It further confirms what reported last year in the State of HIV Stigma Study that stigma and misinformation around HIV is widespread, and there is much work to be done to educate the public, including entertainers. While DaBaby has made haphazard attempts to ‘apologize,’ actions need to be taken for full accountability. “It is critical that DaBaby and his fans learn that people living with HIV today, when on effective treatment, lead long and healthy lives and cannot transmit HIV. Lil Nas X gave us all a preview of his 'new' identity this weekend, when he tweeted. Well now it appears that he may no longer wish to identify as 'gay.' MTO News has learned that Lil Nas X and his team are working on updating his image - as a straight man. “The rhetoric that DaBaby used is inaccurate, hurtful, and harmful to the LGBTQ community and the estimated 1.2 million Americans living with HIV,” DaShawn Usher, associate director of communities of color for GLAAD, wrote in a statement via Twitter. Rapper Lil Nas X is the most famous openly gay rapper in history. Why would GLAAD are about homophobia? They removed the word 'gay' from their homepage despite it being the 'G' in GLAAD. (after Elton John and Dua Lip reacted much more quickly) to issue a statement, and it had to come from their 'Associate director of communities of color).Īnd it doesn't talk at all about homophobia, just anti-HIV stigma. So it only took GLAAD 4 whole days to reply.