![]() After losing dear friends, Pray Tell was diagnosed with AIDS.īilly Porter was adjacent to the ballroom scene, and his new memoir, "Unprotected," shows some of the parallels between his life and Pray Tell's. The balls are celebratory, but as the series progressed and time elapsed, the AIDS epidemic kept getting worse, and a growing number of people in the community were dying. ![]() ![]() My guest, Billy Porter, won an Emmy in 2019 for his starring role in the FX series "Pose," set in the gay and trans underground ballroom scene of the late '80s and early '90s the culture that inspired Madonna's hit 1990 record "Vogue." Porter's character, known as Pray Tell, was the ball emcee and provided the commentary for ball competitions involving dancing, lip-synching and costumes. Porter says being open about his health status felt like a rebirth. ![]() Fourteen years after his initial diagnosis, the Pose actor revealed publicly that he is HIV-positive. ![]()
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