The French version of Rupaul’s Drag has landed in France! Indeed, since June 25, 2022, the show, which has been hugely successful across the Atlantic, has arrived on France 2 and France.tv Slash… And the least we can say is that the fifth episode of the show moved viewers!
The reason ? Thursday, July 21, Lolita Banana, one of the candidates of the show, took the time to tell the other candidates of the show that she was living with HIV. A touching confession that upset his comrades as well as the jury of the program.
Secondly, Lolita Banana also spoke via her Instagram account. In a post dated July 23, 2022, the drag queen indeed opened up about her HIV status “I have been living with HIV for just over 10 years. It’s been 10 years since I’ve been undetectable, therefore untransmittable. I often see on dating sites that people keep saying that being negative is being “clean”, as if people like me are dirty. »
And to add: “In 2022 and especially here in France, we live very well with HIV, treatments are more and more effective, but serophobia like transphobia, homophobia and all types of discrimination continue to kill people today. My struggle, the struggle of my community, is against all types of discrimination. I’m a gay, queer, Latino, immigrant, HIV-positive man and I’m very proud of everything I am.”, concluded the man of Mexican origin. A magnificent message that has upset the Web.
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Lisa Z