'AHS' star Billy Porter pens powerful essay on having suffered sexual abuse in childhood, uses it to urge people to vote

Porter pens a harrowing tale of how he was sexually abused by his stepdad in childhood while drawing parallels with Justice Brett Kavanaugh as 'a sexual predator, a liar, a drunk'.
PUBLISHED NOV 6, 2018

'Pose' and 'American Horror Story' star Billy Porter penned a powerful explicit essay about the past sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of his stepfather in the hope to get people to vote. In a detailed uncensored essay for Out, the 49-year-old actor opens the story with a warning. "Be advised this contains very explicit content. If that makes you uncomfortable I suggest you move on now. Because what we’re not gonna do is shame the victims any longer. I have written this piece to continue with the excavation of a healing for my soul, not the readers' comfort level. You’ve been warned," reads the introduction. The harrowing abuse he experienced was between the age of 9 and 13 when his stepfather groomed him with cuddling and spooning.

Billy Porter attends Opening Act's 12th Annual Benefit Play Reading 'Hear Me Here' At New World Stages on March 13, 2018 in New York City.
Billy Porter attends Opening Act's 12th Annual Benefit Play Reading 'Hear Me Here' At New World Stages on March 13, 2018 in New York City.

"Innocent enough, right?  I was longing for a father figure," states Porter. But the grooming by his stepfather escalated to him introducing baby Porter to porn starting from a softer magazine such as Playboy then to hardcore ones such as the Hustler magazine. 

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