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By Ellis Schroeder, VOX ATL Teen Staff The stigma is being spread everywhere: “HIV and Monkeypox = gift to gays,” graffiti in Berlin, Germany reads. “Monkeypox is really only transmitted mostly through gay sex,” Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene states in a viral video. “Gaypox” trends worldwide on Twitter. Lawmakers in Latvia attempt to cancel…

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Nearly 10,000 teens were diagnosed with HIV in 2013 and the rate continues to increase, especially for those living in metro Atlanta. According to the Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta is the fifth highest US city for new HIV infections. Additionally, in 2012 there were 26,743 new HIV diagnoses in Atlanta, with many cases affecting…

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