What's behd the higher rat of fectn among gay men? Dr. David bunks myths and explas why some groups are and areas are more affected by HIV/AIDS than others.
Contents:
- HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
- HIV AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE U.S.
- IS AIDS A “GAY” DISEASE?
- AIDS: STILL A GAY DISEASE AMERI
- GAY AS AIDS
- WHY ARE GAY MEN MORE AT RISK FOR HIV?
- HIV IS A STORY FIRST WRTEN ON THE BODI OF GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
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Gay and bisexual men n take the followg steps to rce their risk of HIV fectn:. Social and stctural issu—such as HIV stigma, homophobia, discrimatn, poverty, and limed accs to high-qualy health re—fluence health out and ntue to drive equi. Get the latt data on HIV among gay and bisexual men and fd out how CDC is makg a difference.
HIV AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE U.S.
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This web ntent the term gay and bisexual men to reprent gay, bisexual, and other men who reported male-to-male sexual ntact. New HIV fectns cled among gay and bisexual men the last , but HIV ntu to disproportnately affect gay and bisexual men relative to other muni the U. Progrs rcg new HIV fectns among gay and bisexual men has also not been equal, wh differenc by race, ethnicy, and age.
Factors that fluence health out—cludg HIV-related stigma, homophobia, racism, discrimatn, poverty, limed accs to high-qualy health re, and other longstandg barriers—have ntributed to the unequal reach of HIV preventn and treatment; higher levels of HIV some muni; and ntued equi.
Addnally, 2020, 49% fewer HIV tts were admistered among gay and bisexual men non-healthre settgs than 2019. Wh effective preventn and treatment tools at our disposal, the natn has a s--the-makg opportuny to end the domtic HIV epimic and elimate dispari HIV preventn and re among gay and bisexual men and other populatns disproportnately affected by HIV.
IS AIDS A “GAY” DISEASE?
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Almost all of the major homophile groups ed to tell that HIV/AIDS is not a “gay” disease.
They claimed that should not be associated wh homosexualy any way, shape or form bee this allegedly led to the “stigmatizg and spegoatg” of homosexuals. This assertn was an sential ponent of the refully-engeered mpaign tend to nvce that homosexualy is jt as healthy as heterosexualy.
AIDS: STILL A GAY DISEASE AMERI
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But as evince piled up, the allegatn that homosexualy and HIV/AIDS were unrelated was no longer fensible, and those who nied the nnectn were creasgly perceived as disnnected om realy.
Eventually, even the lears of the homophile movement had to publicly acknowledge the nnectn.
GAY AS AIDS
Dpe overall progrs rcg new fectns among gay and bisexual men, the HIV epimic ntued and was more severe among Black or Ain Amerin (hereafter referred to as Black) and Hispanic/Lato gay and bisexual men the leadg up to the feral Endg the HIV Epimic the U.S. (EHE) iative, which the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servic lnched 2019. * gay e a aids *
For example, Matt Foreman, former Director of the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force, admted:. Internally, when the numbers e out, the “tablished” gay muny seems to have a llective shg as if this isn’t our problem. Folks, wh 70 percent of the people this untry livg wh HIV beg gay or bi, we nnot ny that HIV is a gay disease.
In a sense, the homosexual “special rights” movement is actually perpetuatg this awful disease wh s actns and attus.
WHY ARE GAY MEN MORE AT RISK FOR HIV?
70% of all new s of HIV still occur homosexual and bisexual men. However, Amerin urts have thlsly med the Constutn to illicly expand the right to privacy to clu abortn, fantici, thanasia, pornography ― and now, ersatz homosexual “marriage. Homosexual groups have ed to cripple ernment efforts to curb the very disease that is killg them by the thoands every year.
HIV IS A STORY FIRST WRTEN ON THE BODI OF GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
Organized “gays” have blocked blood screeng for HIV, fought the closg of homosexual bathho, advoted for the legalizatn of both male and female prostutn, shut down ntact tracg and sexual partner notifitn, opposed crimalizg the liberate fectn of another person wh HIV-AIDS, and promoted the e of ndoms, which have a six to eight percent failure rate. The radil homosexual lobby still acc the ernment of so-lled “AIDS genoci, ” and asserts that the Feds “have blood on their hands. To show how out of touch the mastream media is wh realy, Newsweek Magaze, which has featured AIDS on s ver no fewer than twenty tim, laid the blame for the AIDS epimic at the feet of “homophobia and relig lears steeped moralistic doctre who have supprsed hont nversatn about how to stop .
Did they mand homosexuals to grossly abe dgs and alhol so that their judgment was impaired or stroyed?
In perhaps the most extreme statement of self-excal, Harry Hay, founr of the first homophile anizatn the Uned Stat (the Mattache Society), acced nservativ of velopg and spreadg the AIDS vis. All of this shows the power of the homosexual lobby as greedily gobbl up every penny n get s hands on for s very small percentage of the populatn, thereby privg lns of others of badly-need assistance. Foreman, a polil analyst wh the Brookgs Foundatn, says that homosexual mands for unlimed AIDS money nstute “a remarkably succsful lobby.