Coming Out Process For Gays

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HIV+ folks who R gay, bi, or trans and coming out?

Posted by Keya

Hello, ya'll. What has been the whole 'commming out' process been like as a person living with HIV and who is gay, bi, or transgender? Is it something you still struggle with if so why or why not? I am a young person in their young 20's and was born... Read more »

Gays do not choose to be gay!

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

Gay people are born gay and that my friends is a fact! If you want to debate this issue then KINDLY email me at padude647@aol.com
Part of the increase in HIV is pure ignorance due to the simple fact that gays are forced into a closet of misery and... Read more »

Unrightfully Banned From REALJOCK Gay Health Site

Posted by Stuart_Lanning, 1 Reply

Recently I registered on REALJOCK's Forum to interact mostly with others that were HIV positive as well as, spread the message about the dangers of HIV. As an activist and songwriter, I was diagnosed positive about eleven years ago. I am familiar... Read more »

newly gay and now HIV+

Posted by Anonymous, 17 Replies

I just found out this week i am infected. I am divorced from a woman and have 3 children. Everyone ive been with told me they were negative and no one climaxed in a way that would be dangerous. How did this happen??? I got real sick in Feb with... Read more »

Religion - HIV - GAY

Posted by Anonymous, 18 Replies

Most churches preach thet homosexuality is a sin. To those of you who are church-goers, how do you deal with the negativity of churches - especially when you are both gay and HIV? I am having some trouble with this, so any thoughts would be... Read more »

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No where else to go and feeling like I deserve to be punished and die... please please help me Dr. Robert... my parents said that if I am gay they will disown me... (COMING OUT, 2010)

Dear Dr...I hope you can really help me alleviate my emotional stress. I've been freaking out and could not get any sleep. I don't know where to go because I'm scared that my parents will kick me out of the house an disown me if I...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Your parents said that if you are gay they would disown you??? And they said homosexuals deserve HIV??? WOWZA!!! Some people should never be allowed to be parents! I'm sure your parents mean well, but their ignorance concerning sexual... Read more »

I'm GAY and lonely.

Dear Dr. Bob,For as long as I can remember, I've struggled with having feelings for other guys. However, I always buried them and denied that they were real. Like many others, I was raised in a religious home and being gay was not an option,...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Troubled Friend,Your situation is sadly all too common. A "religious" upbringing where being gay was "not an option." As you've now discovered, sexual orientation is not a choice. Far too many folks have entered in... Read more »

YOUNG, GAY, SCARED AND SUICIDAL

Dear Sir,I am young gay man just coming out of the closet. A while ago I had my first sexual experience with another man, he performed oral sex on me with a condom and stimulated (massaged) my prostate and Anal opening THERE WAS NO FINGER...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hey Young Gay and Suicidal,OK. Take a couple of deep breaths and relax. You are absolutely fine. The chances of you getting infected from the activity you described - oral sex with a condom, finger play at the anal opening - is zero, zip, zilch,... Read more »

Should I come out to my Baptist parents re: Gay with HIV

I'm asking for advice on whether or not to reveal my HIV status to my parents. I have not yet told them that I am gay. I'm 41 yrs. old, and have been off work for the past three years. My parents think I'm still working. My father is...

Response from Steven Pieters

Metropolitan Community Church of LA

The decision to come out to your parents must be yours alone. That being said, I am one who believes that it is important to come out to parents, both about being gay and living with HIV, in most circumstances. Letting those who are close to us... Read more »

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For Young Gays, Meth Use Comes With a High Risk of Contracting HIV

Seattle-area organizations are offering help to gay crystal methamphetamine users, who have a higher risk of HIV infection, according to local studies. In King County, about 10 percent of men who have sex with men have used crystal meth in a given... Read more »

Gay Men's Health Summit Coming Up

The semiannual Gay Men's Health Summit will be held Oct. 19-23 in Salt Lake City, Utah, bringing activists, health care professionals, service providers, researchers, and policymakers together to address health issues of interest to the gay,... Read more »

Gay, Positive, and Visible in Spain

When you read this, the Gay Pride Events (June 26 - July 2 this year in Spain) will be over. When this is being written, we do not know how many people will be coming to Madrid for the parade. For a country like Spain, the 30,000 persons we had in... Read more »

Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Issues

Questions About Sexual Orientation APA Position Statements Pertinent to Gay and Lesbian Issues Resources Position Statement on Same Sex Unions Questions About Sexual Orientation What is "Sexual Orientation"? "Sexual orientation" is a... Read more »

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