Gay Men Flouting Safe Sex in Search of Identity (Very Stupid People Alert!)

Yahooooo News ^ | 09/09/03 | Staff Writer

[bedolido]

MANCHESTER (Reuters) - Thousands of young gay British men are courting death in the hedonistic and newly promiscuous 21st century, flouting safe sex and actively trying to catch HIV (news - web sites) in their search for identity, a researcher aid on Tuesday.

Melissa Parker of Brunel University said the gay sex pub, club and sauna scene in London was booming and had been growing steadily since the mid-1990s, with unprotected sex with multiple partners the rule rather than the exception.

Catching the AIDS (news - web sites) precursor HIV was not just a risk, it was a goal, she told reporters at the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (news - web sites).

"Being diagnosed with HIV is a badge of recognition of being truly gay," she said. "There is a sizeable number of young gay men new to the gay scene, exploring their sexuality but wanting to belong. HIV is seen as a bonus."

People diagnosed with HIV were not only admired for championing the cause, but were seen as being pampered by society with better social support, health care and even standard of living.

The combinations of therapies now available for people with HIV might even have exacerbated the problem.

"They have made HIV less frightening," Parker said.

She said some gay sex clubs, pubs and saunas had a throughput of up to 500 people a day with some men managing 30 to 40 sexual partners a visit.

Admitting that she had no figures to support her claim, she said her research consisted of a series of interviews over several years with a large number of sexually active gay men whose stories corroborated each other.

"They are all talking about it and they are all very concerned," Parker said.

She urged the authorities to tackle the issue urgently, reinforcing the call for safe sex and if necessary closing down some of the venues.

"Many lives will be unnecessarily destroyed if this advice is ignored" she said.

[DallasMike]

I think I'll cut my right arm off in search of my identity.

[Roughneck]

I'm glad to see that gays want HIV. The sooner they are "gone" - the better.

[dfwgator]

And of course with socialized medicine, they won't have to pay for the consequences of their actions, the other taxpayers do. What a country!

[RonHolzwarth]

re: "I'm glad to see that gays want HIV. The sooner they are "gone" - the better."

Wonder how you will feel about it if a bi guy gives it to your daughter,,,



OH, guess you already told us,

"The sooner she's "gone" - the better."

[Billthedrill]

Yeah - I remember going through a period of existential crisis, wondering who the heck I was, and the very first thing that occurred to me was to up a painful, slow, fatal, and incurable venereal disease. Makes you feel like a new man!

[Arrowhead1952]

The sooner they are "gone" - the better.

My thoughts exactly. Problem is, there are drugs WE in many cases are paying for, that are prolonging their lives. These people are sickos.

[Guillermo]

We're supposed to be sensitive and tolerant.

After all, being "gay" is genetic!

[laker_dad]

I guess if you are gay and not HIV positive, you don't get enough attention?

[AxelPaulsenJr]

Darwinism at work though anal suicide.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Unfortunatley in G.B. they get all the drugs they need to stay alive for free.

[bedolido]

Man's horror firecracker injuries - (Explosives in Buttocks are bad)

I knew we had a similar thread. These guys are really doing this to themselves... but it's to the death

[HurkinMcGurkin]

Wonder how you will feel about it if a bi guy gives it to your daughter,,,

I'd feel extremely sad about my daughter's lack of judgement of what type of guys she has sex with. Nothing I could do would change anything.

[Dianna]

re: "I'm glad to see that gays want HIV. The sooner they are "gone" - the better." Wonder how you will feel about it if a bi guy gives it to your daughter,,,

You aren't seriously comparing someone getting AIDS through sex she believes is monogamous (or at least, we'll assume, she doesn't know he's doing other men) and someone who is willingly and actively TRYING to get the disease?

Give me a break. If I had a child who thought anonymous, promiscuous sex was a great thing, I would be very sad. I would be sadder still if my child was healthy for years and infected numerous people. Better for him (I have sons) to die quickly.

[RLK]

Thousands of young gay British men are courting death in the hedonistic and newly promiscuous 21st century, flouting safe sex and actively trying to catch HIV

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Good. Does that telly anyone about the basic pathology underwriting the gay mentality?

[RLK]

Wonder how you will feel about it if a bi guy gives it to your daughter,,,

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If she's hopless enough to get involved with him, she's better off dead than what she has become.

[Roughneck]

Unfortunatley in G.B. they get all the drugs they need to stay alive for free.


Yeah, I know. This liberal, hand-out society feels sorry for folks that do it to themselves. Those with HIV are a danger to society and should be quaranteened (sp?) in order to receive the drugs - or left to die. I know that more money is spent on AIDS-HIV than cancer, heart disese, etc...this is WRONG.

Those that want universal health care should take a good look at this problem.

[Roughneck]

Wonder how you will feel about it if a bi guy gives it to your daughter,,,

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This is a tired comment. The females in my life all know better than to hang around with scum. And if they did, and got HIV, It would not change my mind - it would only convince me further that HOMOSEXUALITY IS DANGEROUS and so are homos.
So the statement below I absolutely agree with:

****If she's hopless enough to get involved with him, she's better off dead than what she has become****

[pabianice]

How is the mass suicide of one group a problem for the rest of us?