猴痘真的是同性恋疾病吗？

根据研究报告，猴痘在1970年首次流通于世界的原因可被追溯到欧洲的两个同性恋狂欢节。

耶鲁大学公共卫生学院流行病学副教授、全球健康活动家Gregg Gonsalves表示：

What likely happened in this case is that somebody who had monkeypox had a lesion and showed up at a gay rave in Europe, and it spread to those in that social and sexual network. And because the virus prefers close physical contact as a means of transmission, it found a very suitable environment for which to propagate itself.

在这种情况下，可能是某个患有猴痘的人出现了病变，并且在病变后参加了欧洲的一个同性恋狂欢节，然后他就会通过性行为将病毒传播给那个社会群体中的人。而且，由于该病毒更倾向于将密切的身体接触作为传播手段，同性恋狂欢节对它来说是一个非常合适的传播环境。

Transmission likely accelerated at Pride events attended by gay and bisexual men in June. The month is a season of travel for many gay and bisexual men, with Pride events held in major cities — in the U.S. and abroad — every weekend in June.

猴痘很可能在6月由同性恋和双性恋男性参加的骄傲活动*中加速传播。这个月是许多同性恋和双性恋男性的旅行季节，6月的每个周末都会在美国和国外的主要城市举行骄傲活动。

*骄傲活动（Pride event）：又称同志活动，是LGBT族群为了支持LGBT权利所举行的游行庆典，大多在6月至7月开展。

随着越来越多的同性恋感染者的出现，头条新闻也开始蹭这一群体的热点，让大众产生了只有同性恋或双性恋男性才容易感染猴痘的错误印象。

美国疾病控制和预防中心艾滋病预防部主任Demetre Daskalakis博士强调：

Monkeypox can be spread by several ways, including droplets through kissing and touching surfaces, and that could apply to anyone.

猴痘可以通过好几种方式传播，包括接吻和表面飞沫的接触，这对任何人来说都是适用的（并不仅限于LGBT群体）。

同性恋建议专栏作家Dan Savage指出：

Early in the AIDS crisis, public health officials and news reporters didn't raise the alarm about a new disease because they didn’t care about gay or bi men. They didn’t care whether we lived or died. Now, they are failing to raise the alarm because they care about us too much, so much so they don’t want to hurt our feelings or accidentally hand ammo to anti-gay bigots.

在艾滋病危机的早期，公共卫生官员和新闻记者并没有对这种新的疾病发出警报，因为他们并不关心同性恋或双性恋男性，他们并不关心我们的死活。但是现在，他们没有发出警报的原因是，他们对我们过分关心了，以至于他们不想伤害我们的感情，或者不小心让反同性恋偏执狂有机可乘。

感染猴痘的男同性恋者Matt Ford在TikTok上发表了一篇记录其感染经历的帖子：

This is not a gay disease. It can spread to anyone. It's particularly dangerous for kids and immunocompromised people. That was a huge part of why I spoke out, because I wanted to help decrease that stigma and help with any personal shame people might feel.

这不是一种同性恋疾病，它可以传播给任何人，它对孩子和免疫力低下的人来说特别危险。这也是我发表看法的很大一部分原因，因为我想帮助感染者减少这种耻辱感，并帮人们解决他们可能感受到的任何个人向的羞耻感。

另一位感染猴痘的同性恋医生也在TikTok上记录了自己完整的感染经历，以此来帮助人们加强对这种疾病在传播和症状方面的认识，并消除大众印象中猴痘只能通过频繁性行为传播的刻板印象。

If you must know, I actually have not had a sexual partner who's had signs or symptoms of monkeypox, so it's thought that I got it elsewhere. This virus is spread by close person-to-person contact so, yes, sex is one of those ways. But it can also be a concert or a nightclub or a bar or standing in public transportation that's super-crowded.

如果你一定要知道的话，那我可以告诉你，实际上我的性伙伴一个都没有过感染猴痘的症状或者迹象，所以我很可能是在其他地方感染的。这种病毒的传播方式是人与人之间的密切接触，的确，性行为是其中的一种，但是也可能是在音乐会、夜总会、酒吧，或者是在拥挤的公共交通之中。

重点词汇：

lesion n. 身体上的伤害，病变

damage to the skin or part of the body cause by injury or by illness

As is implied by the name the most characteristic lesion if hypoplasia of the nasal turbinates.

顾名思义，最特征的病变是鼻甲发育不全。