Mpox is more than a virus; it's a story about the health of the LGBTQIA+ community - Listen now
What the Pox? Is the information and support I wish I had at my disposal when I was going through Mpox (Monkeypox). It's also a documentary investigation into the Mpox outbreak with science, stories and resources all shared without stigma or shame. Listen to understand:
Mpox is more than a virus; it also tells us so much about being LGBTQIA+ right now - and that's what this show exposes.
Listen to our ten part documentary series for leading LGBTQIA+ community figures, Mpox experts, sexual health superstars, and real people talking about Mypox and the LGBTQIA+ community without shame or stigma.
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Mpox is more than a virus; it's a story about the health of the LGBTQIA+ community - Listen now
What the Pox? Is the information and support I wish I had at my disposal when I was going through Mpox (Monkeypox). It's also a documentary investigation into the Mpox outbreak with science, stories and resources all shared without stigma or shame. Listen to understand:
Mpox is more than a virus; it also tells us so much about being LGBTQIA+ right now - and that's what this show exposes.
Listen to our ten part documentary series for leading LGBTQIA+ community figures, Mpox experts, sexual health superstars, and real people talking about Mypox and the LGBTQIA+ community without shame or stigma.
Head to wearequeeraf.com/whatthepox to unlock ad-free editions of the show.
We Are QueerAF, and so are you.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mpox (Monkeypox) has been troubling for many queers here in the UK and US because of the parallels to HIV. The legacy of AIDS stigma born in the 80s still lives with us today.
This UK government has not released statements damning LGBTQIA+ people for monkeypox, but their silence is damning. It has had almost the same effect in drumming up homophobic rhetoric as if they had directly targeted us with this speech.
But 40 years on, we have come a long way - we’ve fought for policies which could end HIV by the end of the decade. We can learn many lessons from HIV for Mpox, even though they’re very different viruses. So what are they?
Join us to work out why HIV charities leading the fight to work out just what the pox is going on?
This week's guests are:
Matthew Hodson - Executive Director of NAM Aidsmap
Susan Cole - Community engagement lead, NAM Aidsmap
Harun Talunay - Sexual health expert with lived experience of monkeypox
Listen to understand:
Why this outbreak feels familiar to HIV in the 80s
What we can learn from the response (and lack of) to HIV - for monkeypox
How we can talk about monkeypox without stigmatising sexually active LGBTQIA+ people
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