Monkeypox: An expert explas what gay and bisexual men need to know

Contents:

• EXPLAER: WHY MONKEYPOX IS NOT A 'GAY DISEASE', YET THE QUEER MUNY NEEDS TO HEED THE HEALTH RISKS
• MONKEYPOX: PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE FOR GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN
• LNS, HEADACH, BILATG PA: GAY MEN WH MONKEYPOX SHARE THEIR STORI
• GAY ROLE IN MONKEYPOX IS SERIOUS
• GAY HEALTH CENTERS RPOND TO MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK
• AS MONKEYPOX S GROW, SO DO FEARS OF A RETURN OF GAY BLAME AND STIGMA
• GAY MEN NEED A SPECIFIC WARNG ABOUT MONKEYPOX
• MONKEYPOX 'NOT A GAY DISEASE,' WHO SAYS
• MONKEYPOX: AN EXPERT EXPLAS WHAT GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN NEED TO KNOW

EXPLAER: WHY MONKEYPOX IS NOT A 'GAY DISEASE', YET THE QUEER MUNY NEEDS TO HEED THE HEALTH RISKS

The study published the New England Journal of Medice on July 21 found that of 528 nfirmed fectns diagnosed between April 27 and June 24 this year, 98 per cent were gay or bisexual men, and 95 per cent had ught the disease through sexual activy.

MONKEYPOX: PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE FOR GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN

As more is known of how the disease is spread, fect disease experts here and overseas have warned agast stigmatisg monkeypox wh the gay muny bee will only serve to further s spread, alienatg this group of patients and makg them not want to get medil help or treatment. Apart om that, the spread of monkeypox is not jt limed to sexual activy among homosexuals. This is why ternatnal awarens mpaigns are largely targeted towards gay, bisexual and men who have sex wh men — spe the disease’s potential to spread to those who do not fall this tegory.

WHY MONKEYPOX IS NOT A ‘GAY DISEASE’. The thors of the study om Queen Mary Universy of London wrote: “Although the current outbreak is disproportnately affectg gay or bisexual men and other men who have sex wh men, monkeypox is no more a ‘gay disease’ than is an ‘Ain disease’. Assoc Prof Gonsalv told The New York Tim: “The potential for to move to other populatns wh the LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer) muny or further afield is possible.

AFA Sgapore also ns Gayhealth, a programme that provis sexual health rmatn to gays, bisexuals and men who have sex wh men. LGBTQ+ rights groups are takg actn to fight the stigma of monkeypox beg a “gay disease” and raisg awarens of the disease. It is also directg people to fellow rights group Oogachaga when they are affected by “unhelpful assumptns” such as associatg monkeypox as a "gay disease".

LNS, HEADACH, BILATG PA: GAY MEN WH MONKEYPOX SHARE THEIR STORI

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Some of the s are beg found muni of gay, bisexual and other men who. For more rmatn, please read the full document: Monkeypox: public health advice for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men. While anyone n get monkeypox, the current outbreak is overwhelmgly affectg sexually active gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men.

Many untri are offerg vaccatns to sexually active gay and bisexual men who are at greatt risk of ntractg the disease. One of the difficulti is that gay and bisexual men reprent a margalised muny that has already faced stigmatisatn and discrimatn, particularly durg the HIV/Aids panmic.

GAY ROLE IN MONKEYPOX IS SERIOUS

Anyone n get monkeypox, but the latt outbreak, the vis is predomantly spreadg among gay and bisexual men. A typil gay bar where people go to hang out is different. Acrdg to a report published by the New England Journal of Medice last week, 98 per cent of the 528 s the study were gay or bisexual men.

Even as Covid-19 rtrictns have loosened, for many gay men, an unved gut lled monkeypox has threatened to spoil long-anticipated the 6, 924 nfirmed monkeypox s the global outbreak, the vast majory have occurred among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men, or MSM, var health thori report.

GAY HEALTH CENTERS RPOND TO MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK

Neverthels, 18 gay men who ntracted monkeypox told NBC News how n e unsightly and some s bilatgly paful sk lns — and has left them stuck glumly si.

”A worldwi outbreak likely fueled by sexual ntact and travelEpimlogists believe they have traced the global spread of monkeypox to midsprg gathergs of gay men Wtern Europe. Pablo Blazquez Domguez / Getty Imag filePeter, 28, said he went to a sex party a hoe on Fire Island, a gay beach enclave about two hours om New York Cy, on June 14 and that out of approximately 15 atten, he and at least six other men now have monkeypox. “Thkg back on , ” he said, “I do remember there beg a ltle hard spot” on that particular man’s said gay men should be vigilant lookg for signs of monkeypox on their bodi and those of their sex partners.

AS MONKEYPOX S GROW, SO DO FEARS OF A RETURN OF GAY BLAME AND STIGMA

GAY ROLE IN MONKEYPOX IS SERIOUS – Catholic League.

GAY ROLE IN MONKEYPOX IS SERIOUS. Yet when to unrstandg the spread of monkeypox, few are qutng why is that homosexuals are overreprented among those who have the vis.

GAY MEN NEED A SPECIFIC WARNG ABOUT MONKEYPOX

The CDC reports that “early data suggt that gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men make up a high number of [monkeypox] s. In a rearch paper published by the ernment the Uned Kgdom, found that of those who reported havg monkeypox “151 of the 152 men terviewed intified as gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men (GBMSM), or reported same sex ntact, and the remag dividual cled to disclose this rmatn.

Wh “Pri” ftivi about to be lnched over the last weekend June, is cumbent on ernment officials to warn the homosexuals of the necsy of practicg rtrat. Gay health centers rpond to monkeypox outbreak.

Ayha Rase asks Gay Men's Health Crisis Vice Print Jason Cianctto about monkeypox, which is generally spread by direct, close ntact wh an fected dividual.

MONKEYPOX 'NOT A GAY DISEASE,' WHO SAYS

Jason Cianctto is vice print of Gay Men's Health Crisis New York Cy, and he jos now. And this particular outbreak of monkeypox began Europe at a large party that gay and bisexual men who have sex wh men attend. And so we have a muny of gay, bisexual men who have sex wh men, transgenr and genr-nonnformg people as well, who are acutely aware of their health, who are more likely to be lked to their health re provirs, though there fely is a racial and fancial divi on that - and when given the right rmatn, will take the steps need to protect themselv and for their So, I mean, what are the ma thgs that you want people to know?

CIANCIOTTO: There are three thgs that we would like to share wh gay, bisexual men who have sex wh men.

MONKEYPOX: AN EXPERT EXPLAS WHAT GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN NEED TO KNOW

If we don't feel well, don't go out, get the help that we need and re for and te each That's Jason Cianctto of Gay Men's Health Crisis.

Monkeypox globallyDog tts posive for monkeypox first spected human-to-pet transmissnAsia’s first monkeypox ath reported IndiaWHO clar global health emergency over monkeypox outbreakMonkeypox: WHO issu sex warng to gay menOn 23 July, the WHO said the rapidly spreadg monkeypox outbreak reprented a global health emergency, the anisatn's hight level of a "public health emergency of ternatnal ncern (PHEIC)", the label is signed to trigger a ordated ternatnal rponse, such as unlockg fundg to llaborate on sharg vacc and WHO has also urged men who have sex wh men to rce the number of sexual partners to curb the spread of the disease.

Then, a further ment that set different alarm bells rgg, the bullet potedly warned men who have sex wh men to “seek immediate medil attentn” if they tect signs of the sglg out has sparked fears that gay and bisexual men, who appear to acunt for most of Europe’s monkeypox s so far, are once aga danger of beg stigmatized as rriers of an exotic and ighteng disease, jt as they were durg the AIDS 200 nfirmed monkeypox s have been reported more than 20 untri outsi Ai, where the vis is mostly found — cludg the first likely se California, Sacramento County, earlier this week.