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

Contents:

• OUTBREAK OF BACTERIAL ILLNS AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA HAS LEFT AT LEAST 7 AD
• CDC VTIGAT ‘ONE OF THE WORST OUTBREAKS OF MENGOCL DISEASE’ US HISTORY AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA
• MONKEYPOX: PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE FOR GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN
• CDC WARNS OF 'LARGE, ONGOG' MENGIS OUTBREAK FLORIDA AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• MENGOCL DISEASE OUTBREAK AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA, 2021–23
• MONKEYPOX ULD SPREAD WELL BEYOND MUNI OF GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN, WHO SAYS
• SOCIAL POSTS PH FALSEHOOD THAT MONKEYPOX N ONLY AFFECT GAY MEN
• ‘THE GAY VIS’: MONKEYPOX AND THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF LGBTQ+ STIGMATIZATN
• MONKEYPOX IS NOT A GAY VIS. HAVEN’T WE BEEN HERE BEFORE?
• PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE FOR GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN ON THE RECENT OUTBREAK OF MONKEYPOX
• STRATEGI ADOPTED BY GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN TO PREVENT MONKEYPOX VIS TRANSMISSN — UNED STAT, AUGT 2022
• THE TERM “CHE VIS” COULD CSE DAMAGE LIKE “GAY-RELATED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY” DID DURG THE AIDS CRISIS
• COMPARG COVID-19 AND AIDS FROM A GAY MALE PERSPECTIVE

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. Although the disease has been primarily intified the gay and bisexual muny, there is currently no evince that is a sexually transmted fectn. Certa people are at higher risk for beg fected, cludg those who live crowd plac or have HIV, but is not a so-lled "gay disease, " Ch-Hong said.

"In fact, more people who are not gay get mengocl fectn. "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.

CDC VTIGAT ‘ONE OF THE WORST OUTBREAKS OF MENGOCL DISEASE’ US HISTORY AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA

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.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Preventn and Florida Department of Health are vtigatg “one of the worst outbreaks of mengocl disease among gay and bisexual men U. The CDC says the outbreak is “primarily among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men, cludg those livg wh HIV.

CDC is remendg that gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men get the mengocl vacce if they live Florida, or talk to their health re provir if they are travelg to the state.

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

“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. The threat to the general US populatn is low, the CDC says, but there are notably high numbers of monkeypox s among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men. 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.

CDC WARNS OF 'LARGE, ONGOG' MENGIS OUTBREAK FLORIDA AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

“Some groups may have a greater chance of exposure right now, but by no means is the current risk of exposure to monkeypox exclively to the gay and bisexual muny the US, ” said Dr. “Anyone, anyone, n velop [and] spread monkeypox fectn, but … many of those affected the current global outbreak intified as gay and bisexual men. So while we are seeg some s among men who have sex wh men, this is not a gay disease, ” WHO adviser Andy Seale said Monday.

sexual health clics muni of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men. 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.

MENGOCL DISEASE OUTBREAK AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA, 2021–23

Centers for Disease Control and Preventn is urgg gay and bisexual men to get the mengocl vacce after an outbreak Florida has led to an crease s.

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.

Outbreak primarily affectg gay, bisexual men.

MONKEYPOX ULD SPREAD WELL BEYOND MUNI OF GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN, WHO SAYS

Includ the s is a large, ongog outbreak, primarily among gay and bisexual men. Health agency said that while s have so far been ncentrated primarily wh gay and bisexual muni, there is ltle evince to suggt that the disease will rema nfed to those, their early tectn uld be a harbger of a wir outbreak. 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.

CLAIM: Monkeypox n only be spread among gay ’S ASSESSMENT: False.

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.

SOCIAL POSTS PH FALSEHOOD THAT MONKEYPOX N ONLY AFFECT GAY MEN

But ’s false to suggt the vis n only affect gay or bisexual men, or that anal sex is the only way is transmted. The stigma is beg spread everywhere: “HIV and Monkeypox = gift to gays, ” graffi Berl, Germany reads. “Monkeypox is really only transmted mostly through gay sex, ” Geia Congrswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene stat a viral vio.

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

“Gaypox” trends worldwi on Twter.

Lawmakers Latvia attempt to ncel Gay Pri as a “public health preutn. ” Anti-gay vlence is risg tune wh the worldwi monkeypox vis outbreak. Openly gay Fulton County Atlanta Public Health Official Dr.

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. Homophobia VS The Data. 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.

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

Blame has been placed on gay and bisexual men for this crisis spe no data supportg monkeypox only beg spread by gay men. In addn, over 18 stat, there are no laws preventg homophobia or transphobia, enablg the anti-LGBTQ+ trends to flourish durg the monkeypox outbreak. David Holland says, “I do like that there has been so much thought at the natnal level for tryg to avoid makg this a ‘gay disease.

“[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 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. 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.

PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE FOR GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN ON THE RECENT OUTBREAK OF MONKEYPOX

The HIV and monkeypox vis are both siar that they have predomantly impacted gay men and have origs sub-Saharan Ai.

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. People have been referencg as ‘the gay vis, ’ jt like durg the HIV/AIDS outbreak.

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

” Ogoun believ that there are two ma ways that teens n help stop homophobia rrelatn to the monkeypox vis: awarens and activism. C., where Augt, two gay men were attacked by assailants who ed a homophobic slur and referenced the monkeypox vis.

Misrmatn n fan the flam of homophobia and, ultimately, n also rult largely preventable fectns. On an dividual level, n feel hard to stop the spread of monkeypox misrmatn and bat homophobia, but there are a few ways that everyone n help. Outbreaks of mpox newly affected untri have mostly been intified muni of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men who have had recent sexual ntact wh a new partner or partners.

A study published the New England Journal of Medice found that 98% of people diagnosed wh the vis between April and June more than a dozen untri intify as gay or bisexual men, and the WHO says that 99% of U. Ashish Jha urged people not to "e this moment to propagate homophobic or transphobic msagg, " stead enuragg them to stick to evince and facts, and to do so rpectfully.

THE TERM “CHE VIS” COULD CSE DAMAGE LIKE “GAY-RELATED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY” DID DURG THE AIDS CRISIS

Another part is tacklg homophobia self. "Bee as long as there is a homophobic society and people are aaid of what means to e forward, that this thg will make people thk that they're gay, then they're not gog to want to e forward, " Thrasher told NPR last month.

What's different now is how well spreads through timate person-to-person ntact, says Jason Cianctto, a vice print of Gay Men's Health Crisis. Tanji explas that bee some of the first s of HIV were intified gay men, was quickly — and accurately — labeled "a gay disease.

COMPARG COVID-19 AND AIDS FROM A GAY MALE PERSPECTIVE

Cianctto, of Gay Men's Health Crisis, says one of the most important takeaways om the HIV/AIDS crisis is the value of a sex-posive approach to tn.

Strategi Adopted by Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex wh Men to Prevent Monkeypox vis Transmissn — Uned Stat, Augt 2022. A global monkeypox outbreak is currently primarily affectg gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men.

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.