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Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, the White House’s mpox response deputy coordinator, sure knows how to get our attention

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A post shared by Demetre Daskalakis (@drdemetre)Dr. Demetre Daskalakis is an accomplished physician, gay health advocate and one of the country’s leading advocates for people living with HIV.

In other words, he sounds like a perfect person to help lead the White House’s mpox response. With the World Health Organization declaring a new strand of mpox a global health emergency, Dr.

Daskalakis once again finds himself at the center of public health policy in the U.S. And conservatives are, once again, trying to discredit him for being an out and proud and sex-positive gay man.

But they’re failing, as each smear leads to Daskalakis’ profile being elevated even more. Stay woke with our briefing while staying informed on all things LGBTQ+ entertainment, life, and more!There’s a lot–and we mean a lot–to admire!A post shared by Demetre Daskalakis (@drdemetre)A post shared by Demetre Daskalakis (@drdemetre)A post shared by Demetre Daskalakis (@drdemetre)A Columbia/NYU/Harvard grad, Daskalakis says he decided to dedicate his medical life to HIV prevention when he was an undergrad, and took a trip to San Francisco as part of a project to display the AIDS memorial quilt.

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