'The Gay Vis': Monkeypox and the Harmful Effects of LGBTQ+ Stigmatizatn - VOX ATL

Contents:

• OUTBREAK OF BACTERIAL ILLNS AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA HAS LEFT AT LEAST 7 AD
• MONKEYPOX: PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE FOR GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN
• STD FACTS – WHAT GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SEXUALLY TRANSMTED DISEAS
• GAY VIS
• ‘THE GAY VIS’: MONKEYPOX AND THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF LGBTQ+ STIGMATIZATN
• HIV AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE U.S.
• CDC TIMAT 1.7 LN GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FACE HIGHT RISK OM MONKEYPOX
• GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN
• HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• HIV NOW FECTS MORE HETEROSEXUAL PEOPLE THAN GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN – WE NEED A NEW STRATEGY
• CDC OFFICIALS SOUND ALARM FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN AS MONKEYPOX SPREADS MUNY
• MONKEYPOX IS NOT A GAY VIS. HAVEN’T WE BEEN HERE BEFORE?
• GAY PORN VIS

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.

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

Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men have a higher chance of gettg viral hepatis cludg Hepatis A, B, and C, which are diseas that affect the liver. About 10% of new Hepatis A and 20% of all new Hepatis B fectns the Uned Stat are among gay and bisexual men.

STD FACTS – WHAT GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SEXUALLY TRANSMTED DISEAS

Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men also have a higher chance of gettg Hepatis C if they are volved high-risk behavrs, such as jectn dg e and other activi that rult blood sharg. Among gay and bisexual men, Hepatis A n be spread through sexual activy or ntact wh fgers or objects that have the vis on . Get Vaccated: Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men have a greater chance of gettg Hepatis A, Hepatis B, and HPV.

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GAY VIS

For more rmatn, please read the full document: Monkeypox: public health advice for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men. Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men are disproportnately affected by HIV.

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

Racism, discrimatn, HIV stigma, and homophobia affect the overall health of some gay and bisexual men. Addnally, lower e levels and higher rat of unemployment and rceratn may make harr for some gay and bisexual men to seek and receive high-qualy health re, cludg HIV ttg, treatment, and other preventn servic.

Most gay and bisexual men get HIV om havg anal sex whout g ndoms or medic to prevent or treat HIV.

If you’re a sexually active gay or bisexual man, you may benef om more equent ttg (every 3 to 6 months). While anyone n get monkeypox, the current outbreak is overwhelmgly affectg sexually active gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men.

HIV AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE U.S.

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. While anyone who has sex n get an STD, sexually active gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men (MSM) are at greater risk.

Homophobia, stigma and discrimatn n negatively fluence the health of gay and bisexual men. CDC remends sexually active gay and bisexual men get tted for:. Get Vaccated: Gay and bisexual men are at greater risk for hepatis A and B, and human papillomavis (HPV).

The Gay Vis turns men gay and women to men which will later bee gay. Scientific name is the P3N15 P3N15 vis, also known as the Gay Vis, is damn near stoppable and pletely stroys the fecte immune Capper Augt 23, 2006Flag.

CDC TIMAT 1.7 LN GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FACE HIGHT RISK OM MONKEYPOX

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.

“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.

GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN

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. 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.

HIV AND ALL 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.

HIV NOW FECTS MORE HETEROSEXUAL PEOPLE THAN GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN – WE NEED A NEW STRATEGY

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.

CDC OFFICIALS SOUND ALARM FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN AS MONKEYPOX SPREADS MUNY

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.

” 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.

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

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. 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. New HIV fectns cled among gay and bisexual men the last , but HIV ntu to disproportnately affect gay and bisexual men relative to other muni the U. Progrs rcg new HIV fectns among gay and bisexual men has also not been equal, wh differenc by race, ethnicy, and age.

Factors that fluence health out—cludg HIV-related stigma, homophobia, racism, discrimatn, poverty, limed accs to high-qualy health re, and other longstandg barriers—have ntributed to the unequal reach of HIV preventn and treatment; higher levels of HIV some muni; and ntued equi.

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Addnally, 2020, 49% fewer HIV tts were admistered among gay and bisexual men non-healthre settgs than 2019. Wh effective preventn and treatment tools at our disposal, the natn has a s--the-makg opportuny to end the domtic HIV epimic and elimate dispari HIV preventn and re among gay and bisexual men and other populatns disproportnately affected by HIV. 7 ln men who have sex wh men face the biggt threat om monkeypox right Director Rochelle Walensky told reporters on a ll Thursday that gay and bisexual men who are HIV posive or who are takg medic, lled PREP, to rce their chance of ntractg HIV face the greatt health risk om monkeypox.

Monkeypox has been spreadg primarily through sk-to-sk ntact durg sex among gay and bisexual men, public health officials say. READ MORE: Panmics That Changed History: A TimeleThe AIDS Epimic Aris Though HIV arrived the Uned Stat around 1970, didn’t e to the public’s attentn until the early 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn (CDC) published a report about five prevly healthy homosexual men beg fected wh Pnmocystis pnmonia, which is ed by the normally harmls fung Pnmocystis jirovecii. Bee the disease appeared to affect mostly homosexual men, officials ially lled gay-related immune ficiency, or the CDC disvered all major rout of the disease’s transmissn—as well as that female partners of AIDS-posive men uld be fected— 1983, the public nsired AIDS a gay disease.