Angel4Truth said:
While the N.E. Journal of Medicine reports that men who smoke risk cutting 7.3 years off their lives we find the Oxford University's International Journal of Epidemiology reports: "Life expectancy at age 20 years for gay and bisexual men is 8 to 20 years less than for all men.
Michigan's statewide "gay" newspaper, reports the risk of anal cancer "soars" by nearly 4,000% for men who have sex with men.
Advocate, a "national gay and lesbian news magazine, "concurs that "lesbians are at higher risk of breast, cervical, and ovarian cancer."
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Men who have sex with men "have large numbers of anonymous partners, which can result in rapid, extensive transmission of STDs," the CDC warns.
Men who engage in homosexual behaviour are 860% more likely to contract a sexually transmitted disease (STD), increasing up to 500% their risk of contracting HIV/AIDS.
CDC study "confirms that young bisexual men are a 'bridge' for HIV transmission to women."
Gay Health reports that men who have sex with men are 320% more likely than heterosexuals to have unprotected sex without telling their partners they're HIV-positive.
Let me tell you something about these magazines and media that you speak of... They do nothing but promote and market to a highly isolated and "out-there" sub-culture that is not the whole of Gay America.
ANYONE has the potential for having sex with a large number of anonymous partners. You are trying to say gay men are promiscous men by definition. And that is simply not true. Yes, there is a subculture of gay men who are extremely promiscous that do spread STD's. THEY are the ones that get all the coverage and unfortunately often represent the rest of gay America. But that representation is FALSE. It is not because they are gay that they are promiscous. Promiscuity is a activity they are attracted to for their own individual and sad reasons. For every promiscous gay men, there is a promiscous straight man and woman that lives exactly the same (jumping from hook-up to hook-up) to replace him--multiple times over... Yet, that promiscous sub-culture of straight people do not get to label the whole of Straight Soceity because heterosexuality is acceptable by default. And, that is a luxury that gay society does not have.
And as far as sex studies amongst a demographic of people... If you are going to study the rate of STD's amongst, promiscous gay men, you will get a rate that applies to PROMISOUS GAY MEN.... Now, what about the rest of us??.... I would never participate in a study of promiscous gay men becuase I am not one. In fact, I and many people like me, are not in any polls and surveys of gay culture. Why? because we are just trying live and be happy. We don't wanna march with drag queens and boys in thongs in order to make a cultural statment. We have kids, families, jobs and businesses. We prefer to reserve sex as an act of love between two people. And at this point, it seems you will never hear from us. Why? Because we are your quite, unassuming neighbors who look and act like everyone else. We are your fellow citizens who uphold many similar ideals as you do. We are so boring and regular, that we hold no media interest. So, we are silent, forgotten and overlooked.
And to any young gay man or woman here who read this. If you are a club kid and party monster... So be it. Have fun, and dance the night away--certainly no harm in that. But please, have some love for yourself and use discretion when you decide to sleep with someone. Protect yourself... Your youth, your body and your spirit (even if you don't believe you have a spirit... I'll say "emotional self" for you then
) are pressious and when you give it away without direction, without intent, for an [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse], or for spite... you will loose a part of yourself that will be hard to reclaim when you really want to later. AND YOU WILL. So, please be wise and love yourself.
And for those of you who march in Gay Pride parades... Take a long hard look at what you are saying to the world. Because whether you intend to or not, you're hurting the cause of many people who do not live your same lifestyle. It is the gay people who DO want to marry, be in a monogamous relationship and who strive to legally protect their families that you hurt. And in fact, the so called "Sexual Freedom" that is in your marching chant is a LIFESTYLE choice that you DO have the freedom to pursue in America. Homosexuality is not a choice but conducting a promsicous sex life IS. There are a great number of your gay bothers and sisters who don't believe that jumping from bed to bed is freeing and liberating. But, your loud chants and marches claim to be the primary face of Gay America... It is Wrong, False and it sets us all back.
Let us not have Pride in our Sexuality. It is not an accomplishment. Let us instead have Pride in our humanity, our family, and the triumph of our love--whatever form it takes.
