Why is HIV/Aids such a big problem in the gay community?

The HIV epidemic continues to disproportionately impact gay and bisexual men, transgender women, youth 13-24 and communities of color. ... Such rampant levels of anti-LGBTQ bias is particularly worrisome when so few PLWH in the U.S. seem to have the virus under control. Of the 1. read more

HIV is a big problem in the gay community, even if people pretend that this is not true. The point is that, nowadays, HIV+ patients are 50% MSM and 50% straight, circa. But, even if it could seem that there’s a perfect balance, gay people are just the 5–10% of the whole population, meaning that the 90% of people has the same amount of HIV+ that the 10% has. read more

There are an estimated 300 000 adults living with HIV/AIDS. In addition to its location in sub-Saharan Africa, which is the hardest hit geographical area in the world, Botswana is in a unique situation because of its small population. read more

When HIV first began to spread in the ’80s, the last thing a young gay man needed was a lesson in morality. Yet that is exactly what the gay community received. There was a general public tone of “that’s what you get” that permeated HIV messaging, until it began to pop up in the heterosexual population. read more