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Health and Wellness
World Health Organization changes the name of “Monkeypox” to “mpox”
“Continuing to use the term ‘monkeypox’ to describe the current outbreak may reignite these feelings of racism and stigma.”
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Health and Wellness
New monkeypox cases have declined by 85% since August peak. Here’s why.
“The strategy worked,” White House MPX coordinator Dr. Demetre Daskalakis told LGBTQ Nation.
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News (USA)
New Orleans braces for superspreader event as monkeypox vaccine remains scarce
Labor Day weekend’s Southern Decadence circuit party attracts 100,000-300,000 participants from around the world.
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Health and Wellness
Monkeypox is not a “gay disease” but it is being painted that way worldwide
Touting the monkeypox virus as a ‘gay disease’ endangers both queer and non-queer people.
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News (World)
World Health Organization says gay men should reduce sexual partners to slow the spread of monkeypox
WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also cautioned against “stigma and discrimination” related to the outbreak.
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Politics
Marjorie Taylor Greene says Americans should “mock” monkeypox since it affects gay men
“It’s basically a sexually transmitted disease,” she said, that only affects “some people.” Monkeypox is not an STI.
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Health and Wellness
U.S. sat on 300,000 vaccine doses as monkeypox spread among gay & bi men
The government missed an opportunity to contain the spread of monkeypox.
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News (USA)
LGBTQ people have been hit harder economically by coronavirus lockdowns
More LGBTQ people reported reduced work hours and financial worries than the general population.
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Life
Gloria Gaynor washed her hands to “I Will Survive” & the internet is living for it
With over 3.7 million views, one could say the video has gone viral.
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Health and Wellness
LGBTQ people have a higher risk of coronavirus
LGBTQ organizations are sounding the alarm.
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Health and Wellness
Coronavirus misinformation on social media could cause a massive HIV drug shortage
People on social media are saying that HIV medications can “cure” Coronavirus. This could hurt people who actually need the drugs.
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News (World)
The World Health Organization will no longer classify being transgender as a ‘mental disorder’
As Donald Trump continues to attack transgender people’s right to quality healthcare, the WHO is stepping up to make life better for trans people worldwide.
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Health and Wellness
Most men would rather get an injection rather than take PrEP daily as a pill
…unless you’re a top. They want something else entirely.
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Health and Wellness
World Health Organization confirms transgender people are not mentally ill
The WHO declassified “gender incongruence” from their list of mental disorders.
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News (World)
The new ‘untreatable’ HIV strain was fake news
The “untreatable” strain story took attention away from a real problem: rising infection rates.
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News (USA)
Alarming data show increased suicide risks among LGBTQ youth
For teens through college freshmen, LGBTQ students show significant higher risks for suicidal thoughts and actions
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News (USA)
Rhode Island bans ex-gay ‘conversion therapy’ torture aimed at LGBT youth
The law bars providers from advertising or engaging in conversion therapy for those under 18.
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News (World)
World Health Organization considers major change to transgender status
“The terminology is difficult because nobody likes anything….we could call this ‘happy unicorns dancing by the edge of the stream’ and there’d be an objection to it.”
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Life
World Heath Org advises taking PrEP drug to prevent HIV infection
The World Health Organization on Friday suggested for the first time that all men who have sex with men should take antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV infection. In guidelines published Friday, the UN health agency warned that HIV infections are rising among gay men in many parts of the world, resulting in “exploding epidemics,” according to…
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News (World)
World Health Organization apologizes for claiming HIV cases were deliberate
LONDON — The World Health Organization has apologized for a claiming in a September report that half of the new HIV cases in Greece were acquired deliberately by people trying to claim government benefits.