Drag Race France : U = U

Emotion sequence. During the fifth episode of “Drag Race France” (a drag queens competition broadcast on France TV slash) Thursday, July 21, Lolita Banana moved her drag competitors and a good part of the viewers by announcing that she was HIV positive. . The candidate from Mexico and who lives in Paris, confided in the workshop with a reassuring and optimistic message: “Everything is going well, there is no drama. I try to be very careful with my lifestyle and my physique. I want to show my parents and everyone watching me that being HIV-positive is no longer being skinny and sick,” explains Lolita Banana. “I am a gay, queer, drag queen, HIV-positive, Latino, immigrant adult… and I’m doing great! adds the drag queen. In the confessional, Lolita then explains to the camera the concept U = U (Indétectable = Intransmissible in French): “My viral load is undetectable, that means that I cannot transmit HIV”. A little later in the show, Lolita drives the point home by parading with the message U = U written on her hands. And Lolita Banana to pass on an important prevention message: “For people who are afraid to go get tested for HIV, know that we live very well today with HIV. On the other hand, if you’re scared and you don’t get tested, that’s the problem”. A rare moment of visibility for people living with HIV on a mainstream entertainment show. Hats off to the artist!