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Australian men who have contracted monkeypox have described the intense pain caused by the virus’ hallmark lesions and also revealed their fruitless attempts to get the vaccine.
Out Sydney MP Alex Greenwich said Australia had "a golden opportunity to stop the monkeypox virus in its track" and urged federal health minister Mark Butler to fast track approval, procurement and distribution of monkeypox vaccines.
The deaths of gay men from AIDS-related illnesses were once ignored. Now, a quilt memorialising more than 200 of them has been heritage listed in Victoria.
Thorne Harbour Health, which had accepted the custodianship of the Melbourne AIDS Memorial Quilt and maintains the collection, has called the heritage status a "landmark moment in the history of the AIDS Memorial Quilt movement."
Switchboard Victoria CEO Joe Ball and Thorne Harbour Health CEO Simon Ruth speak with us about a new LGBTIQ mental health report.