'I Warned About Monkeypox and Gay Men, Things Haven't Changed Since AIDS'

monkeypox, or MPV.With vaccine supplies limited, a Seattle man told a local TV station he and friends traveled to the Canadian province of British Columbia to receive the vaccine and found the process “seamless.”“King County [which includes Seattle] health was being very slow with the uptake of access to dosing and communicating in general,” Seattle gay man Justin Moore told broadcaster KING. “It became apparent to me that I was going to have to seek out other places to get it,” he added.So he and his friends went across the border, and it took about 15 minutes for them to get vaccinated against MPV, whose most recent outbreak has been concentrated in men who have sex with men.

learning disability and cerebral palsy. I volunteer at two charity shops and I play for the Brighton Seagals, a local football team. Being part of the team is really important to me as my teammates are all LGBTQ+. I think it’s hard to meet a partner if you have a disability, and even harder if you’re gay too. I find it difficult to meet people because of my disability.

A Texas man who contracted monkeypox received a lot of mixed attention after sharing images of the progression of the infection, which has manifested itself in part on his face. By sharing his MPV experience in public, the gay Houstonian says he hopes to raise awareness about its prevalence while also removing the stigma and bringing attention to its isolation.Following the Fourth of July holiday, Wesley Wallace traveled to Austin for Hippie Hollow Otter Fest, a weekend event attended by queer men on Lake Travis, to have a leisurely time on the water.“It’s a lake, boat, shoreline kind of thing,” the 42-year-old tech professional tells The Advocate.When he returned from the weekend of drinking, socializing, and soaking up some rays, he noticed some irritation on his face, which he attributed to shaving and wearing sunscreen while baking in the sun.

Summer RenaissanceI can already see drunk gays climbing the PF Chang horsebeyoncé a little too good at this gay shit fr like what u getting down toAlright Beyoncé, the album is out. Now let’s talk business. How much these concert tickets finna be? #renaissanceCuff It is Blow with a descovy prescriptionThe album is called Renaissance bc Da Vinci and Michelangelo would be kissing in the club if they heard itGay Twitter timeline all in perfect harmony and unison because everyone loves and cherishes Renaissance - Beyoncé did the unthinkableBeyoncé made this album for the gays and GWORLS. She’s eating DOWN #RENAISSANCEThis Beyoncé album is for the Girls, Gays , & Theys. IYKYK .beyoncé deserve a glaad award for how gay this album is… #Rennaissanceme trying to vogue to PURE/HONEYCongratulations to Beyoncé for, among many other things, beating the Covid map on the New York Times appBeyoncé dropping an album called Renaissance when smallpox is making a comeback. A historian. A visionary.Not a single skip!I know some folks are also trying not to post spoilers but Beyoncé is the only person who could make a Drag Race All Stars finale just like disappear from the timelineJay-Z: Can I record a verse for your album? Beyoncé:

world’s first-ever “pro-gay” film was made.In that sense, No Hard Feelings is part of a long history of German features that have broken down boundaries through their explorations of LGBTQ characters and queer themes.The big-screen debut of writer-director Faraz Shariat, the smart and vibrant film has won fans the world over, as it traveled from film festival to film festival, premiering at the acclaimed Berlinale and eventually making its way stateside to San Francisco’s Frameline and, later, New York’s NewFest—which is where it first caught our attention.Now streaming for free via Germany’s Goethe Institute, it’s the perfect time to catch up with this future queer classic.No Hard Feelings is the story of the devil-may-care Parvis (Benjamin Radjaipour), a second-generation Iranian-German who spends his nights dancing at gay clubs and cruising on the apps, while his days are (reluctantly) spent working at a refugee center for community service.It’s there he meets the alluring Amon (Eidin Jalali) and his sister Bana (Banafshe Hourmazdi), who are new to Germany, seeking asylum from Iran. It’s not long before the two men begin falling for each other, sharing an electric sexual chemistry.

On September 22, 1975, President Gerald Ford attended the World Affairs Council at San Francisco’s St. Francis Hotel.

wrote to the World Health Organization to say that “Monkeypox” was stigmatizing.Health commissioner Ashwin Vasan wrote of the “painful and racist history within which terminology like (monkeypox) is rooted for communities of color.“Continuing to use the term ‘monkeypox’ to describe the current outbreak may reignite these traumatic feelings of racism and stigma — particularly for Black people and other people of color, as well as members of the LGBTQIA+ communities, and it is possible that they may avoid engaging in vital health care services because of it.”Carlson was dismissive of the idea, saying, “So, monkeypox is about the coolest name ever for a disease.“But they are changing the name because racism or something.”Carlson said he’d run a Twitter poll offering alternative suggestions. The winning entry?Schlong Covid.The results are in.

Marjorie Taylor Greene has gay sex on the brain.But not in that (deep breath) Ted Cruz sort of way — the Georgia rep. and walking stay in school billboard recently gave her hot take on monkeypox, going a step further than the typical, conservative blame-the-gays stigma and singling out “gay sex orgies” as the sole spreading events.In a now-viral clip from her webcast, MTG: Live, Greene audaciously hawks her new monkeypox T-shirt before saying, “Monkeypox is all the rage, it is the hottest thing going in Washington, D.C.

Christian Walker has had it with California, and California has clearly had it with Christian.The walking parody of a conservative “influencer” has announced he’s “escaping” the Golden State to take refuge in the Sunshine State–aka Florida–and Californians couldn’t be happier with the plan.In addition to making eye-roll-inducing headlines criticizing the queer community, Walker has recently experienced some uncomfortable encounters with Kehlani and Elvira, and many are joking that the two icons deserve credit for the move.I’M ESCAPING CALIFORNIA AND MOVING TO FLORIDA!!! California has been ruined by the left. They punish hard work and reward bad behavior.I’m off to somewhere that supports my values and protects it’s residents.

pic.twitter.com/u4s6H1eXmt— Evan (@ebintosh) April 17, 2022One full month later on May 10, Somers arrived at a GCN photoshoot for the portraits accompanying this story still wearing a boot to protect his ankle on which he had surgery as a result of the attack.“The bones were smashed in the ankle and there were two fractures and a dislocation,” he told GCN. “They weren’t clean breaks so the boot is on ‘til May.

If you’ve ever heard of Whitney Chewston, you probably first knew her by her alias, Homophobic Dog.Well, it’s not technically an alias. It’s just what people tend to call her.Whitney is a self-proclaimed “diva dachshund” known for starring in memes on Twitter where a photo of her, often looking sassy or suspicious, is captioned with something homophobic.

husband was doing the right thing by using the ladies room when out with their young twin daughters, as men's bathrooms are "really grotty."In a post shared on Mumsnet on Wednesday, the woman, who goes by the username Silverbirch123, explained that lately, her husband has started using the ladies' bathroom when he's out with their 3-year-old daughters after experiencing some inappropriate situations in the men's room."The reason he says, for this is that the mens toilets are usually really grotty. He went somewhere a couple of weeks ago where there was only 1 cubicle, and several men using the urinals.

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monkeypox: “schlong covid.”The virus, also known as MPV, is now considered a global health emergency by the U.N’s World Health Organization. MPV is known to cause fever, muscle aches, and rashes, among other symptoms.Carlson made the announcement on his show Tucker Carlson Tonight, Mediaite reports.

We can’t wait for the return of Olivier-nominated gay play Cruise to the West End – we caught the original production last year at the Duchess Theatre, and now it’s returning later this summer for a short run at the Apollo Theatre. Set in Soho in the 1980s, the play introduces its audience to Michael, a gay man who is diagnosed with HIV in 1984 and is told he has four years to live. With the clock ticking, he decides to make the most of the time he has left. Cruise was one of the first plays we saw post-lockdown, and we described it at the time as “a potent reminder of the power of live theatre” before awarding it a perfect score.

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The View, criticized members of her own political party for voting against a bill to codify same-sex marriage into law. Griffin, who previously served as press secretary for former Vice President Mike Pence before serving as White House Director of Strategic Communications, explained how shocked she was seeing the number of Republicans who voted against the bill.“They’re on the wrong side of this,” Griffin said during a recent on-air discussion on the issue. “On the one hand, I’m pleased that the House was able to pass codifying marriage equality into law, but the number of Republicans that were against it — it’s 2022.

BBC Northern Ireland has defended an episode of radio programme The Nolan Show that contained a discussion on monkeypox that has been deemed “homophobic”. LGBTQ+ charity The Rainbow Project commented on the segment by saying: “blatant emphasis on gay or bi male sexual acts, questions and comments focused on sexual activity were homophobic”. On Wednesday, […]

On Tuesday, July 26, the High Court rejected a tribunal finding that denied refugee status to a Georgian man who initially pretended to be gay in order to obtain international protection in Ireland. The new ruling established that the case should undergo further consideration. The Georgian applicant had put forward a first claim for refugee […]

Marjorie Taylor Greene saying monkeypox is spread through "gay sex orgies" has gone viral on social media.The clip, posted on commentator Ron Filipkowski's Twitter page, has so far been viewed more than 90,000 times.In the brief clip from Greene's podcast show, Greene promotes her new monkeypox T-shirt before speaking about how the disease, which is currently more notably impacting the gay community, spreads.Marge Greene tonight on Monkeypox: “You’re not supposed to talk about how it really gets spread around … Yes, it is gay sex orgies.” pic.twitter.com/aZk8unv9GF"Monkeypox is all the rage, it is the hottest thing going in Washington, D.C. right now," Greene said."You are not supposed to talk about how it really gets spread around but we are going to just go ahead and let you know."Yes, it is gay sex orgies, sorry everybody, that is the truth, it just had to be said.

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Netflix’s Uncouple has dropped on the platform today (July 29), starring Neil Patrick Harris who must confront the dating scene once again when his partner leaves him after 17 years together.The gay romance drama is set to be one of the streaming service's biggest releases, with Neil bringing in a massive fanbase with him, despite recent controversy surrounding an Amy Winehouse cake.The star has been proudly out for years, but in his younger days he was known for dating multiple women and having his fair share of flings.He’s opened up about his past on a few occasions, admitting he felt “unsettled” when he slept with women.Today, Neil is in a long-term committed relationship with his husband, but it took him years of seeing women and one kiss from a famous male movie star to transform his life forever.Before coming out, Neil was linked to numerous women, with most of them being out of the public eye, though there were three famous faces he was attached to.One of Neil’s main relationships before coming out was Robyn Lively, Blake Lively’s sister, with the pair dating for just a year.They were a couple together on- and off-screen during the Doogie Howser, MD years, though they finally separated in 1993.It would take another 13 years for Neil to come out as gay, but Robyn went on to marry High School Musical actor Bart Johnson, with the pair being married for 22 years.From 1997 to 1998, Neil dated actress Christine Taylor, who is best known for High Desert, Search Party and Arrested Development.She married Ben Stiller in 2000 and the two stars have been together since.During an interview with Howard Stern, Neil acknowledged his relationship with Christine helped him come to terms with his sexuality.He said: "She's the

Beyonce shared a personal note with special dedications to her website on Thursday, ahead of the official release of her new albumRenaissance tonight.The superstar, 40, made a touching tribute to her late gay uncleJonny, calling him her 'godmother' and 'the first person to expose me to a lot of the music and culture that serve as inspiration for this album.'The Crazy In Love hitmaker also acknowledged her three kids and her husband Jay-Z, 52, writing: 'A special thanks to my beautiful husband and muse, who held me down during those late nights in the studio.' Dedications: Beyonce shared a personal note with special dedications to her website on Thursday, ahead of the release of her new album Renaissance tonightThe 28-time Grammy winner shared a throwback photo of her uncle as well as a rare snap with her daughters Blue Ivy, 10, and Rumi, five, as well as her twin brother Sir, also five. The Houston native began her note writing: 'This three act project was recorded over three years during the pandemic.

State Rep. Jessica González announced today (Thursday, July 28) her office is partnering with Dallas Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Omar Narvaez, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, Dr. Philip Huang of Dallas County Health & Human Services, and Parkland Hospital’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Roberto De La Cruz to host a virtual panel on understanding monkeypox at 6 p.m. next Wednesday, Aug. 3.

The Biden administration’s top health official got defensive on Thursday in response to questions about its response to monkeypox, suggesting localities and “communities at risk” weren’t doing enough on prevention efforts and asserting the federal government has “done our homework” in addressing the outbreak.

Related: These pro strongmen found a major powerup when they embraced their truths (and fell in love)‘Dainty’ and ‘graceful’ are not two attributes you’d associate them with. However, they teamed up with athlete Mimi-Isabella Cesar to try their hand at rhythmic gymnastics.You can see how they got along below.

Subscribe to our newsletter to stay up-to-date with the latest LGBTQ newsExperts say that this is not a viable treatment for the vast majority of people living with HIV. The procedure requires bone marrow from a small group of people with a specific mutated form of the CCR5 protein.

U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) is under fire after threatening bipartisan support of legislation to protect same-sex marriage because Democrats were finally able to put together a historic tax and climate change bill – a huge win for Democrats, the Biden administration, and Americans.“I just think the timing could not have been worse and it came totally out of the blue,” Senator Collins told HuffPost Thursday.

RENAISSANCE, on Friday. It will mark six years since Queen B’s last solo album, Lemonade. It was confirmed Thursday that her latest is dedicated to her family, including her late gay uncle.We were all lucky to get a sneak peek of the album with the song “Break My Soul” that came out this past June.

It was happy hour at a gay bar in Harlem, 4West Lounge, and the after-work crowd had come to drink rum punch and watch “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” But instead, perched on stools, the men talked about the rapidly spreading monkeypox virus: their efforts to snag a coveted vaccine appointment, in a city where demand for the shots far outstrips supply; the slow government rollout of vaccines and treatment; and their confusion about how the disease spreads and how to stay safe. “It feels like survival of the fittest, with all the pandemic waves and now monkeypox and all these vaccine problems,” said James Ogden, 31, who secured a vaccine appointment after weeks spent navigating the city’s glitchy online sign-up process.

voting no on marriage equality three days before? I keep reading the previous sentence over and over, and I still can’t come to grips with what Thompson did. But I have a couple of ideas about why he did what he did and how he'll end up a loser professionally and personally.You don’t have to have experience in politics to understand what Thompson tried to do.

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.For more stories like this, check our news page. This year marks 50 years of Pride, so it seems only fitting that Metro.co.uk goes above and beyond in our ongoing LGBTQ+ support, through a wealth of content that not only celebrates all things Pride, but also share stories, take time to reflect and raises awareness for the community this Pride Month.And we’ve got some great names on board to help us, too.

(Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a multi-part summer series of stories taking a closer look at how a group of diverse LGBTQ entrepreneurs survived and thrived during the pandemic. The series is sponsored by the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce. All installments in the series are available on our website.)

the Greens.Bates’ campaign made headlines for using Grindr to push humorous ads to local gay men, encouraging them to help him come out “top” in the election.Related: Political candidate places ads on Grindr, wants to come ‘top’ in electionBates defeated Liberal-National Party incumbent Trevor Evans with 53.5 percent of the vote.This week, he made his first official speech as an MP. It proved an emotional moment for the former Apple store worker.

On Wednesday, July 27, doctors and HIV researchers announced the fifth case of a patient being cured of HIV. The man is also the oldest person ever to be cured, and had lived with HIV since the 1980s. A 66 year-old gay man, who doesn’t want to be identified and is referred to as the […]

All Things Considered, that it is important to treat the virus as one that can affect anybody, even though the overwhelming majority of infected individuals have been men who have sex with men.Currently, there are 20,638 confirmed cases of monkeypox infection worldwide, and 4,639 confirmed cases in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The World Health Organization has recently classified the current outbreak as a public health emergency, underscoring the importance of public health officials prioritizing actions like connecting infected individuals with treatment, doing contact tracing to alert those at risk of acquiring the disease, and vaccinating those who have not yet been exposed to the virus but are among high-risk populations, such as men who have sex with men, trans women, and commercial sex workers.According to an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, 98% of infected individuals, out of a sample of 528 people from 16 different countries, were gay or bisexual men. But Fauci argues that just because the disease is prevalent in one community doesn’t mean that community should be shunned or stigmatized.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised men who have sex with men to temporarily reduce their number of sexual partners in order to slow the spread of monkeypox. The head of the organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, also urged these high-risk individuals to reconsider looking for new sexual partners, and to exchange details with sexual […]

The fight against HIV and AIDS risks being derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises, the United Nations warned on Wednesday, with progress in cutting case numbers being reversed in some countries and slowing overall.

Magda Szubanski had a message for the seven Manly players who decided to boycott the team’s gay Pride jersey citing their cultural and religious beliefs – look to the lesson of tolerance that their religion teaches them. Szubanski helpfully shared Bible verses “that might help the Manly players get their heads around it”.Here are some Bible quotes that might help the Manly players get their heads around it https://t.co/0ScLoERwDZ pic.twitter.com/1Ty6LVB36g— Magda Szubanski AO (@MagdaSzubanski) July 26, 2022In a series of tweets, Kath & Kim star Szubanski asked if the players believed in a tolerant society.  “Thought experiment: imagine if Manly players were asked to wear stripes to let religious players & fans know they are welcome,” said the actor, adding, “Then imagine an atheist player refuses to wear the stripes because their “belief” (based on fact) is that millions have been killed in the name of religion.”“Religious tolerance doesn’t mean you condone or believe in the other’s religion.  It means that you accept the right of difference to exist. That you support a world where people are not excluded or persecuted because of their religion.

Podcaster Joe Rogan pushed back against critics who claim he is a “secret Republican,” making a vigorous defense of gay nuptials and criticizing elected Republicans for voting against a bill to codify the right to same-sex marriage into law.Rogan made the comments during the July 23 episode of his influential podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience. Speaking with comedian Andrew Schulz about current events, Rogan brought up the 157 Republicans  who voted against the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill that would require states to recognize same-sex marriages as valid. The bill passed last Thursday, with 47 Republicans voting in favor of the measure.Rogan criticized opponents of the bill, including U.S.

The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has recommended monkeypox vaccines for key risk groups, including gay, bisexual and men who have sex with men who are at high risk of exposure.ATAGI also updated its earlier guideline and in addition to the ACAM2000 vaccine, it has recommended the use of JYNNEOS (MVA-BN) vaccines for monkeypox.Following the update to the vaccination guidelines, Australia’s chief medical officer Professor Paul Kelly on Thursday declared monkeypox as a “Communicable Disease Incident of National Significance”. As of July 28, 2022, around 20,311 monkeypox cases have been reported in 71 countries, outside of Central and West Africa where the disease is endemic. This includes 44 monkeypox cases in Australia, a majority among returned international travellers. LGBTQI leaders and organisations in Australia had urged the government to approve and secure supplies of the monkeypox vaccine and offer it to gay, bisexual and men who have sex with men and other at risk individuals.Professor Kelly said that monkeypox was “far less harmful than COVID-19” and “far less transmissible”.

Subscribe to our newsletter to stay up-to-date with the latest LGBTQ news“Federal, state, and local government should aggressively enforce existing statutes to stop the perverted sexualization of minor children,” he said. “You have the statutes.”The “sexualization of children” is a phrase that the right has been using this past year to refer to any discussion of LGBTQ identities and children.

monkeypox outbreaks around the world.The U.N. agency declared the MPV outbreaks a global emergency over the weekend, which designates the outbreaks as needing a global response to stem the spread of the virus across borders.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, told reporters in Geneva, Switzerland, that 98 percent of global MPV cases confirmed since May have been among men who have sex with men.“This is an outbreak that can be stopped, if countries, communities, and individuals inform themselves, take the risks seriously, and take the steps needed to stop transmission and protect vulnerable groups,” Tedros urged.

For 65 years a question has puzzled the world’s brightest minds. Who wears short shorts?The answer has finally been revealed, and it’s Donald Glover, the genius behind Childish Gambino and FX’s Atlanta.

monkeypox because “it’s not a threat to most of the population,” according to far-right Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.Greene made the remark at a recent conservative conference, the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa, Fla. The Georgia representative is well known for her anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and embrace of conspiracy theories.She has already spread much false information about monkeypox, or MPV.

Gemma Collins has posted a photo from her kitchen wishing fans a "happy summer", but some couldn't help but notice the former TOWIE star seemed to be missing something. The reality star, 41, shared a photo of herself standing behind her kitchen counter wearing a blue floral blouse as she flashed a smile at the camera. In the caption, the blonde beauty wrote: "Wishing you all the best summer", before suggesting fans take a look at her new clothing collection if they wanted to "feel fabulous".

Sex and the City ever so slightly. The original gang was older; one was missing; and some new friends had arrived to . While Sex and the City creator Darren Star wasn’t involved with And Just Like That, he perhaps wanted to do some riffing of his own, as evidenced by the new Netflix series Uncoupled (July 29).

monkeypox because “it’s not a threat to most of the population,” according to far-right Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.Greene made the remark at a recent conservative conference, the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa, Fla. The Georgia representative is well known for her anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and embrace of conspiracy theories.She has already spread much false information about monkeypox, or MPV.