In the early 1980s.
AIDS is believed to have entered the human population sometime in the early 20th Century, but it didn't become an epidemic among gay men until about 1980.
No. Only a minority of gay men have AIDS.
He is now deceased, but yes he was gay. He is known for his activism for equality and rights for gay men. His poetry addresses the sexual objectification of black men in white culture, relationships among gay black men and non gay black men, HIV/AIDS in the black community and the meaning of family.
Only a minority of gay people have AIDS. AIDS is a disease EVERYONE has to worry about. AIDS is NOT a gay disease. Women can pass it on to women, men can give it to women, men can give it to men. Sex is NOT the only way to transmit the disease. It doesn't matter if you're straight, gay, bi, lesbian, transgendered, WHATEVER. YOU are still at risk for AIDS.
Paul Monette has written: 'Lightfall' -- subject(s): Fiction, Gay men 'Becoming a man' -- subject(s): Gay men, Biography 'No witnesses' -- subject(s): Gay men, Poetry 'Afterlife' -- subject(s): AIDS (Disease), Fiction, Gay men, Loss (Psychology), Patients 'The carpenter at the asylum' -- subject(s): Gay men, Poetry 'Love alone' -- subject(s): AIDS (Disease), Gay men, Patients, Poetry 'Halfway home' -- subject(s): AIDS (Disease), Brothers, Fiction, Gay men, Patients
Yes, it is; however, it is not practiced by all gay men.
This is a complete myth.
No; the group most affected by AIDS are gay men and bisexual men.
Gay people are said to get AIDS faster than straight people because they are thought to change sexual partners more often; so a gay person can get aids as easily as a straight person if they change sexual partners with same frequency.
Ann Silversides has written: 'AIDS activist' -- subject(s): AIDS (Disease), Biography, Gay men, Political aspects of AIDS (Disease)
No. as a mater of fact aids is higher among circumcised men (especialy in the US then among men that are intact. thougbthis is more likely a result of lifestyle factors then the actual state of the circumcised penis.
AIDS is a diagnosis given to people with advanced HIV infection, not a contagious disease. White gay men are infected with HIV at alarming rates, many times that of the general population. Men who have sex with men are the highest risk population for HIV infection in the United States.