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UN denounces racist, homophobic monkeypox reporting
By AFP Today, 9:13 pm
The United Nations’ AIDS agency calls some reporting on the monkeypox virus racist and homophobic, warning of exacerbating stigma and undermining the response to the growing outbreak.
UNAIDS says “a significant proportion” of recent monkeypox cases have been identified among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. But transmission is most likely via close physical contact with a monkeypox sufferer and could affect anyone, it adds, saying some portrayals of Africans and LGBTI people “reinforce homophobic and racist stereotypes and exacerbate stigma.”...
UN denounces racist, homophobic monkeypox reporting
By AFP Today, 9:13 pm
The United Nations’ AIDS agency calls some reporting on the monkeypox virus racist and homophobic, warning of exacerbating stigma and undermining the response to the growing outbreak.
UNAIDS says “a significant proportion” of recent monkeypox cases have been identified among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. But transmission is most likely via close physical contact with a monkeypox sufferer and could affect anyone, it adds, saying some portrayals of Africans and LGBTI people “reinforce homophobic and racist stereotypes and exacerbate stigma.”...
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