Gay community losing war on AIDS as infections rise
I know that the bareback issue has apparently become a nonissue on
Broke Straight Boys as it is now accepted in videos here, however it still makes me uncomfortable to watch. I saw this post this morning on one of Mark's other sites,
JustUsBoys, and this linked article from U.S. News and World Report, might be food for thought regarding anal sex without condoms being promoted in porn, sending the wrong message to young sexually active gay and bisexual men.
These are a few excerpts of the article dated July 3, 2013 followed by the link to the complete article:
"Gay Community Won Battles on Marriage, But May Be Losing the War on HIV/AIDS
If HIV continues to spread at current rates, half of college-aged gay men will have the infection by the age of 50
In December 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released startling new data that showed HIV was still plaguing the gay community. While new HIV infections had remained steady in the general public between 2008 and 2010, infections had risen by an incredible 22 percent in young gay men. Gay men represented two-thirds of new infections. And nearly 6,000 gay men were dying of AIDS every year.
The Kaiser Health Foundation recently described the problem of HIV in the city of Washington, where the HRC and many other big LGBT groups are headquartered, as "as epidemic on par with some developing nations."
"Gay and bisexual men remain at the epicenter of the HIV/AIDS epidemic," says Jonathan Mermin, the director of the CDC's division of HIV/AIDS prevention. "But HIV is not always at the top of the list of priorities for LGBT organizations."
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/...war-on-hivaids