Strategi Adopted by Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex wh Men to Prevent Monkeypox vis Transmissn — Uned Stat, Augt 2022 | MMWR

Contents:

• OUTBREAK OF BACTERIAL ILLNS AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA HAS LEFT AT LEAST 7 AD
• SOCIAL POSTS PH FALSEHOOD THAT MONKEYPOX N ONLY AFFECT GAY MEN
• ‘THE GAY VIS’: MONKEYPOX AND THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF LGBTQ+ STIGMATIZATN
• STRATEGI ADOPTED BY GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN TO PREVENT MONKEYPOX VIS TRANSMISSN — UNED STAT, AUGT 2022
• MONKEYPOX IS NOT A GAY VIS. HAVEN’T WE BEEN HERE BEFORE?
• HUMAN IMMUNOFICIENCY VIS, OTHER SEXUALLY TRANSMTED INFECTNS, AND SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR YOUTH
• HIV AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE U.S.
• HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

OUTBREAK OF BACTERIAL ILLNS AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA HAS LEFT AT LEAST 7 AD

Feral and state health officials are vtigatg an outbreak of mengocl disease Florida primarily fectg men who intify as gay, bisexual or men who have sex wh of Tuday, at least 24 s have been nfirmed and seven people have died, acrdg to the Centers for Disease Control and outbreak is so severe that the feral health agency is llg "one of worst outbreaks of mengocl disease among gay and bisexual men U. "Ch-Hong said the risk to the public is low bee mengocl outbreaks tend to be regnal and typilly do not spread om state to he urged people to follow the CDC's advice, which is that anyone who intifi as gay, bisexual or men who have sex wh men gets a mengocl vacce if they live Florida or plan on travelg to Florida.

José Romero, director of the CDC's Natnal Center for Immunizatn and Rpiratory Diseas, said a ntued, "Bee of the outbreak Florida, and the number of Pri events beg held across the state g weeks, 's important that gay and bisexual men who live Florida get vaccated, and those travelg to Florida talk to their healthre provir about gettg a MenACWY vacce.

Recently, social media ers have falsely claimed that monkeypox n only be spread among gay men, but experts and officials say the vis n be transmted to anyone.

SOCIAL POSTS PH FALSEHOOD THAT MONKEYPOX N ONLY AFFECT GAY MEN

And Europe have so far been among men who have sex wh men, experts and officials say the vis n be transmted to FACTS: As monkeypox has spread and followg the World Health Organizatn’s claratn that is a global emergency, social media posts have phed an erroneo narrative that the vis n only be transmted among gay men. Along wh WHO’s tablishment of monkeypox beg an emergency, a paper published the New England Journal of Medice back Augt reveals that, of nfirmed s, monkeypox overwhelmgly affects gay and bisexual men, wh more than 98% of nfirmed s beg people who intify wh those groups and 95% of s beg as a rult of sexual ntact between April and June of 2022. The data have sparked an crease LGBTQ+ stigmatizatn, as marked by homophobic statements om var thory figur, cludg UT-Dallas puter science profsor Timothy Farage, who tweeted that there should “at least be a cure for homosexualy, pecially among men, ” and var nservative groups around the globe.

In addn, over 18 stat, there are no laws preventg homophobia or transphobia, enablg the anti-LGBTQ+ trends to flourish durg the monkeypox outbreak. “[The feral ernment] has thread this needle of not makg this a gay disease and regnizg that anyone n get , but, right now, is circulatg a certa social work that happens to be among gay and bisexual men.

‘THE GAY VIS’: MONKEYPOX AND THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF LGBTQ+ STIGMATIZATN

The amg of monkeypox as only beg a disease that gay and bisexual men n ntract and transm puts the entire populatn at risk bee people who are not gay may feel a false sense of secury om the vis.

STRATEGI ADOPTED BY GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN TO PREVENT MONKEYPOX VIS TRANSMISSN — UNED STAT, AUGT 2022

AIDS Project of the East Bay Executive Director Gee Mizrahi Jackson told San Francis’s KQED, “If you hear that, for stance, monkeypox is only a gay man thg, you tomatilly check out if you’re not a gay man, and that misrmatn is problematic. Atlanta journalist Ryan Lee wrote an say reuntg his recent experienc wh monkeypox for The Reckong Magaze, “…as a gay man who me of age the 1980s and ‘90s, I feel the terror of beg the first wave of an emergg epimic.

David Holland says, “Jt showg up to the [vaccatn] se was announcg that you were gay, and if you were not fortable dog that, then people jt did not get a vacce.

MONKEYPOX IS NOT A GAY VIS. HAVEN’T WE BEEN HERE BEFORE?

In a recent survey of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men, approximately one half reported rcg their number of sex partners, one-time sexual enunters, and e of datg apps bee of the monkeypox outbreak.

HUMAN IMMUNOFICIENCY VIS, OTHER SEXUALLY TRANSMTED INFECTNS, AND SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR YOUTH

The multipronged rponse to monkeypox has clud expandg accs to monkeypox vacce and velopg msagg† for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men (MSM) seekg to rce their chanc for acquirg monkeypox.

Stefan Baral reports NIH support om NINR and NIMH; travel support to a meetg foced on HIV among gay men ternatnally om the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, and support for participatn on an NIH Data Safety Monorg Board for a study foced on younger gay men and suicidaly.

Public health efforts should prrize gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men, who are currently disproportnately affected, for preventn and ttg, addrs equy, and mimize stigma, while matag vigilance for transmissn other populatns. Data suggt that wispread muny transmissn of monkeypox has disproportnately affected gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men and racial and ethnic mory groups.

HIV AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE U.S.

Public health efforts should prrize gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men, who are currently disproportnately affected, for preventn and ttg, while addrsg equy, mimizg stigma, and matag vigilance for transmissn other populatns.

HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

Likewise, although most s to date have occurred among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men, any patient wh rash nsistent wh monkeypox should be nsired for ttg. Current fdgs dite that muny transmissn of monkeypox is wispread and is disproportnately affectg gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men; this is nsistent wh data reported om other untri (3).