Anyone can get monkeypox, but most of the cases associated with this current outbreak have been in men who have sex with men, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The monkeypox strain presently circulating is typically mild and symptoms can resolve on their own, though effective antivirals are also available to treat the illness. This public health history dates back to the earliest years of the HIV/AIDS crisis, which disproportionately affected the LGBTQ community and still does to this day. “Public health has long been built into the gay community.” “We see ourselves as the connective tissue between groups on the ground, like the European CDC and UK Health Security Agency, and our users,” said Jack Harrison-Quintana, the director of Grindr’s advocacy arm, Grindr for Equality. The alerts contained links to verified, up-to-date monkeypox information from public health authorities like the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. This past weekend, the app sent a pop-up alert in 13 different languages to users in the UK and Europe, where the majority of cases so far have been found. So Grindr has been working to get accurate information about the outbreak to its users. Many of the new cases so far have been linked to men who have sex with men, which suggests the virus may be spreading through sexual networks, experts say.
Typically, monkeypox is thought to spread via large respiratory droplets, contact with sores or the sharing of things like bed sheets or clothing with someone shedding the virus. But repeated misdiagnoses could allow monkeypox to spread undetected - and would prevent those infected from getting the right treatment. The virus also appears to be spreading in much the same way as STIs: through close, intimate contact. Now, the app, which serves the gay, bisexual and transgender community, is using its platform to get the word out about monkeypox, a virus that’s long been endemic in parts of Africa, but has recently spread to countries including the US and UK.Monkeypox is characterized by clusters of blister-like rashes, which health officials say has led to misdiagnosing the disease as common sexually transmitted infections. West Hollywood is the first progressive congregation to leave the fold under a so-called “gracious-dismissal” policy church elders devised to avoid contentious lawsuits over congregations seeking to leave the denomination.(Bloomberg) - For years, the dating app Grindr has doled out sexual health tips to its more than 11 million users. Officials from the parent church could not immediately be reached for comment.
“We’re ready to be set free.”Ĭlearing a last hurdle for the defection, a regional governing body called the Presbytery of the Pacific voted on Tuesday to let the 99-year-old parish keep property belonging to the parent church when it makes the move.
“It’s like being released from an abusive relationship,” he told Reuters. Dan Smith, a gay pastor who has led the progressive congregation with about 57 members since the 1980s. The West Hollywood Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles plans to formally join the ranks of the more liberal United Church of Christ on Saturday. Presbyterian Church over the ordination of gay ministers, a small gay-led California parish is staging a schism of its own, saying the church has done too little to accept homosexuality. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As throngs of religious conservatives break from the U.S.