Is the public framing of monkeypox (MPV) stigmatizing the Black LGBTQ+ community?

Advocates say emphasizing that the virus outbreak is primarily among “men who have sex with men” could further harm an already vulnerable LGBTQ+ population.

LGBTQ+ advocates, elected officials and medical professionals are sounding the alarm over concerns they have about how the medical response to the monkeypox outbreak is stigmatizing the LGBTQ+ community. 

Since the onset of the 2022 outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) — which recently  today!

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