An expert on the outbreak, the stigma of labelg monkeypox a gay disease, and parallels to the fumbled rponse to the HIV/AIDS epimic.
Contents:
- CAN MONKEYS BE GAY? WHAT HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVR PRIMAT CAN TELL US ABOUT THE EVOLUTN OF HUMAN SEXUALY
- MONKEYPOX: PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE FOR GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN
- MONKEYPOX VACC OFFERED TO GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN NEW YORK, CANADA AND U.K.
- AS MONKEYPOX S GROW, SO DO FEARS OF A RETURN OF GAY BLAME AND STIGMA
- BEG GAY IS NATURAL: JT ASK BONOBOS (OP-ED)
CAN MONKEYS BE GAY? WHAT HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVR PRIMAT CAN TELL US ABOUT THE EVOLUTN OF HUMAN SEXUALY
Anyone n get or spread monkeypox, but a “notable actn of s” the latt global outbreak are happeng among gay and bisexual men, the US Centers for Disease Control and Preventn said Monday. * monkey homosexual *
Analysis of wild maqu Puerto Ri found that mal mount and exhib homosexual behavurs more often than they do towards three-quarters of monkeys followed by rearchers showed male-on-male sexual behavurs and the scientists say this helped to build strong social bonds and foster supportive monkeys that olicked were more likely to back each other up a fight, for study, om scientists at Imperial College London, challeng the assumptn held by many that homosexualy nature is rare and unter-productive. “However, we also observed more maqu dog homosexual behavur than heterosexual behavur.
”Homosexualy ‘6. Scientists have prevly seen evince of homosexual behavur thoands of speci and there has been extensive bate as to pos that is mal practisg sex, while other theori centre on tablishg domance over others and rcg the latt study the scientists say the bisexual tenncy led to improvements the strength of ter-monkey relatnships.
MONKEYPOX: PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE FOR GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN
Although the monkeypox vis n affect anyone, some gay and bisexual men are worried about beg once aga brand as rriers of an exotic disease. * monkey homosexual *
4 per cent herable, the first evince of homosexualy beg geic primat.
MONKEYPOX VACC OFFERED TO GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN NEW YORK, CANADA AND U.K.
‘Due to mon anctry’The scientists also suggt that bee maqu and humans both exhib homosexual tras the behavur likely has ep evolutnary roots. “Homosexual behavur is wispread mammals and other vertebrat, so dat well back before maqu and humans diverged, ” Prof Savolaen said. ”The scientists say that parg the role of homosexualy monkeys wh humans is difficult but some nclns n be ferred.
AS MONKEYPOX S GROW, SO DO FEARS OF A RETURN OF GAY BLAME AND STIGMA
“Fdg same-sex behavur herabily the primat may reasonably be ntrasted wh human populatns, ” Prof Savolaen told The are “large fns sts” associated wh homosexualy and bisexualy people, he add, but the new study shows is beneficial to uld mean the large sts of homosexualy humans is ed by social factors, not blogil on, he suggted. ‘Same-sex behavur is wispread’The scientists say the fdgs rebut the entrenched viewpot that homosexual or bisexual behavur go agast nature and fi evolutn as the monkeys prone to mountg other mal, or beg mounted, were more likely to reproduce and have offsprg. “Unfortunately there is still a belief amongst some people that same-sex behavur is ‘unnatural, ’ and some untri sadly still enforce the ath penalty for homosexualy, ” Prof Savolaen said.
BEG GAY IS NATURAL: JT ASK BONOBOS (OP-ED)
Any attempt at unrstandg human homosexualy mt also clu a thorough analysis of same-sex sexual behavur the other primat. In this chapter I firstly nsir homosexual behavur as appli to the non-human primat. This parative approach may help to better unrstand those aspects of human homosexualy that are unique and those that are shared wh our clost livg relativ.