put her through anymore persecution because of his lifestyle.
  • When he told her, she chided him for keeping it to himself because she loved him.
  • Now that Billy’s secret is out, he says he feels free.