Wait, it gets better! I just read the article and found this:

Though anyone can contract monkeypox, in the United States the “main population we’ve seen so far has been in men having sex with men,” FIU’s Marty said. “Not because it’s a sexually transmitted disease, but rather because they’ve been having the kinds of interactions with each other in large party settings. That’s basically a super spreader.”

Maybe my theory of the pox spread being in coordination with pride month is wrong after all.