Mpox and Spring and Summer Events
The warmer months are full of events that celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. Preparing for this season is a great opportunity to make sure that you stay healthy before, during, and after these celebrations: Get Healthy and Ready for Summer 2023
Stay Up to Date on Your Sexual Health Care
Visit your health care provider or find a health clinic to stay up to date with your sexual health care. Discuss the types of sex you have so that your provider can offer testing and prevention services, including vaccines, that are right for you.
- Get both doses of the mpox vaccine. Unvaccinated people and people who have not received both doses who could benefit from vaccine may still be at risk. The best protection against mpox occurs 2 weeks after the second shot, so plan ahead.
- In the current outbreak, mpox is often transmitted through close, sustained physical contact, almost exclusively associated with sexual contact.
- If you have symptoms of mpox, visit a healthcare provider and get tested, even if you have been vaccinated.
- Get tested for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Resources for People Attending Spring and Summer Events
Posters
- Protect Yourself from Mpox (8.5×11 and 11×17)
- Protect Yourself from Mpox, all audiences (8.5×11 and 11×17)
