Re: [Bisexual] Buddy session contact sheet 9

[moovr n shakr]

sheldon, why are you even here.  you don't sound supportive of anyone here. are you even bi or gay?  or just another nitwit infultrating gay and bi groups to stir up shit from your distorted point of view.  my point in all of this is don't judge anyone for what they do - just keep your shit in order and don't worry about the rest.  if you're providing the best example to be followed, there's no need to down others for living their own lives.  you sound so angry.  why, could you be...REPUBLICAN! ----- Original Message ----- From: Sheldon Heimlich To: Bisexual@yahoogroups.com ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 2:54 PM Subject: Re: [Bisexual] Buddy session contact sheet 9 I'm going to skip the arguments about who has the "right" to tell whom what to do.  If that's true, then don't tell ME what to do, asshole.  I'll post whatever I want, and demand that people stop posting annoying or dangerous pics ALL I WANT TO.  My reply will be the same as yours, "You don't have the right to tell people what to do."   More importantly, you are the one who knows nothing about the AIDS rates in the U.S., and you're changing the subject entirely when you bring up "people of color."  I never said anything about which sub-group was increasing in diagnosis rates most quickly.  I simply said that HIV infection is far more prevelant in the gay community than in the straight community.  Then, suddenly, you're pointing the finger toward a sub-group ("people of color").  I never said anything about race.  That's just an obvious attempt to stay in denial about your own risk.  "It's not us who should be concerned...it's the 'people of color' who are most at risk."  The Gay/Bi male community are ALL at risk, you idiot.   In the United States (and just about everyplace else, except Africa), the largest percentage of HIV infections is in the HOMOsexual population, dork wad.  I don't know where you're getting your information, but it's probably from the other dudes at the bar, and not from any real medical or other scientific journals.   Take a look here, if you don't believe me, you mis-informed moron:  http://www.amsa.org/programs/barriers/jama96.pdf   Here's a synopsis of the JAMA study linked above:   Men HIV.--Infection with HIV is a major health concern of the gay community. Men who have sex with men account for more cases of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the United States than persons in any other transmission category. [49]   During 1994, 34 974 new cases of AIDS were reported among men whose only exposure to HIV was having sex with other men. [50] In San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, and Chicago, the prevalence rate of HIV infection among sexually active gay men has at times reached between 35% and 50% since 1981. [51] In addition, in a study of 16 small US cities, 9% of 1991 gay men (mean age 31.3 years) acknowledged they were HIV-positive, and 31% of the entire sample reported they had unprotected anal intercourse in the previous 2 months. [51] A 1993 population-based study of gay and bisexual men in San Francisco aged 18 to 29 years revealed that of 420 men tested, 17.6% (74) were positive for HIV. In the older cohort of this sample, 187 men aged 27 to 29 years, 54 (28.9%) were HIV-positive. [52] Other studies found that 33% of gay youth and 52% of bisexual youth had unprotected anal intercourse. [53,54] In a 1989 study of condom use among men aged 20 to 44 years in multiethnic neighborhoods of San Francisco, 53% of the gay and bisexual men with 2 or more sexual partners reported unprotected anal intercourse. [55] In a recent analysis of 76 HIV-positive gay and bisexual men from the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study and the Coping and Change Study in Chicago, researchers discovered that insertive anal intercourse and receptive oral sex were being used as "safer" alternatives to receptive anal intercourse, while in fact they can pose significant risk of transmitting HIV when condoms are not used. [56] These studies underscore the need for continuing prevention of HIV infection in the gay community. ---------------------------------------------   And in case you're going to argue that 10-year old research is no longer relevant, here's some that's within the last 3 years (summary below):  http://tinyurl.com/bx54s   Abstract: Summary: Although the numbers of newly reported diagnoses of AIDS decreased in the 1990s, it is not clear whether they reflect a decreasing number of new HIV infections. Direct measurement of HIV incidence through follow-up cohort studies is difficult and costly. We estimated HIV incidence and trends in incidence among men who have sex with men (MSM) and heterosexual men and women at clinics for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) by using a recently developed serologic testing algorithm that requires only a single blood specimen. Cross-sectional anonymous serosurveys were conducted at 13 STD clinics in nine cities in the United States from 1991 through 1997. Before anonymous HIV testing, demographic and clinical information was abstracted. Of 129,774 specimens tested, 362 (0.28%) were from persons estimated to be recently infected. Incidence among MSM (men who have sex with men) was 7.1%...14 times higher than that among heterosexuals, which was 0.5% (CI: 0.4- 0.7). Incidence among MSM and heterosexuals remained unchanged during the time studied. Decreasing rates of new AIDS diagnoses in the 1990s do not reflect stable rates of new HIV infections among MSM and heterosexual patients attending these clinics.       ----- Original Message ----- From: moovr n shakr doubly WRONG! Tempest and you can have the right to speak your mind just as i do but it doesn't give you the right to tell pple what to do.  and don't know what porn you've been watchin but haven't seen any str8 porn with a condom yet.  and if they wore condoms, i wouldn't refer to them breeders.   Secondly, the AIDS epidemic is prevalent in all communities so GET YOUR FACTS IN ORDER!  you obviously don't read much on the subject or volunteer in your community centers because it's a fact we all have to live with.  FYI, it's not the GAY community that AIDS is speading fastest in, it's the community of color - ie the black, hispanic and middle eastern communitites that this disease is devastating.  your train of thought is as old as your information.  get it right before you spread your own hate! Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing & more. Check it out! Apply for Commercial Real Estate loans online and submit your deal to dozens of hungry lenders in just minutes. 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