To be calling for their closure at a time like this is insulting and counter productive. Rob added: “Queer spaces are vital for sharing information and bring our LGBTQ+ community together. As a member of the queer community who has recently recovered from monkeypox, they don’t speak for me.”
The LGB Alliance’s unhelpful call for a closure of queer spaces is none of these things. Public health researcher David Bath and his friend Rob McNicol were both diagnosed with monkeypox earlier this month.ĭavid told openDemocracy: “It’s important that public health policy is proportionate, informed by experts, and done in consultation with the communities it will affect.
Now its recent posts have led LGBT advocates to accuse it of failing the groups it claims to represent, too.
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