The Aids angel: how Ruth Coker Burks forted dyg gay men | Aids and HIV | The Guardian

Contents:

• HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HIV GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE THE U.S.
• AIDS IS A GAY DISEASE
• THE AIDS ANGEL: HOW RUTH COKER BURKS FORTED DYG GAY MEN

HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

Gay and bisexual men n take the followg steps to rce their risk of HIV fectn:. Social and stctural issu—such as HIV stigma, homophobia, discrimatn, poverty, and limed accs to high-qualy health re—fluence health out and ntue to drive equi. Get the latt data on HIV among gay and bisexual men and fd out how CDC is makg a difference.

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

Gay and bisexual men, the lifetime risk of acquirg HIV is currently one six. Lifetime HIV risk is even higher among Black gay and bisexual men (one two) and Latx gay and bisexual men (one four) timated 17% of gay and bisexual men livg wh HIV haven’t been when you dive to the numbers, what they really mean gets a ltle murkier. Defg “Gay” the CDC’s HIV StatisticsThe CDC don’t cull HIV data by sexual inty, but rather by behavr.

For stance, men reportg sex wh another man uld clu gay men, bisexual men and—unfortunately, due to antiquated and transphobic reportg polici—transgenr women.

AIDS IS A GAY DISEASE

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. And the “dg e and male-to-male sexual terurse” tegory probably clus gay men, bisexual men, pansexual men, and transgenr Rat Are Higher Among Gay and Bisexual Men of ColorGay and bisexual men of lor, specifilly Black and Latx gay and bisexual men, are disproportnately affected by HIV. While queerns often means that people will have aquate accs to proper sexual tn and medil re, beg a queer Black man or a queer Latx man will often lead to worse health out due to worse accs to re and sexual tn, as well as higher rat of all gay and bisexual men, the lifetime risk of acquirg HIV is currently one six.

For Black gay and bisexual men, the lifetime risk is one two, while the lifetime risk for Latx gay and bisexual men is one gay and bisexual men, along wh Black transgenr women, are more affected by HIV than any other group the Uned Stat. Black gay and bisexual men acunted for 26% of all the new fectns the Uned Stat 2018, spe Black Amerins prisg only 13% of the U.

Populatn—and spe Black gay and bisexual men makg up only a actn of that 13%. Overall, new diagnos among Black gay and bisexual men are stable, acrdg to the CDC. Among Black gay and bisexual men, om 2010 to 2017:The rate of HIV diagnos among 13 to 24 year olds went down by rate among 25 to 34 year olds went up rate among 35 to 44 year olds went down rate among 45 to 54 year olds went down rate among those 55 and olr was gay and bisexual men acunt for 20% of all new fectns the Uned Stat, spe Latx people as a whole acuntg for 17% of the U.

THE AIDS ANGEL: HOW RUTH COKER BURKS FORTED DYG GAY MEN

HIV diagnosis rat are on the rise among Latx gay and bisexual men.

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. For stance, many gay men of lor have lower , higher rat of homelsns, and ls health surance overage overall than the general top of that, bee HIV rat the muny are already high and datg pools for many people of lor often clu people wh their own racial or ethnic group, means that a person who do not e a ndom or experienc ndom failure may have a much higher risk of beg exposed to HIV than a whe person the same than nceivg of risk as based on an dividual's actns, 's much more realistic to thk of risk as what uld happen based on a person's actns their given environment—pecially sce, Ameri, people of lor are forced to live wh the reali of systemic Risk Depends on Whether You’re the Insertive vs.

Receptive Partner Durg SexGay and bisexual men n be both sertive and receptive partners—often referred to lloquially as “tops” or “bottoms”—durg sex. So, while statistics may refer to the overall risk of transmtg HIV durg gay sex, each posn pos different risks.