The world has lots of judgements about people who are different. Our work must thread the needle between the need to educate gay men about monkeypox while not adding to the disease burden of a community traumatized by HIV, STDs, and Hepatitis.
How does the HIV community educate about monkeypox and not stigmatize gay men? As we know, HIV is not a gay disease and gay men are the majority of people living with HIV. HIV service providers, STD clinics, and health departments need to be prepared to pivot as more cases are identified. What fresh hell is this? Hopefully, this will not become an epidemic like HIV however, there are reasons to be concerned.
If there was not enough on our plates, monkeypox has been identified in gay men around the world.
