[adnzzzzZ]

This is so true. What really terrifies me is if this new monkeypox became more easily transmissible and killed millions of people. Imagine the backlash against homosexuals?

[twofornone]

...imagine the millions of dead people? What are you implying exactly, that if behavior from a protected class is the source of a major social issue/catastrophe, that we need to avoid making that link, and allow this class to continue engaging in antisocial practices, because we are worried about stigma?

That doesn't seem like a sane ordering of priorities.

[Ancapistani]

I'd avoid making the link to "gay men", by highlighting the link to "promiscuity".

That's more strictly correct anyhow, and assigns causation to a behavior - where it belongs - instead of a vulnerable group.