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Why do so many people consider AIDS/HIV to be a gay disease when:?

World Health Organization reports that hetero-sexual contact is responsible for over 70% of all AIDS/HIV cases world wide?

According to CDC statistics (July, 1997) hetero-sexual sex is fastest growing mode of transmission for AIDS in United States - growing at a rate of 15 to 20 percent a year, compared to 5 percent for intravenous drug users & 5 percent for male homosexuals.

Lesbians remain least likely group of people to acquire AIDS through sexual contact;

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mensexonly 		I`ve seen hetero-sexual woman die of AIDS. People make jokes but(!) it is so NOT FUNNY. She was heroine addict that got her life together but(!) it was too late. She left three kids and 5 grandchildren behind

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torogay 		It has to do with when it came to North America. the gay pride movement had gained steam, & people were coming out of closet in droves; These people were also happy to be free, & decided to enjoy sex, without condoms, because you cannot get pregnant with gay sex.

Now the disease wasn`t super sudden, you could have it for months before your health was bad enough that you`d notice, while the whole time you`d be spreading it. There was no testing, or treatment, they didn`t know what hit them until it was too late.

I assume most heterosexuals were at the time still very much married at an early age, whereas now they`re more sexually promiscuous. So it spread primarily through gay culture of the time, & that`s what got press;

So, the current view of HIV/AIDS as a gay disease comes from that. However it is outdated & has been for some time;

The stigma needs to be removed, because a lot of heterosexuals are at risk now, & it`s scary. the lack of ads to remind people to wear rubber is problematic. a lot of that funding went into abstainance funding when the Bush administration overhauled sex ed funding;

It is sad that nowadays it`s a hetero disease. It`s right scary, especially since there`s less incentives to get tested if you`re hetero, which can mean a large number of people could have it & not know until they`ve spread it far & wide.

Okay I`m done now

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bobdilan 		i have no idea. anyone that is smart knows the virus first came from monkeys(poor poor monkeys)*cries*

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gaynudist 		Because, like Wide Awake stated, they continue to perpetuate the bigoted stereotypes

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gaynudist 		misleading; iam open to any sexuality & AIDS & HIV is sexual orientation disease based on how many tricks you get
and your tricks pass on what you had

some tricks are bisexual & some are free orientation; that`s how straights get it.

the reason why to spill pandoras box is. heteralsexual rate is high because of bisexual sexual tricks

gay people don`t get it most & thus the infection spread rate is extremely low;

the CDC is misleading gay community & try to blend
all sex is our sex that`s a bunch of misinformation

IN england AIDS DOES NOT CAUSE HIV & HUMAN TESTING OF 10 YEAR STUDY PROVES IT


LETS PROTEST TO CDC TO HURRY UP WITH the AIDS VACCINE ALL STRAIGHT & gay INSTEAD OF DIVIDING ISSUE

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gaynudist 		Likely because rate of infection amongst gay males is much higher than that of the general population

`In June 2000, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) reported that 120,223 (includes only those cases in areas that have confidential AIDS reporting) in the United States are HIV-positive, & 311,701 are living with HIV (includes only those cases where vital status is known). Of these patients, 44% are gay or bisexual men, 20% are hetero-sexual intravenous drug users, & 17% are women. `

44% of HIV/AIDS cases are gay men, & gay men are 2-6% of the population. That`s an alarmingly high rate of infection, & the likely reason it`s thought of as a `gay disease; `

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charliegay 		Read the updated CDC material. over 50% of new cases in United States are attributed to homosexual activities. That means that new wave of homosexual infections has occured in the last few years. This is the 21st century, I suggest you get some updated information, not some stuff that`s over 10 years old

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gopbol 		Trolls & bigots are allergic to facts

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serenity 		HMMMMM? Where are all those gay bashers now? Why are they not reading this. Oh becuase they`re stubborn, & they don`t want to know facts. They would rather post their own opinions on here instead of actual facts

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bobdilan 		First of all anytime I come into this category I make it known that I`m straight OK? & what I want to say regarding this question is that whomever is still believing this bullsh!t should be shot with sh!t & killed for stinking! It also means that they are either not up on the recent current events or they`re the walking dead & should just be covered with dirt!

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jimmygay 		I didn`t know people still refered to HIV & AIDS as gay disease. That`s what it originally started out as, but(!) I think whoever refers that still as the gay disease is just ignorant

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charliegay 		I am straight, but(!) I think because Americans like to place the blame on whoever they can. It really doesn`t anymore who brought the disease or what group has it more. People we should be focusing more on how to find cure for a virus;


CAN`T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG!

geeezzzzz

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jimmygay 		I don`t know, but(!) straight guy had sex with monkey(I think the monkey had AIDS/HIV) & then had sex with girl & that`s how it got started

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torogay 		It`s because they stereotype. They don`t look at facts but(!) instead use their imagination

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bobdilan 		This is true only if you include Africa. Within the US, HIV is still disease that effects gay men & drug users

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serenity 		If you look in the bible, there are many examples of plagues. For all intents & purposes, HIV/AIDS is a plague; It`s alot easier to scape goat such things like plagues to people deemed unacceptable in eyes of the bible (despite how blind it really is); Many christians don`t want to believe it is global problem & it even effects `the flocks of faith`. so; they have to blame it on someone; Think of Jerry Falwell blaming 9/11 on EVERYONE except Christians. Same thing

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charliegay 		because it gets spread easiest through sodomy if no condome is used

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jimmygay 		Have you heard of Down Low (DL), in closet, etc? I believe that many, many, many men/women pretend to be straight, but(!) to look straight they sleep with heterosexuals of the opposite sex. but(!) I do not know if I believe AIDS/HIV originated through gay people. I do believe that they are at higher risk because anal sex is high risk, & I have found many gay people, not all but(!) many, sleep around consistently.

AIDS/HIV is a worldwide epidemic that effects children, straight, gay, & in between. the cure, abstinence until marriage, straight marriage that is!

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serenity 		Because they prefer to perpetuate bigoted stereotypes, rather than concentrate on the facts.

Be honest, the last time you met a truly ignorant bigot, how swayed were they by reality & evidence?

p; s. to Wadd - pleas stop spreading the lie that AIDS does not cause AIDS. Thousands of scientists disagree with you, & they have evidence on their side. What do you have?

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