are gay people more likely to get aids?

Question

i've heard this before but have never gotten any real reason for it so i kind of doubt it. your feed back is very much appreciated but i would aslo like somewhere,reputable, that i may be able to look this information up myself

Answer 1

Yes. AIDS cures homosexuality, in my opinion. Feel free to differ.

Answer 2

AIDS did become known as the "gay disease" because mainly gay men were getting it. A flight attendant (a male) came into the us without knowing that he had it. He went and had promiscuous relations and spread it to the other men that were involved. Since then...millions have contracted, spread and died from AIDS. Many have been men but there were a millions of women too.

Whether gay people are more likely to contract it...I'm not so sure. I never heard that before.

Answer 3

well, yes, and no. HIV exposure, and the chance of seroconverting, is related to a few variables. one is the frequency of different sex partners. if someone is monogamous with another person who is also monogamous, thenthe chance of getting HIV is low. if someone sleeps arounds iwth different people alot, their chances of getting HIV increases. that's a no brainer. The other thing to consider is what you do sexually. for instance, HIV transmission is growing fastest in women right now. In gay men, men who are "bottoms" or the receiving partner in anal sex have a higher risk of HIV infection than gay men who are exclusively oral or only "top" or are the giving partner. DISCLAIMER-you can still get HIV as a staight male or gay male top having unprotected sex...it's just the risk associated with those activities seems to be smaller. One hypothesis is taht when body fluids that contain the virus interact with areas of a person's body with mucous membranes or sensitive tissue (anus or vagina), the ability for HIV to infect that area is greater. Also, the anus is extremely sensitive to micro-tearing, so it's possible for exposure to happen that way.

so to answer your question, in theory, no they shouldn't. but it really depends on the person and what he/she does.

Answer 4

straight people are just as susceptible to HIV as gay people. Since HIV is blood borne any activity that exposed your blood to the secretions of another person will increase your risk, such as IV drug use and sex. Unprotected anal sex is also a huge risk factor because of the abrasions that can be created. There is also lots of lymhoid tissue in the rectum, just what HIV likes. Check out the CDC website. they may have more info. In public health terms gays are not called gays, they are refered to as men who have sex with men (MSM for short).

Answer 5

Immune complexes in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS): relationship to disease manifestation, risk group, and immunologic defect.

* McDougal JS,
* Hubbard M,
* Nicholson JK,
* Jones BM,
* Holman RC,
* Roberts J,
* Fishbein DB,
* Jaffe HW,
* Kaplan JE,
* Spira TJ, et al.

Immune complex assays (and other immunologic tests) were performed on sera from 162 patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and 275 AIDS-related subjects. Immune complexes were detected in 89% of AIDS patients and 93% of homosexual men with lymphadenopathy. Immune complex levels in AIDS patients were not associated with a particular risk group or with types of opportunistic infection or malignancy; however, they correlated with other laboratory features of the immune defect (depression in T helper cells and T helper/suppressor-cell ratio, and IgG levels). Immune complexes were also detected in a lesser proportion of risk-group controls (homosexual men, hemophiliacs, Haitians). In risk-group controls, immune complex levels were associated with certain features reflecting sexual practice, blood product exposure, or infection, but these features did not account for the higher levels found in AIDS patients. In appropriate situations, immune complex assays may be of value as screening tests or, possibly, as prognostic indicators for AIDS or AIDS-related syndromes.

Answer 6

According to data released earlier this year by the Centers for Disease Control, the probability of HIV acquisition by the receptive partner in unprotected oral sex with an HIV carrier is one per 10,000 acts. In vaginal sex, it's 10 per 10,000 acts. In anal sex, it's 50 per 10,000 acts.
http://www.slate.com/id/2126643/

Answer 7

Gays do have higher rates of most STDs especially hepatitis. Be safe.

Answer 8

people who don't protect themselves are more likely to get AIDS. It has nothing to do with your sexual preference