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One of the ways HIV is contracted is through sex, especially through anal sex. It's thought that gay men are more prone to HIV, because it is widely believed that all gay men are promiscuous and engage in anal sex. This is not true. There are so many homosexuals that are prude when it comes to sex, and even more have healthy, monogamous relationships. Also, the amount of straight people that have anal sex is more than that of gay people if you look at this logically. It's commonly thought that roughly 10% of the population is gay, that includes lesbians, so let's bring that percentage to 5. Of that 5%, many gay men don't have anal sex; some don't even have sex at all. Compare that to the heterosexual percentage of 90%, which we don't cut in half, because there is always the male component in heterosexual sex. Let's say that of the 90%, 20% of straight people have anal sex. That's already more straight people that have anal sex than there are gay people, if we use the idea that 10% of the population is gay.

It's thought that gay people are more prone to HIV infection, because many people believe what they hear, may not the right information, and don't do their research.

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Gay people are not more likely to become infected with HIV simply due to their status as homosexual. In fact, lesbians are substantially less likely to become infected with the virus than women as a whole. Gay men are considered to be at particular risk for a couple of reasons, foremost being that a substantial number of gay men engage in anal sex. Unprotected anal sex is a very high risk behavior, especially for the receiving partner.

Gay men who do not engage in anal sex would naturally be much less likely to contract the virus as it is much more difficult to be exposed to substantial quantities of the virus via oral sex. Use of condoms similarly lowers the risk of transmission, so long as the condom remains fully intact.

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Having intercourse with anyone that has the virus. Just like any other STD.

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Gay men are proportionally more affected, but there are fewer of them. The actually number of new AIDS cases worldwide is overwhelmingly among straight people.

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It is said that a HIV once caught Chuck Norris, saving homosexuals everywhere

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