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A perfect storm for stigma: gay and bisexual men’s experiences of mpox
Qualitative research found that most Australian gay and bisexual men diagnosed with mpox (previously known as monkeypox) had highly distressing experiences due to severe symptoms, drawn-out isolation periods and stigmatising healthcare providers. Dr Anthony Smith from the Centre for Social Research in Health at the University of New South Wales presented the results at the 12th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2023) this week.
Following the acute illness, there were also longer-term physical and social effects. While cases of mpox may have declined, this research suggests that people affected by the illness may require ongoing help and trauma-informed care.
Background
The 2022 global mpox outbreak mainly impacted gay and pansexual men. Among a reported 87,942 cases, there were 42 deaths. Australia had 145 mpox cases during the 2022 outbreak, mainly among people returning from travel to Europe and no reported deaths.
Media reports compared the outbreak to the early days of HIV, when homosexual men’s sexual behaviour was also linked to a stigmatised disease. However, there has been
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The day I met a ‘gay conversion therapist’
It's been a long time since I had an "unwanted same-sex attraction", as Mike would put it. I'm an out gay bloke, a comedian, I co-host the UK's biggest Queer podcast and regularly chat about sexuality and equality both on TV, on stage and to our international podcast audience - but I remember a moment when a 13-year-old me was less confident.
We're constantly hearing theories as to why Gay people exist and at 13, surrounded by vertical people, our predominantly heterosexual planet sowed a seed of doubt and shame in my mind about being gay. I realised my life was about to be a lot more difficult as a gay man and, for a split second, I genuinely wished I could've been straight.
Even in 2019, it's actually beautiful easy to see why you might want someone to turn you heterosexual. Homophobic hate crimes in the UK are on the rise. Recently, a survey suggested 58% of gay men are scared to hold hands with a partner in widespread. A lesbian couple were attacked on a London bus in a suspected hate crime which shocked the country.
This is why I am interested in Mike. Is he motivated by homophobia, or does
March 02, 2017
The Epidemic of
Gay LonelinessBy Michael Hobbes
I
“I used to get so elated when the meth was all gone.”
This is my friend Jeremy.
“When you hold it,” he says, “you have to keep using it. When it’s gone, it’s like, ‘Oh excellent, I can go support to my life now.’ I would stay up all weekend and leave to these sex parties and then feel prefer shit until Wednesday. About two years ago I switched to cocaine because I could work the next day.”
Jeremy is telling me this from a hospital bed, six stories above Seattle. He won’t tell me the explicit circumstances of the overdose, only that a stranger called an ambulance and he woke up here.
Jeremy is not the buddy I was expecting to have this conversation with. Until a few weeks ago, I had no idea he used anything heavier than martinis. He is trim, intelligent, gluten-free, the kind of guy who wears a labor shirt no matter what day of the week it is. The first time we met, three years ago, he asked me if I knew a good place to do CrossFit. Today, when I ask him how the hospital’s been so far, the first thing he says is that there’s no Wi-F
by Fred Penzel, PhD
This article was initially published in the Winter 2007 edition of the OCD Newsletter.
OCD, as we know, is largely about experiencing serious and unrelenting question. It can lead to you to challenge even the most basic things about yourself – even your sexual orientation. A 1998 research published in the Journal of Sex Research found that among a collective of 171 college students, 84% reported the occurrence of sexual intrusive thoughts (Byers, et al. 1998). In arrange to have doubts about one’s sexual identity, a sufferer need not ever have had a homo- or heterosexual experience, or any type of sexual experience at all. I have observed this symptom in young children, adolescents, and adults as adv. Interestingly Swedo, et al., 1989, launch that approximately 4% of children with OCD experience obsessions concerned with forbidden aggressive or perverse sexual thoughts.
Although doubts about one’s retain sexual identity might seem pretty straightforward as a symptom, there are actually a number of variations. The most obvious form is where a sufferer experiences the reflection that they might be of a different sexual orientation than they formerly believed. If the su
The day I met a ‘gay conversion therapist’
It's been a long time since I had an "unwanted same-sex attraction", as Mike would put it. I'm an out gay bloke, a comedian, I co-host the UK's biggest Queer podcast and regularly chat about sexuality and equality both on TV, on stage and to our international podcast audience - but I remember a moment when a 13-year-old me was less confident.
We're constantly hearing theories as to why Gay people exist and at 13, surrounded by vertical people, our predominantly heterosexual planet sowed a seed of doubt and shame in my mind about being gay. I realised my life was about to be a lot more difficult as a gay man and, for a split second, I genuinely wished I could've been straight.
Even in 2019, it's actually beautiful easy to see why you might want someone to turn you heterosexual. Homophobic hate crimes in the UK are on the rise. Recently, a survey suggested 58% of gay men are scared to hold hands with a partner in widespread. A lesbian couple were attacked on a London bus in a suspected hate crime which shocked the country.
This is why I am interested in Mike. Is he motivated by homophobia, or does
March 02, 2017
The Epidemic of
Gay LonelinessBy Michael Hobbes
I
“I used to get so elated when the meth was all gone.”
This is my friend Jeremy.
“When you hold it,” he says, “you have to keep using it. When it’s gone, it’s like, ‘Oh excellent, I can go support to my life now.’ I would stay up all weekend and leave to these sex parties and then feel prefer shit until Wednesday. About two years ago I switched to cocaine because I could work the next day.”
Jeremy is telling me this from a hospital bed, six stories above Seattle. He won’t tell me the explicit circumstances of the overdose, only that a stranger called an ambulance and he woke up here.
Jeremy is not the buddy I was expecting to have this conversation with. Until a few weeks ago, I had no idea he used anything heavier than martinis. He is trim, intelligent, gluten-free, the kind of guy who wears a labor shirt no matter what day of the week it is. The first time we met, three years ago, he asked me if I knew a good place to do CrossFit. Today, when I ask him how the hospital’s been so far, the first thing he says is that there’s no Wi-F
by Fred Penzel, PhD
This article was initially published in the Winter 2007 edition of the OCD Newsletter.
OCD, as we know, is largely about experiencing serious and unrelenting question. It can lead to you to challenge even the most basic things about yourself – even your sexual orientation. A 1998 research published in the Journal of Sex Research found that among a collective of 171 college students, 84% reported the occurrence of sexual intrusive thoughts (Byers, et al. 1998). In arrange to have doubts about one’s sexual identity, a sufferer need not ever have had a homo- or heterosexual experience, or any type of sexual experience at all. I have observed this symptom in young children, adolescents, and adults as adv. Interestingly Swedo, et al., 1989, launch that approximately 4% of children with OCD experience obsessions concerned with forbidden aggressive or perverse sexual thoughts.
Although doubts about one’s retain sexual identity might seem pretty straightforward as a symptom, there are actually a number of variations. The most obvious form is where a sufferer experiences the reflection that they might be of a different sexual orientation than they formerly believed. If the su