Rare pox no reason to cancel Pride, WHO says
Reuters reported on May 30 that Andy Seale, strategies adviser at the World Health Organization's department for sexually transitted infections programs, has said that an unusual spread of monkeypox does not mean people should "shun" Pride celebrations.

Monkeypox is a mild illness, with flu-like symptoms and skin lesions, that is disproportionately affecting men who have sex with men. It can be transmitted by close contact, such as skin to skin. Most people recover from it without medical intervention.

Seale said, "Most of these events — the official events — are outdoors, they're family friendly. We don't see any real reason to be concerned about [an] enhanced likelihood of transmission in those contexts."

Seale added that many of the current cases occurred in enclosed spaces, like nightclubs.

Another WHO official said it was unlikely for the monkeypox outbreak outside of Africa to lead to a pandemic. Most of the over 300 suspected and confirmed cases reported in May occurred in Europe.

Ukraine's unicorn soldiers talk war
NBC News reported May 31 on a few of Ukraine's "Unicorn" soldiers, or the LGBTQ volunteer fighters who often sew a unicorn insignia on their epaulets, just below the national flag.

Actor, director, drama teacher, and soldier Oleksandr Zhuhan told Reuters that the practices goes back to 2014, when Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula.

"Lots of people said there are no Gay people in the army," he said. "So they [the LGBTQ community] chose the unicorn because it is like a fantastic 'nonexistent' creature."

Zhuhan and his partner Antonina Romanova, both volunteer fighters, met through theater work. They lacked weapons training, but eventually, they got tired of hiding.

"I just remember that at a certain point it became obvious that we only had three options," said Romanova, who identifies as a nonbinary person. "Either hide in a bomb shelter, run away and escape, or join the Territorial Defense. We chose the third option."