Thursday, June 26, 2008

HIV ON THE RISE... AGAIN!!

I just read this article at Queerity.com. I know we keep posting it all over the web, but something has to be done. People have to be more safer. How hard is it to put on rubber before "sexy-times". I dunno, it makes me angry because this adds to the stereotype. This actually confirms the stereotype that out of everyone, gays carry AIDs the most. So Sad.

"The latest data on HIV infection across 33 states finds new diagnoses jumping by 12 percent annually between 2001 and 2006 among young gay and bisexual men.
Researchers at [CDC] say the rise is “especially concerning” for young black men aged 13 to 24 who have sex with men. For this group, the annual rate of new HIV diagnoses rose by 15 percent annually, compared to a 9 percent and an 8 percent annual rise among their white and Hispanic peers, respectively...Overall, gay and bisexual men comprised 63 percent of all cases of new infection among U.S. males, and almost two-thirds of new cases among men who have sex with men occurred in the 25-to 44-year-old age group, the CDC said."

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