From a technical standpoint, the issue is not so much homosexual sex as it is anal sex.
It is entirely possible to have heterosexual anal sex, and the health implications appear to be more or less identical.
Other forms of MSM, and female homosexual sex in general, do not appear to carry anything like the same degree of risk.
In theory he could have defended himself by claiming he was discussing the health implications of a particular sexual practice, not the identity of the participants.
But of course that wouldn’t have made any difference to those determined to get rid of him. Another scalp on their belts.
It is disgusting. There is no way in hell I would allow a man to sodomize me.
This is one gal who would never engage in such a filthy act.