How LGBTQ advocates in Chicago are confronting monkeypox

The latest public health crisis impacts queer communities in Chicago, and those communities are mobilizing.

Monkeypox Vaccination site Florida
A sign for monkeypox vaccinations is shown at a vaccination site, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in Miami Beach, Fla. Lynne Sladky / Associated Press
Monkeypox Vaccination site Florida
A sign for monkeypox vaccinations is shown at a vaccination site, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in Miami Beach, Fla. Lynne Sladky / Associated Press

How LGBTQ advocates in Chicago are confronting monkeypox

The latest public health crisis impacts queer communities in Chicago, and those communities are mobilizing.

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In the United States, the vast majority of monkeypox cases have been recorded in men who have sex with men. Some have likened the outbreak and government response to the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s.

Reset sits down with community leaders to discuss the impact the illness is having on LGBTQ people in Chicago.

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Erica Gafford, director of HIV testing and prevention at Center on Halsted