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""Not a single piece of scientific evidence supports the ban."

Somewhere around 25% of black gay men have HIV. How you like them apples, Senator Kerry? And in urban areas, close to 20% of gay men have HIV. This man is in denial.

The Chicago study found that more than 17 percent of gay men in Chicago have HIV; 39 percent did not get tested in the last year because they were worried about the result.

Almost 600 gay men from across the city were tested for HIV/AIDS and interviewed about their lifestyles, including questions about drug use and number of partners. Ninety-one of the subjects tested positive for the virus.

Thirty percent of gay black men in Chicago tested positive, the study showed, while Hispanics and white men had rates of 12 percent and 11.3 percent, respectively.

A quarter of blacks aged 18-24 tested positive. More than 37 percent of blacks aged 25-34 - the highest of any age group - tested positive. The numbers are similar to national figures.

http://www.chitowndailynews.org/Chicago_news/Half_of_Chicago_gay_men_in_study_did_not_know_they_have_HIV,27941