Is AIDS a "Gay" Disease? | Human Life Internatnal

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• WHY DO GAY MEN HAVE A HIGHER CHANCE OF GETTG HIV?
• WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HIV GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE THE U.S.
• THREE REASONS GAY GUYS ARE MORE LIKELY TO CONTRACT HIV
• DO ALL GAY PEOPLE HAVE AIDS?
• WHY ARE GAY MEN MORE AT RISK FOR HIV?
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• IS AIDS A “GAY” DISEASE?
• HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• DISCRIMATN AND HOMOPHOBIA FUEL THE HIV EPIMIC GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

WHY DO GAY MEN HAVE A HIGHER CHANCE OF GETTG HIV?

In that same year, per the CDC, only 65 out of 100 gay and bisexual men wh HIV the Uned Stat received some HIV MSM don’t seek ttg or treatment due to homophobic stigma or fear of discrimatn. Addnally, lower e levels and higher rat of unemployment and rceratn may make harr for some gay and bisexual men to seek and receive high-qualy health re, cludg HIV ttg, treatment, and other preventn servic.

On this page:Gay & Bisexual MenLbians & Bisexual WomenTransgenr PeopleBisexual PeopleShared Risk FactorsFor as long as HIV has existed the public nscns, has been associated wh queerns.

The first story wrten about AIDS any newspaper appeared the New York Native, a gay biweekly publitn, which May 1981 tried to ph back agast mors of a “gay ncer” spreadg the U.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HIV GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE THE U.S.

Later that year, The New York Tim published a now-famo story entled, “Rare Cancer Seen 41 Homosexuals, ” which raised alarm bells wh the LGBTQ+ muny—and also set the stage for s of stigma agast the LGBTQ+ muny om those outsi . From earlier films like And the Band Played On to Philalphia up through How to Survive a Plague and The Normal Heart, media ntue to nnect HIV wh gay men, one of the “four Hs” thought to be the groups that ntracted the vis: homosexuals, Haians, hero ers, and hemophiliacs. But that don’t tell whether the person who had oppose-sex sexual terurse was gay, bisexual, pansexual, or any other term for a person who has sex wh people of multiple genrs.

THREE REASONS GAY GUYS ARE MORE LIKELY TO CONTRACT HIV

Increased rat of HIV among gay and bisexual men of lor have nothg to do wh an herent risk based on their inti, but rather on the many soccultural and socenomic factors that hurt Black and Latx queer people every day. One 2018 study of over 1, 300 gay and bisexual men found that 72% of Black participants were virally supprsed, pared to 91% of whe participants and 81% of Latx participants.

DO ALL GAY PEOPLE HAVE AIDS?

The reason that women who engage sex wh other women are at lower risk of HIV fectn is not bee of any herent protectn om beg a lbian, but bee sex between women ually volv ls direct exchange of fect fluids than sex between gay and bisexual men.

WHY ARE GAY MEN MORE AT RISK FOR HIV?

Bisexual people are much ls likely than gay men or lbians to disclose their sexual orientatn to their sexual health re provirs—not bee they don’t want to, but bee they often feel like their sexualy is misunrstood or bee provirs may assume that they are eher exclively straight or exclively gay. One 2013 study found that 39% of bisexual men and 33% of bisexual women did not disclose their bisexualy to their health re provir, pared to only 13% of lbians and 10% of gay men.

Bisexual people have a number of measurably worse mental health out than their straight and gay unterparts—each of which n lead to creased HIV risk and poorer health while livg wh HIV.

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Rearchers have found that gay and bisexual men who are survivors of domtic vlence often exhib siar out to women who experience domtic vlence, cludg havg lower , beg unemployed, experiencg prsn, and g substanc. Homelsns among young gay and bisexual men (aged 17 to 28) has been nnected wh a greater lifetime risk for HIV—meang the risk extends much longer than their perd of homelsns. While people of any race the queer muny n experience poor mental health out, stctural racism often acunts for poorer mental health out among gay and bisexual men of lor.

IS AIDS A “GAY” DISEASE?

Even though there is no difference HIV risk behavrs between gay and bisexual men who are whe and gay and bisexual men of lor, the HIV rate among gay and bisexual men of lor is much higher. Rearch has shown that, among a group of gay and bisexual men of lor, racism they’ve experienced wh their LGBTQ muny—as well as homophobia om their heterosexual iend works—n lead to prsn and anxiety. For stance, one study found that that gay and bisexual Latx men are more likely than other racial groups to report ndomls receptive anal sex wh a sual partner as a rponse to both homophobia and racism.

HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

Meanwhile, “genr role stra, ” or the prsure of nformg to culturally appropriate ias of masculy, has put Black gay and bisexual men at greater risk for psychologil distrs and sexual risk when pared to whe gay and bisexual men. Racial and ethnic dispari don’t only acunt for differenc HIV risk among groups of gay and bisexual men; they also acunt for worse health out among men of lor who are diagnosed wh 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.

Rectal douchg is the sertn of a liquid, such as tap water or soapsuds, to the rectum via a tool, to cleanse the rectum before or after anal sex and is a mon activy among gay and bisexual men. 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. 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.

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. 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 . 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.

DISCRIMATN AND HOMOPHOBIA FUEL THE HIV EPIMIC GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

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. But still AIDS fundg climbs relentlsly, bee lawmakers know that if they vote agast any crease, the homophil will stantly brand them as “hate-filled bigots” and “homophob.

[4] Acrdg to the Natnal Gay Task Force, screeng donated blood for HIV is “spegoatg” and “stigmatizg” [Journal of the Amerin Medil Associatn, Febary 4, 1983; New Dimensns Magaze, March 1990].

In fact, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men make up more than half of the people livg wh HIV the Uned Stat and experience two thirds of all new HIV fectns each year.

The large percentage of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men who have HIV and STDs means that, as a group, they have a higher chance of beg exposed to the diseas. CDC’s Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Health Servic page has rourc that n help you fd health re provirs that are skilled providg health servic to gay and bisexual men.

The human papillomavis (HPV) vacce is also available for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men up to 26 years of age to prevent genal warts and other HPV-associated diseas and ndns such as oropharyngeal or anal ncer. CDC is fundg a monstratn project 4 jurisdictns to intify active HIV transmissn works and implement HIV terventns for Hispanic/Lato gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men.

In 2017, CDC award nearly $11 ln per year for five years to 30 CBOs to provi HIV ttg to young gay and bisexual men of lor and transgenr youth of lor, wh the goal of intifyg undiagnosed HIV fectns and lkg those who have HIV to re and preventn servic. Many health re and mental health anizatns foced on the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny also offer substance e treatment or may be able to provi rmatn about lol rourc. †Unr 50%Only 27% of Black/Ain Amerin, 31% of Hispanic/Lato, and 42% of Whe gay and bisexual men who uld have benefted om medice to prevent HIV (PrEP) ed 50%Only 27% of Black/Ain Amerin, 31% of Hispanic/Lato, and 42% of Whe gay and bisexual men who uld have benefted om medice to prevent HIV (PrEP) ed 2017.

2 3Only about 2 3 Black/Ain Amerin (62%) or Hispanic/Lato (67%) gay and bisexual men wh HIV were virally supprsed 2019, ‡ pared wh about 3 4 (74%) Whe gay and bisexual men.

From 2010 to 2019, new HIV fectns cled among Whe gay and bisexual men but remaed higher and relatively stable among Black/Ain Amerin and Hispanic/Lato gay and bisexual men.

Social and stctural barriers such as systemic racism, stigma, discrimatn, homophobia, poverty, and homelsns n make difficult to accs HIV ttg, re, and preventn servic. There have been signifint advanc HIV preventn and treatment but missed ttg opportuni healthre settgs are preventg some gay and bisexual men om knowg their HIV stat and beneftg om the advanc. Gay and bisexual men who learn they have HIV n start and stay on HIV treatment, get the vis down to an untectable level (bee virally supprsed), live long and healthy liv, and prevent sexual transmissn to others.

This goal n only be achieved by dramatilly rcg new HIV fectns among the most affected groups, cludg Black/Ain Amerin and Hispanic/Lato gay and bisexual men, and expandg and stag vtments HIV servic. Among gay and bisexual men who uld benef om PrEP, only 27% of Black/Ain Amerin, 31% of Hispanic/Lato, and 42% of Whe gay and bisexual men reported g PrEP 2017.