HIV and Gay and Bisexual Men | NIH

Contents:

• WHY ARE GAY MEN MORE AT RISK FOR HIV?
• THREE REASONS GAY GUYS ARE MORE LIKELY TO CONTRACT HIV
• WHY DO GAY PEOPLE GET AIDS
• IS AIDS A “GAY” DISEASE?
• 1980S. HIV/AIDS: WHY WAS AIDS LLED ‘THE GAY PLAGUE’?

WHY ARE GAY MEN MORE AT RISK FOR HIV?

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Sce the HIV epimic started the 1980s gay men have been at a greater risk and reprented more of the new HIV s that we’ve known this untry and actually ternatnally as well. In this day and time, gay men still make up about 2/3 of the new HIV diagnosis.

THREE REASONS GAY GUYS ARE MORE LIKELY TO CONTRACT HIV

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WHY DO GAY PEOPLE GET AIDS

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IS AIDS A “GAY” DISEASE?

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Olr gay and bisexual populatns who lived through the height of the HIV epimic do appear more likely to practice safe sex, based on CDC data for HIV-negative or HIV-unknown men 20 US ci wh a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS. About 60 percent of unr-40 gay and bisexual men said they had anal sex whout a ndom the past year. Only half of gay and bisexual men 40 and olr reported havg anal sex whout a ndom the same time span.

1980S. HIV/AIDS: WHY WAS AIDS LLED ‘THE GAY PLAGUE’?

The radil homosexual lobby still acc the ernment of so-lled AIDS genoci, and asserts that the Feds have blood on their hands.

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