Knowledge is power: If we learned anythg the gay male muny durg the early days of the HIV/AIDS epimic the Uned Stat, was that. No one knew what had h , and people were dyg huge numbers all around . The muny lost iends, lleagu, and timate partners. Inially mislabeled gay-related immune ficiency (GRID), valuable time was lost rpondg to the crisis bee most felt safe the belief that they were not at risk. Sce early victims were predomantly gay men, the stigma attached to homosexualy the medil, erng, law enforcement and eccliastil stutns beme a barrier to unrstandg, preventn, and treatment.
Contents:
- WHY ARE GAY MEN MORE AT RISK FOR HIV?
- HIV/AIDS AND EDUTN: LSONS OM THE 1980S AND THE GAY MALE COMMUNY THE UNED STAT
- HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
WHY ARE GAY MEN MORE AT RISK FOR HIV?
The high percentage of gay and bisexual men who are livg wh HIV means that, as a group, they have a greater risk of beg exposed to HIV; browse lks here. * did hiv come from gay people *
READ MORE: Panmics That Changed History: A TimeleThe AIDS Epimic Aris Though HIV arrived the Uned Stat around 1970, didn’t e to the public’s attentn until the early 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn (CDC) published a report about five prevly healthy homosexual men beg fected wh Pnmocystis pnmonia, which is ed by the normally harmls fung Pnmocystis jirovecii.
Bee the disease appeared to affect mostly homosexual men, officials ially lled gay-related immune ficiency, or the CDC disvered all major rout of the disease’s transmissn—as well as that female partners of AIDS-posive men uld be fected— 1983, the public nsired AIDS a gay disease.
HIV/AIDS AND EDUTN: LSONS OM THE 1980S AND THE GAY MALE COMMUNY THE UNED STAT
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It was even lled the “gay plague” for many years September of 1982, the CDC ed the term AIDS to scribe the disease for the first time.
HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
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. * did hiv come from gay people *
AIDS was first observed Amerin gay muni but is believed to have veloped om a chimpanzee vis om Wt Ai the 1920s. In fear of HIV makg to blood banks, the FDA also enacted regulatns that ban gay men om donatg blood. The FDA would revise s l 2015 to allow gay men to give blood if they’ve been celibate for a year, though blood banks routely tt blood for the end of 1985, there were more than 20, 000 reported s of AIDS, wh at least one se every regn of the is Developed In 1987, the first antiretroviral meditn for HIV, azidothymide (AZT), beme available.
HIV/AIDS the 1990s and 2000s In 1991, the red ribbon beme an ternatnal symbol of AIDS that year, basketball player Magic Johnson announced he had HIV, helpg to further brg awarens to the issue and dispel the stereotype of beg a gay disease. A major study pleted 2019 showed that over 750 gay men on an anti-viral treatment did not transm the vis to their partners. Gay and bisexual men n take the followg steps to rce their risk of HIV fectn:.
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For example, gay and bisexual men ma up an timated 2% of the U. If current diagnosis rat ntue, 1 6 gay and bisexual men will be diagnosed wh HIV their lifetime. A 2014 Kaiser Fay Foundatn survey of gay and bisexual men the U.
For gay and bisexual youth who are jt begng to explore their sexualy, homophobia and other forms of anti-LGBTQ bias help expla why so many young people our muny are unaware of their HIV stat. The natn also saw tremendo progrs the fight agast HIV unr former Print Barack Obama, whose Natnal HIV & AIDS Strategy explicly lled attentn to gay and bisexual men and transgenr women for the first time. Stacey Campfield, R-Knoxville, ma an terview on satelle rad last week wh a gay-rights advote, none was more sensatnal than his assertn that AIDS humans me om "one guy screwg a monkey, if I rell rrectly, and then havg sex wh men.
Campfield lls a "Don’t Teach Gay" bill, but ’s been more monly lled the "Don’t Say Gay" bill. Crics say uld open the door to allowg anti-gay bullyg and harassment and potentially prevent teachers and admistrators om helpg stunts properly al wh sexualy issu.