Three Reasons Gay Guys Are More Likely To Contract HIV - Burt Foundatn Aotearoa

Contents:

• HIV AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE U.S.
• THREE REASONS GAY GUYS ARE MORE LIKELY TO CONTRACT HIV
• DO ALL GAY PEOPLE HAVE AIDS?
• THE HIGH RISK OF GAY BLACK MEN GETTG HIV
• IS AIDS A “GAY” DISEASE?
• HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

HIV AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE U.S.

Gay and bisexual men n take the followg steps to rce their risk of HIV fectn:. 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.

THREE REASONS GAY GUYS ARE MORE LIKELY TO CONTRACT HIV

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. As a gay or bi guy, you’re much more likely to acquire HIV through unprotected sex than your average straight guy.

Here's why gay & bi men are over reprented HIV diagnos Aotearoa. Combe this wh the fact that gay and bi guys have much more anal sex than straight guys, and you’ve got yourself a lot more risk right there. There are already a lot of gay and bi Kiwis livg wh HIV.

In a recent Auckland study, 1 15 gay and bi guys were found to be livg wh HIV. The realy is that there are fewer gay and bi guys than there are straight men and women. This mak gay and bi guys much more closely nnected, sexually, than the rt of the populatn.

DO ALL GAY PEOPLE HAVE AIDS?

And homosexual men are at even greater risk. And though their rearch was rtricted to heterosexual upl, they anticipate that anal sex between homosexual men would provi a lower barrier to fectn, and rult the transmissn of ls f versns of the vis. Do all gay people have AIDS?

It don’t matter if a person is gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenred, or straight.

THE HIGH RISK OF GAY BLACK MEN GETTG HIV

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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.

IS AIDS A “GAY” DISEASE?

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.

This article tak a closer look at the CDC fdgs and outl the var factors ntributg to the exceptnally high risk of HIV gay and bisexual Black men the Uned Stat. This not only clus creasg treatment accs for at-risk muni but also overg barriers to HIV ttg (cludg HIV stigma and homophobia). This n send gay and bisexual men to hidg for fear of disclosure of not only their HIV stat but their sexual orientatn as well.

Acrdg to the CDC, gay and bisexual men of lor tend to have sex wh their own race, meang that their sexual works are smaller and more exclive. Gay men of lor also tend to have sex wh olr men as a rult of their smaller sexual works. The for this dispary are many, cludg HIV stigma, homophobia, smaller sexual works, distst ernment stutns, and higher rat of poverty and sexually transmted fectns.

HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

If you are a gay or bisexual Black man, is important to intify your personal risks of HIV fectn and take steps to mimize them. “HIV is a gay disease. HIV is not a gay disease.

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.

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. For example, Matt Foreman, former Director of the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force, admted:.