(WLUK) -- As of Monday, there are 22 cases of monkeypox in Wisconsin. That includes cases in Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago counties.

Lisa Schwobe says she and her partner are no different than anyone else, but the stigma around gay people and monkeypox is making her and others feel disheartened.

“I don’t want to be looked at like, I mean, I don't want to be, ‘Oh my gosh she might have monkeypox because she’s gay,'" said Schwobe.

According to a CDC study, among U.S. monkeypox cases, 99% occurred in men, 94% of whom reported recent male-to-male sexual or close intimate contact.

Still, Dr. Ashok Rai, president and CEO of Prevea Health, says it's not limited to that category.

“I think it's really important for people to not just consider this a disease in the LGBTQ community but understand that this disease can infect anyone," said Rai.

Schwobe says framing the disease as one that is spread exclusively by gay men doesn't help the rest of the LGBTQ+ community.

“There are people who are afraid to come out," said Schwobe, "because of the bad rap that we do have, and now they are saying, 'Okay monkeypox and LGBTQ, we better stay away from them,' and that's not the look we want.”

“It's not what we’d consider being your normal sexually transmitted infection. It's much broader than that, so we should all be careful and we all need to be educated," said Rai.

Rai doesn't think monkeypox cases are going to slow down.

He says the vaccine is available, but there's a low supply.

FOX 11 asked Rai if he thought northeast Wisconsin would host vaccine clinics like other cities around the country.

"Yes, in all honestly, we’ve had meetings to hopefully plan that here in northeast Wisconsin as well, but it's important to know that even in Milwaukee and those other cities, it's still a vaccine for those at-risk populations," said Rai.

He says monkeypox is most commonly spread through prolonged skin-to-skin contact.

Rai says people should contact their health department or physician if they think they've been exposed.