It is said in HIV research that Gay Men were the first to contract the disease. And for a long time it was a disease that was associated with White, Gay Men. Now, it is becomming an epidemic across the nation and it is no longer restricted to Gay Men. Most new cases are women and minorities.
In 2007, worldwide about 0.8% of all adults were HIV-positive.In the United States in 2002, the estimate was that 300,000 men were HIV-positive; the number of these men who are gay is not known precisely because many men who have HIV are not gay, and may who have sex with other men will not admit to being gay.In 2007, the estimate was the 1 in 5 urban gay men is HIV-positive, or 20%.
No, there is no connection between lifespan and sexual orientation.
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.
Fenton. Johnson has written: 'Scissors, paper, rock' -- subject(s): Fiction, AIDS (Disease), Gay men, Patients, Mountain life 'Geography of the heart' -- subject(s): Biography, Gay men, Gay male couples, HIV-positive gay men, HIV-positive persons, Bereavement, Gay couples
No; the group most affected by AIDS are gay men and bisexual men.
There's no connection between foot fetishes and homosexuality. But openly gay men might be more willing to admit we have a fetish than straight guys.
yes. A man can be gay all his life and never contract HIV/AIDS. Most gay men I know do not have HIV. However, a person should be tested once a year for HIV if they are sexually active regardless of sexual orientation or race/social economical status. Knowledge is power! Get tested.
David Woodhead has written: 'Developing local HIV prevention assessments with gay and bisexual men' -- subject(s): Prevention, AIDS (Disease), Health risk assessment, Gay men, Health education, HIV infections
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.
Most gay men are the same as most straight men. There's no connection between gay men and being muscular.
Statistics about infection rates vary, however most number indicate 25% of white MSM (Men who have sex with Men) are infected with HIV. 50% of African American MSM are infected.
Firstly, you'd have to determine how many gay people there are. We don't really know how many there are. BUT, you can estimate. SO, if you say that between 5 and 20 percent of the American populace is composed of gay males, THEN you say that there's about 300,000,000 people in the U.S., AND there's about 140,000,000 males, THEN there's between 7,000,000 and, at the most, 28,000,000 gay men in the U.S. The CDC did a study on MSM, gay men, that said 1 in 5, 19%, of participants were HIV+. I don't believe that this represents the whole of gays because of how the study was done. I heard somewhere else that about one percent are HIV+. So, that leaves you with a huge margin. Between 1-19% of gays are HIV+, or between 70,000 and 5,600,000 gays. (NOTE: This is mainly speculation and has vary wide margin of error. I answered this to kill time mainly.) Sources: http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/p20-544.pdf, http://www.webmd.com/hiv-aids/news/20100923/1-in-5-gay-bi-men-have-hiv-nearly-half-dont-know, and my brain