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:
- WHY ARE GAY MEN MORE AT RISK FOR HIV?
- MYSTERY DISEASE KILLS GAY MEN – ARCHIVE, 1981
- REMEMBERG THE EARLY DAYS OF 'GAY CANCER'
- GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
- MONKEYPOX IS ROG OLD FEARS — AND WAYS GAY MEN RE FOR EACH OTHER
- HIV NOW FECTS MORE HETEROSEXUAL PEOPLE THAN GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN – WE NEED A NEW STRATEGY
- GAY MEN AND HIV/AIDS: UNRSTANDG THE DOUBLE STIGMA
WHY ARE GAY MEN MORE AT RISK FOR HIV?
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Gay and bisexual men n take the followg steps to rce their risk of HIV fectn:. David explas what’s behd the higher rat of HIV among gay men. David: This gentlemen asks, “’Why are gay men more at risk for HIV?
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.
MYSTERY DISEASE KILLS GAY MEN – ARCHIVE, 1981
Commentator Joe Wright spent more than 10 years dog AIDS muny work San Francis. He says that back 1981 and '82, before AIDS was lled AIDS, was lled "gay ncer." At the time, ncer was the most dread disease the Uned Stat. But for some of the men who had the myster new illns, llg "ncer" was a form of hope. Joe Wright is a stunt at Harvard Medil School. * why is hiv a gay disease *
In this day and time, gay men still make up about 2/3 of the new HIV diagnosis.
REMEMBERG THE EARLY DAYS OF 'GAY CANCER'
Rearch has shown that the followg are some of the most mon health ncerns faced by gay and bisexual men. * why is hiv a gay disease *
So aga, the pot I would want to make, ’s not bee of who you are, ’s not jt bee you’re gay. It’s bee we live a high HIV prevalent society among gay men and then also bee some of the behavrs that we engage may put more at risk for HIV.
Boston: A wave of pnmonia and ncer that is killg homosexual men across the Uned Stat has been traced to a breakdown the body’s disease-fightg system that turns harmls germs to killers, rearchers ndn – so new do not yet have a name – has been reported 180 people 15 stat sce was first spotted last July, and 75 of the victims have died. Nety-two per cent of the patients are homosexual men. Doctors do not know what weakens the people’s immuny, but some of them speculate that the culpr is repeated fectns wh a vis that is mon among homosexuals.
GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
In a changed world, gay men still remember the anxiety (and lsons) of the darker days of HIV/AIDS. * why is hiv a gay disease *
Four of the patients the latt studi also had rare sh ulcers ed by the herp simplex vis, and rearchers said that this “suggts that our fdgs are part of a natnwi epimic of immunoficiency among male homosexuals. ”A study directed by Dr Michael Gottlieb, of UCLA, said that homosexuals may be repeatedly fected wh this vis, which is rried semen and other body secretns. One doctor speculated that the fectns might also be related to the e of dgs mon among homosexuals.
MONKEYPOX IS ROG OLD FEARS — AND WAYS GAY MEN RE FOR EACH OTHER
Dan Harry, om the UK's first gay datg show, is volved tts which uld eradite the vis. * why is hiv a gay disease *
Rememberg the Early Days of 'Gay Cancer' Commentator Joe Wright spent more than 10 years dog AIDS muny work San Francis.
He says that back 1981 and '82, before AIDS was lled AIDS, was lled "gay ncer.
HIV NOW FECTS MORE HETEROSEXUAL PEOPLE THAN GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN – WE NEED A NEW STRATEGY
Read rpons to myths that 'HIV is a gay disease' or a 'ath sentence,' and fd other important rmatn about gettg tted. * why is hiv a gay disease *
Rememberg the Early Days of 'Gay Cancer'. And bee the first people diagnosed wh the new syndrome were gay men, some people started llg the disease Gay Cancer. But lots of people the media and the gay muny still lled Gay Cancer until the later part of 1982.
Soon after he was diagnosed wh KS, he spent time troducg himself to men the Kaposi Sara clic wag room, vg them to the Shanti Project Gay Cancer support group. Medilly, Bobbi Campbell knew that his so-lled gay ncer was very different than the kds of ncer that most of his patients the hospal had. Gay and Bisexual Men's Health Issu.
GAY MEN AND HIV/AIDS: UNRSTANDG THE DOUBLE STIGMA
Many men wh HIV/AIDS are and will ntue to be homosexual or bisexual. Effective re requir unrstandg the impact of the double stigma of beg gay and havg HIV/AIDS. While provirs have tradnally foced on gay men wh HIV disease as dividuals, this article directs provirs' at … * why is hiv a gay disease *
Rearch has shown that the followg are some of the most mon health ncerns faced by gay and bisexual men. While ’s te that most timate partner vlence rourc are for women, specific assistance is available for gay and bisexual men. Bee of strs and discrimatn, gay and bisexual men are more likely to e tobac and alhol than the general populatn.