Not mentioned in the article is the high rate of tuberculosis among HIV infected individuals. This coupled with the homosexual behavior of many close and intimate sexual relationships increases the risk of TB among this population. When TB increases in this population, it increases the risk for **all** of us!
TB is only one of **many** non-STD communicable diseases that heterosexuals can and **do** contract. Homosexuals because of their highly promiscuous behavior are a factor in the spread of TB and other non-STD communicable diseases in the larger community.
Therefore.... Personally, I would not be at all comfortable with a active homosexual holding one of my grandchildren. Yes, it is true that they are not going to give my grandchildren HIV ....but...there is the likelihood of giving the child ( and other people in the room) TB and other non-STD communicable diseases.
Unlike other immune compromised individuals, homosexuals ( because their intimate contact with large numbers of other homosexuals) are often walking petri dishes of deadly pathogens that the rest of us do and can get.
In addition to tuberculosis, wasn’t there a new statistical link to a group in New York regarding meningitis?