Is There A Relation Between Homosexuality And Hiv

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homosexuality risks in relation ship

hi doctor i am a guy i had sexual relationship with another guy but there was no anal just we kissed each other french kiss opening mouthed and i put my tongue between his lips there was no wounds or cuts in my lips or my tongue same as him and i...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HiFirst oral sex carries the lowest risk of HIV transmission, this includes kissing. As for the rubbing on one another and the ejaculating outside of the body there was no direct exchange of body fluid. All of what you participated in is considered... Read more »

thoughts on religion, homosexuality and HIV

Dear Doctor bob,First of, i would like to thank you on your superb work at the body, you've... Read more »

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about aids in homosexuals

can HIV be created by two homosexual males who havent been exposed to the virus itself?... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Prevalence, Incidence and Risk Factors for Hepatitis C in Homosexual Men: Data From Two Cohorts of HIV-Negative and HIV-Positive Men in Sydney, Australia

It is not known to what extent a reported increase in hepatitis C virus incidence among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) is due to sexual transmission, noted Dr. Fengyi Jin, of the National Center in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical... Read more »

Estimating the Risk of HIV Transmission From Homosexual Men Receiving Treatment to Their HIV-Uninfected Partners

The current study was designed to determine how the risk of transmission from HIV-infected gay men receiving antiretroviral treatment relates to patterns of patient monitoring and condom use. A stochastic mathematical simulation model was... Read more »

News Outlets Examine Uganda's Proposed HIV Prevention and Control, Anti-Homosexuality Bills

U.N. Special Envoy on AIDS in Africa Elizabeth Mataka on Wednesday appealed to the Ugandan government to reconsider the proposed HIV Prevention and Control Bill (2008), "saying it could fuel the spread of the virus," the Daily Monitor reports... Read more »

Burundian HIV/AIDS Advocates Express Concern Over New Law Outlawing Homosexuality

Some HIV/AIDS advocates in Burundi and international human rights groups have expressed concern about a new law that criminalizes homosexuality in the country, IRIN/ PlusNews reports. Although Burundi's Senate voted against the draft bill in... Read more »

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Homosexuality and HIV/AIDS

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Of new infections among men in the United States, CDC estimates that approximately 60 percent of men were infected through homosexual sex, 25 percent through injection drug use, and 15 percent through heterosexual sex. Of newly infected men,... Read more »

Bisexuals/Homosexuals

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

This is directed ONLY to those bisexual/homosexual men who date women. STOP infecting women! For whatever reason you abandoned your first choice of having sex with men, fearing HIV is a reason, and you decided to get your pleasure from women who... Read more »

is poz for homosexuals?

Posted by howard, 2 Replies

Why am i not getting responses fom heterosexual people. i live in cleveland ohio where there are plenty of gay gangsters and people straddling the fence when it comes to sexual behavior. the down low does exsist and its a problem for my sisters that... Read more »

1 time homosexual expirience

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I had a 1 time gay expirience now I hope I don't get Aids from it.

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