Health Officials Work With LGBTQ Bars to Share Info About Monkeypox | Eater Portland

"Inside CC Slaughters I found Multnomah County public-health materials—flyers and pamphlets—about preventing MPV, its symptoms, and where to get tested, and county staff have been talking through those materials with bartenders and owners to cover how to keep customers and staff safe. I learned this outreach is part of a longstanding partnership between queer businesses and the health department, and that when county workers walk in wearing a county ID people know why they’re there and are ready to listen. The presence of these materials and conversations at CC Slaughters reflects how queer bars are reclaiming their role as trusted community spaces for sharing public-health information after pandemic closures." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden