Billy Porter On Equinox Controversy: “Leave – That’s What Activism Is”

Billy Porter on FX’s acclaimed series POSE

POSE star Billy Porter told Variety his solution to the controversy over Equinox/SoulCycle owner Stephen Ross hosting a campaign fundraising event for Donald Trump is simple: “Leave.”

“That’s what activism is. It doesn’t work unless you hit these people where their bank accounts are.

“You don’t get to have these views and rape and pillage from us. That whole business is built on queer people, people of color, the whole business is built on that. So we need to go. It is an us and a they. That’s what it is. I didn’t do that part.

“That’s where we are and so therefore, my Equinox membership is canceled.”