The Monkeypox Frontlash: "As Monkeypox Cases Grow, So Do Fears Of A Return Of Gay Blame And Stigma"

But as reports of the disease grab headlines, along with suggestions that the spread could be linked to a huge gay pride event in Spain’s Canary Islands, off the coast of Africa, some LGBTQ people and organizations are bracing for a backlash.

"It’s true that certain homosexual men — for example, sex workers — are now more affected,” said Lauterbach, who had been criticized for earlier singling out men who have “anonymous sex” as being especially at risk. “But the pathogen … can spread to all genders, to children, to adults and to adolescents.”"

Gee, thanks, men who have anonymous sex with men, for introducing this infectious disease into circulation in the West in 2022. But don’t mind me! Carry on with your sacred revels. Don’t you even think about easing off on your orgies until this monkeypox thing gets figured out. June is Pride Month. This year, it also must be celebrated as Monkeypox Month, because anything else would be…stigmatizing.