1 in 5 gay, bisexual men in US cities has HIV

[texas]

Nearly half are unaware of their infection-CDC

* CDC calls for renewed HIV prevention efforts

(Adds CDC interview, other comments)

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Nearly one in five gay and bisexual men in 21 major U.S. cities are infected with HIV, and nearly half of them do not know it, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.

Young men, and especially young black men, are least likely to know if they are infected with HIV, according to a study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"We need to reinvigorate our response to preventing HIV among gay and bisexual men," Dr. Jonathan Mermin, director of CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, said in a telephone interview.

"We can't allow HIV to continue its devastating toll among gay and bisexual men, and in particular, among young black men."

Disturbing news from the USA.

UPDATE 1-1 in 5 gay, bisexual men in US cities has HIV | Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/idCNN2315623720100923?pageNumber=1)

[monster_monster]

interesting and scary stats there texas, reminds me of an article a few years ago in Rolling Stone magazine about "Bug Chasing", whereby they stated that quite a large percentage of homosexual men that contract HIV actually do so on purpose. Not being gay or having any close homosexual friends I can honestly say I have not discussed this with anyone with any authority on the subject matter so I am just retelling an article i read.

I have tried to find the article but it's not archived on the Rolling Stone site, instead here are links to replies from other sites regarding the article, including MTV:

MTV here - here (http://www.mtv.com/onair/ffyr/protect/news_feature_04_11_03.jhtml)
Media Life Magazine - here (http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2003/jan03/jan20/5_fri/news5friday.html)
Salon.com - here (http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/sullivan/2003/01/24/rolling/)

[Iashaf]

Consider the positive side of gay bisexual experiences in US cities.
Suck 4 gay bisexual cocks out of five.
You have a chance of staying alive.

Let us know how it works out.

[Gaylord]

Let's remind ourselves that straight men & women have unprotected sex very frequently...especially in the UK (teenage pregnancy rates).

I wonder how many of them do not know that they maybe HIV+?

GL

Of the reported 24,296 people diagnosed with HIV in Western Europe in 2008:

42% probably acquired HIV through heterosexual contact;
35% were men who had sex with men;
4% were injecting drug users;
30% were female;
and 10% were 15 to 24 years old.

[samlad]

Let's remind ourselves that straight men & women have unprotected sex very frequently...especially in the UK (teenage pregnancy rates).

I wonder how many of them do not know that they maybe HIV+?

GL

Of the reported 24,296 people diagnosed with HIV in Western Europe in 2008:

42% probably acquired HIV through heterosexual contact;
35% were men who had sex with men;
4% were injecting drug users;
30% were female;
and 10% were 15 to 24 years old.

Thanks for those stats Gay Lord.

In this day and age, you're a person could transmit this from anybody, male, female, straight, gay or bisexual.

[Navillus04]

Dude, can you be any more of a homophobe? What is it with you? Nearly all your posts are gay bashing, anti-homosexual ones, give it a rest ffs

[Navillus04]

Got AIDS yet? :p

Need i say anymore? Pathetic

[Navillus04]

Im not even gonna dignify your homophobic rantings and gay bashing with an argument back, you aint worth the energy

[Patricia]

Thanks for pointing this out navillius. I am going to ban texas no. We don't want shit like that here, anyone who posts it is not a valued member of this community.

[Patricia]

Ooops I'm on my iPhone and I can't seem to ban a user from this interface, but he'll be banned soon. Sorry.

[Lucy Chambers]

Got AIDS yet? :p

I hope you are proud of yourself. That is disgraceful. You are a bigoted imbecile.

[Gaylord]

Sorry Guy's I thought this user was already banned/profile deleted...


GL

[dark-knight]

You'd think an escorting website would be open minded to all. His attitude is quite narrow minded, hes probably after joining a white supremacy forum by now. Gud luck I say.