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#TruthTelling: Rapper Mykki Blanco Reveals HIV Positive Status

By Trey Speegle on June 15, 2015 8:04 am

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Rapper, poet and performance artist Mykki Blanco just disclosed his HIV status. He is HIV positive. Blanco wrote on his Facebook page;

“I’ve been HIV Positive since 2011, my entire career. Fuck stigma and hiding in the dark, this is my real life. I’m healthy I’ve toured the world 3 times but I’ve been living in the dark, its time to actually be as punk as I say I am.”

Later, he offered a few more details;

“It’s just today for everyone else knowing but its been 5 years for me, meds, garlic, limes, yogurt lol world travel. I just cant be an image living in fear having people call me brave and it being a lie.”

His real name is Michael Quattlebaum, Jr and at times has identified as transgender. He has long been active in the fight for LGBT rights and told fans that he was arrested in Portugal a year ago for being gay, and he has been outspoken against Russia’s “gay propaganda” laws. His most recent release was last year’s Gay Dog Food. He announced that a new studio album is in the works too.

In a response to a fan’s comment, Blanco suggested that this “coming out” may alter his career, maybe against his will.

“The music industry ain’t gonna like i admitted this, so if a curator could help me move more into the art world that would be awesome.”

The latest CDC estimates of new HIV infections in the U.S. alone show that an estimated 47,500 people becoming newly infected with the virus in 2010. Anyone bringing awareness to this, especially in the public eye further reduces the stigma and shows that this is still a serious health issue.

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NOTE: Blanco is mostly referred to as “he”, as far as I’ve noticed in other media outlets, so that’s how I referred to him here. (via Rolling Stone)

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