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Contents:

• MONKEYPOX: AN EXPERT EXPLAS WHAT GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN NEED TO KNOW
• UNRSTANDG MONKEYPOX AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• GAY MEN ARE LG UP AS EARLY AS 2 A.M. FOR MONKEYPOX VACC. MANY LEAVE EMPTY-HAND
• JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR MEN'S PRO SPORTS TO INTIFY AS GAY
• SPREAD OF MULTIDG-RISTANT SHIGELLA EU/EEA AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN
• POTENTIAL FOR RECURRENT MPOX OUTBREAKS AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN — UNED STAT, 2023
• CDC TIMAT 1.7 LN GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FACE HIGHT RISK OM MONKEYPOX

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

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.

UNRSTANDG MONKEYPOX AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

One of the difficulti is that gay and bisexual men reprent a margalized muny that has already faced stigmatizatn and discrimatn, particularly durg the HIV/Aids panmic. Monkeypox: An expert explas what gay and bisexual men need to know (2022, Augt 3).

Monkeypox, a rare pox vis typilly rried by ronts Central and Wtern Ai, has been makg ternatnal headl recently bee of unual outbreaks Europe, North Ameri, Israel, and verage of this outbreak has tied the majory of s to gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex wh men (MSM). Anyone n get monkeypox, but the latt outbreak, the vis is predomantly spreadg among gay and bisexual men.

GAY MEN ARE LG UP AS EARLY AS 2 A.M. FOR MONKEYPOX VACC. MANY LEAVE EMPTY-HAND

A typil gay bar where people go to hang out is different. Manlman feels he and others the gay muny have been left to advote on their own, whout support om the feral ernment. But some advot say the perceived lack of ernmental urgency addrsg a public health crisis that impacts queer muni today mirrors what gay men were experiencg s ago.

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JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR MEN'S PRO SPORTS TO INTIFY AS GAY

Now, more than 40 years later, the gay muny is once aga grapplg wh feelg ostracized and neglected by their own ernment.

He chronicled his oral on social media to brg awarens to the outbreak and now wants to “foc on stigmatizg the gay muny. Sce the start of June, the CDC says has been dog extensive tn and outreach to the LGBTQ muny, cludg workg wh lol Pri anizatns, releasg tnal vios and creatg mpaigns on social media s and datg apps popular the gay muny.

But while the outbreak has disproportnately impacted some gay muni, there is growg ncern over the spread of fectn. Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.

SPREAD OF MULTIDG-RISTANT SHIGELLA EU/EEA AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN

Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021.

POTENTIAL FOR RECURRENT MPOX OUTBREAKS AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN — UNED STAT, 2023

Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league,” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. Experts say spread mostly found among gay men, and chanc of outbreak low. "The majory of s were found among men who have sex wh men, suggtg the vis is maly transmted through homosexual ntact, " said the Cha CDC.

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

The s are lked to seven natnal and ternatnal distct microblogil clters, wh chas of transmissn largely, but not exclively, among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men (gbMSM). Remendatn on aspects of management of shigellosis Ireland the ntext of current antimicrobial ristant Shigella speci associated wh gay, bisexual and men who have sex wh men (gbMSM). Potential for Recurrent Mpox Outbreaks Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex wh Men — Uned Stat, 2023.

Monkeypox (mpox) has disproportnately affected gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men (MSM); the percentage of MSM wh immuny due to vaccatn or fectn vari among jurisdictns.