Yes but it's entirely because the first superspreader for monkeypox was a gay event. This made gay men the majority carrier.
It spreads among straight people exactly the same there just aren't as many carriers among straight people right now. A single superspreader event could change that.
This plus gay men have a good fucking reason to get any new skin issues checked out (AIDS crisis) and in the US only gay men can get tested in a lot of areas
Interesting. I haven't exactly been reckless but I wonder how the trans community (specifically trans girls, for me and my friends' sake) has been affected, tbh I assumed the factor was the virus being spread by anal sex, although the gay and trans communities are more closely connected than others
It's not the sex that's transmitting it (although it contributes). It's close physical content. It's primarily spreading gay man to gay man right now because that's the circle it's in.
If it has a super spreader among trans women who are very social then I think it will spread among them, but in my opinion trans people actually have quite limited social lives relatively to gay men who have VERY active social lives with other gay men. That's not to say that there aren't some very active trans social scenes too, but comparatively they're on quite different levels.
hah! Sorry about that. Just a smiling face with a single tear emoji. I was merely poking fun at the notion of a gay man having an active social life with other gay men whereas I, a gay man, do not have an active social life.
Ahhh I see! Yeah I'm not suggesting that it's inherent to all gay men or anything, just that a specific gay party circuit and club scene exists. There's a straight one too and that doesn't mean straight people that are less socially active don't exist. Lotta people don't like bars and clubs.
Honestly, that's a good point! Thanks for your opinion, tbh I've only recently become comfortable enough with myself to have a s*x life and hearing that it spread through gay guys made me think of it as a new type of std to be worried about (not that I won't take precautions for all the other diseases as well!)
Yeah it's not an std. It's skin contact disease that got spread at a big gay event with lots of skin contact and now it's spreading skin to skin among what I assume are the kind of social circles with gay men partying and clubbing. Since these men are mainly socialising with each other and have limited skin to skin contact outside of this group the spread is mainly staying among gay men.
It also can spread via fabrics and air but is much much more limited spread via those things. So what's happening is mainly based on the very specific social behaviours of gay men.
If it enters straight party/clubbing scenes I suspect it would spread very similarly, it just hasn't found the right person to cause that spread before becoming symptomatic and isolating yet.
Yes but it's entirely because the first superspreader for monkeypox was a gay event. This made gay men the majority carrier.
It spreads among straight people exactly the same there just aren't as many carriers among straight people right now. A single superspreader event could change that.
This plus gay men have a good fucking reason to get any new skin issues checked out (AIDS crisis) and in the US only gay men can get tested in a lot of areas
Interesting. I haven't exactly been reckless but I wonder how the trans community (specifically trans girls, for me and my friends' sake) has been affected, tbh I assumed the factor was the virus being spread by anal sex, although the gay and trans communities are more closely connected than others
It's not the sex that's transmitting it (although it contributes). It's close physical content. It's primarily spreading gay man to gay man right now because that's the circle it's in.
If it has a super spreader among trans women who are very social then I think it will spread among them, but in my opinion trans people actually have quite limited social lives relatively to gay men who have VERY active social lives with other gay men. That's not to say that there aren't some very active trans social scenes too, but comparatively they're on quite different levels.
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This only shows as a square character-not-found symbol for me. What was it supposed to be?
hah! Sorry about that. Just a smiling face with a single tear emoji. I was merely poking fun at the notion of a gay man having an active social life with other gay men whereas I, a gay man, do not have an active social life.
Ahhh I see! Yeah I'm not suggesting that it's inherent to all gay men or anything, just that a specific gay party circuit and club scene exists. There's a straight one too and that doesn't mean straight people that are less socially active don't exist. Lotta people don't like bars and clubs.
Honestly, that's a good point! Thanks for your opinion, tbh I've only recently become comfortable enough with myself to have a s*x life and hearing that it spread through gay guys made me think of it as a new type of std to be worried about (not that I won't take precautions for all the other diseases as well!)
Yeah it's not an std. It's skin contact disease that got spread at a big gay event with lots of skin contact and now it's spreading skin to skin among what I assume are the kind of social circles with gay men partying and clubbing. Since these men are mainly socialising with each other and have limited skin to skin contact outside of this group the spread is mainly staying among gay men.
It also can spread via fabrics and air but is much much more limited spread via those things. So what's happening is mainly based on the very specific social behaviours of gay men.
If it enters straight party/clubbing scenes I suspect it would spread very similarly, it just hasn't found the right person to cause that spread before becoming symptomatic and isolating yet.