Chicago-based rapper KC Ortiz just released this super cute vid, with a really important message about HIV awareness and prevention. In conjunction with other LGBT influencers and Howard Brown Health– an organization eliminating the disparities in healthcare experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people- Ortiz’s cover of Salt-N-Pepa’s Let’s Talk About Sex is reigniting a necessary discussion about sexual behavior, Check it out below, featuring gay rapper Big Dipper…and several Chicago queens, including Lucy Stoole, DJs [X]P and All the Way Kay and comic Tien Tran. (screengrabs via video)
KC Ortiz:
“This song is about conversation – we need to talk about PrEP and HIV in our community. When we talk to our partners and our loved ones about sexual health, we are eliminating stigma. Let’s talk about sex. Let’s talk about HIV. Let’s talk about PrEP.”
Erik Roldan (Director of Communications for Howard Brown Health):
“Let’s Talk about PrEP’ is both a celebration and a call to action – we are on the precipice of an HIV-free generation, and PrEP is one of the tools we need to get us there. However, we must continue to increase PrEP access among communities who need it, particularly people of color on the south side of Chicago.”