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| Wanglicious 12/06/17 9:48:25 PM #76: | calling gay/bi men "walking HIV factories" is a rather cold way of pointing out some very legitimate issues within that community. all you have to do is break the numbers down. i'll just spoonfeed it to you: http://news.gallup.com/poll/201731/lgbt-identification-rises.aspx there are 4.1% of people who identify as LGBT. if we make it just people between 19-37 it goes up to 7.3%. that's men and women, of which women generally identify more of. the other numbers in there you see that may be confusing are the 3.7% of men reporting and 4.4% of women reporting but at the end of the day for these purposes it doesn't matter - the population of gay guys is pretty tiny. you're looking at single digit millions. despite that, gay and bi men are responsible for 67% of all new HIV infections. https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/data-and-trends/statistics that's everyone who got a new infection. men, women, straight, gay, out of everyone, they made up 67% of that. now add in sketchy testing practices within a highly sexually active group inside of this cross-section? it's reasonable to be cautious. wouldn't put it at "walking HIV factories" but certainly enough of a danger for you to say no. especially if your business is literally sex. --- "Maybe it's a tentacle, molesting the planet itself. - Aschen Brodel. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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