Billy Porter Breaks Down Pose's Groundbreaking Sex Scene and How It Affected Him as a Gay Black Man

Warning: Spoilers ahead for the Pose!

Things got real on the Aug. 6 episode of Pose, appropriately titled “Revelations.” In the episode, Pray Tell (Billy Porter) is helping Ricky (Dyllon Burnside) now that Ricky has tested HIV-positive. As the two spend an evening together going over how Ricky can take care of himself and then relaxing with a movie, one thing leads to another and they end up in bed together. As the smooth tones of Babyface play in the background, the two share an intimate night, something that Porter says meant a lot to him as a 50-year-old gay, black performer.

Porter tells the 2019 TCA Summer press tour audience that TV shows “generally cut our d*cks off” when it comes to showing gay male relationships, but even when they do show gay male relationships, it’s usually “white boys.”

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