The other day, I saw a gay AIDS activist wearing a T shirt saying "We all have AIDS," which of course, is far from the truth. That T shirt takes several giant steps backward in trying to convince people (gay and straight) that gay does not necessarily equal AIDS.
2006-08-13 09:49:26 · 12 answers · asked by Arlington guy 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I think the "we" in the shirt meant all men/women/other be they straight/gay/bi can have aids. Which most semi-intelligent people are aware of nowadays.
2006-08-13 09:59:22 · answer #1 · answered by badgerlicious03 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all straight people think that ALL gay people are HIV positive, some of them who do are usually close-minded homophobic people. While I agree with what you're saying that gay doesn't necessarily equal AIDS, I think maybe that gay AIDS activist who wore that t-shirt that said "We all have AIDS" was actually meant in jest and wasn't meant to be taken seriously. Howver, with a slogan like that I can see why someone would misconstrue it to believe that the activist believed that.
2006-08-13 09:58:24 · answer #2 · answered by iwannarevolt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I think most educated people know that not all gays have AIDS or HIV. Perhaps older people who haven't grown up with AIDS or HIV information might think so, but from the 80's on, I think most people know the truth.
2006-08-13 09:55:36 · answer #3 · answered by tsopolly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am straight, don't know any gays, but crap like that is so not needed in the world right now. I wouldn't think just because you are gay you all have AIDS. That's just mean that people think like that.
The only thing that does cross my mind, is I hope they find a partner that treats them with the utmost respect and love, same for straight people. We all deserve love right?
2006-08-13 09:58:11 · answer #4 · answered by ~SSIRREN~ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't...
I think that that's an uneducated assumption that some people make for one reason or another. Straight or Gay, AIDS and HIV are STDs that aren't hard to get with inadequate protection.
2006-08-13 09:57:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your numbers appeared fudged. besides, that's close to impossible to come across good archives on the numbers of sexual minorities (rather whilst handling the government as few queer human beings will take part in such learn). and not utilising an outstanding estimate of the somewhat numbers of gay adult men, an estimate of an infection expenses is damned close to impossible. additionally, the CDC has a history of presuming that adult men who've sexual touch with adult men caught HIV that way, regardless of in the event that they engaged in different behaviors which unfold HIV. gay adult men additionally get examined at a lot bigger expenses than heterosexuals, making estimates on undiagnosed contaminated, that are generally standardized with heteros, not prepare properly the two. "specific, heterosexual intercourse unfold HIV besides, yet 20% of heterosexuals don't have HIV." There are international locations have been comparable intercourse intercourse is against the regulation that have HIV an infection numbers at over 20%. an infection expenses interior the black heterosexuals interior the U. S. are as intense by using fact the utmost estimates of gay male an infection. ok, certainty checking commonly aside, what factor do you think of this proves? If something, it may be an illustration that we want extra suited intercourse ed and much less puzzling get admission to to condoms. on condition that homophobic HIV campaigns have been shown to develop rather than shrink unprotected intercourse between gay adult men who view them, your bigotry isn't efficient. besides, what's the relationship to atheism right here?
2016-10-02 00:58:15 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's an interesting point you brought. Well I don't think that all gay people are HIV+, however, if a gay person turned out to be HIV+ I wouldn't think it's strange. I guess it's stereotyping.
2006-08-13 09:56:28 · answer #7 · answered by hoi polloi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I am straight. Hiv has turned into a heterosexual disease. This is because gay people are more aware and protect themselves better. More straight people contract the disease and spread it at much higher rates then homosexuals.
2006-08-13 09:56:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think the shirt is geared more toward unity...if one of us has aids we all have aids...figuratively.
and no, i'm straight and i don't think any of the gay people i know have aids.
2006-08-13 09:54:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know in my circle we do not have that small of minds. And, I am in the midwest bible belt.
2006-08-13 09:56:18 · answer #10 · answered by prncfnfrvr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋