{"id":102805,"date":"2019-10-21T14:25:59","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T18:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/frank-ocean-defends-naming-nyc-club-night-prep-releases-new-track-dhl\/"},"modified":"2019-10-21T14:25:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T18:25:59","slug":"frank-ocean-defends-naming-nyc-club-night-prep-releases-new-track-dhl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/frank-ocean-defends-naming-nyc-club-night-prep-releases-new-track-dhl\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Ocean Defends Naming NYC Club Night \u2018PrEP+\u2019, Releases New Track DHL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Frank Ocean Defends Naming NYC Club Night \u2018PrEP+\u2019, Releases New Track DHL<\/b><\/p>\n

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Frank Ocean took to his Tumblr<\/a> to address backlash surrounding his NYC club night PrEP+<\/a>, named for the pre-exposure prophylaxis HIV prevention drug regimen.<\/p>\n

Wrote Ocean: \u201cClub culture around late 70s and 80s nightlife in NYC was a special, much talked about and written about thing. From the star studded midtown clubs like studio 54 and the first danceteria to the downtown clubs like Mudd + paradise garage. The figures, the music, the looks, the lack of regulation haha. I recognize NY wasn\u2019t all lasers and disco lighting and that simultaneously, there was a lot of crime and poverty and that a huge part of club culture, the gay<\/a> community, at that time were being wiped out by HIV + AIDS.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cNow in 2019, there\u2019s a pill you can take every day that will at a better than 90% chance prevent you from contracting HIV,\u201d he added. \u201cThis pill was approved by the FDA in 2012. The pricing strategy behind it is malicious in my opinion and so it\u2019s (sic) public perception is marred and rightfully so. But the fact remains that despite price being a very real barrier to this potentially life saving drug for some, the other very real barrier is awareness. I decided to name, what was otherwise going to be a night of lights and music inspired by an era of clubbing that I loved PrEP+ because while designing the club which is inside of an old glass factory basement in Queens (shoutout to The Basement that runs a very awesome techno night on Fridays after us) I started to imagine in an era where so many lives were lost and so much promise was lost forever along with them, what would it have been like if something, anything had existed that in all probability would\u2019ve saved thousands and thousands of lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ocean continued: \u201cI\u2019m an artist, it\u2019s core to my job to imagine realities that don\u2019t necessarily exist and it\u2019s a joy to. A couple<\/a> days before we threw the party, I was discussing this subject with my team and one of the architects I work with thought that PrEP as a drug had reached \u2018100% saturation\u2019 so far as awareness. I thought he was dead wrong so I asked a friend (who I won\u2019t name haha) if he knew what PrEP was and his response was \u2018isn\u2019t that some type of viagra or something\u2019. My ex who I was with for several years didn\u2019t know about it when we first met at a gay<\/a> club in LA. Awareness isn\u2019t always what we\u2019d hope it would be. But anyway, I\u2019m ranting. I\u2019m happy that folks are talking about the subject in the first place. Thank you to everyone who came out and danced with us last night. Y\u2019all were beautiful and the energy was right! Thank you Bouffant Bouffant, Sango, Justice and Sherelle for your sets last night they were soo good man<\/a>. Oh one more thing, I saw someone say that this was a PR stunt etc etc, pshhh bitch pls come get a drink next time and I\u2019ll put several barstools out so you can have as many seats as you need. All my love everybody really. Stay safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ocean this week also released a new track called DHL.<\/p>\n

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