In religion classes at college (before the days of wokeness) it was clear that almost all major religions either saw LGBT as sinful (Jewish and Christian), unenlightened and illegitimate (Eastern Religions) or worthy of death (Islam). We either believe in freedom of religion or we don’t. This is Western Europe, so maybe they don’t.
UK Pastor: Thanks be to God! LOL
Although only approximately 7% of adult and adolescent males reported having had male-to-male sexual contact at some point in their lives, 82% of HIV infections among males in 2018 were attributed to male-to-male sexual contact. (P. 7)
Young gay and bisexual men accounted for 83% (6,385) of all new HIV diagnoses in people aged 13 to 24 in 2019, and 81% of diagnoses overall of HIV infection among Adolescents and Young Adults, and 92% of HIV infections among men aged 13 to 24 was attributed to male-to-male sexual contact:
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/images/group/age/youth/cdc-hiv-youth-sex-700x698.png https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/images/group/gender/men/2020/cdc-hiv-men-diagnoses-bar-graph-700x318.pngIn 2019, heterosexual men accounted for 7% of HIV diagnoses, and heterosexual women accounted for 16% of HIV diagnoses.
The largest percentage of HIV infections was attributed to male-to-male sexual contact (66% overall and 81% among males).
Overall there were 36.801 new HIV diagnoses in the United States and Dependent Areas 2019 among both men and women, with 23% being among heterosexuals:
Also according to the CDC (chart), in 2017 male to male sexual contact was the mode of transmission in 92% of new HIV cases among male youth aged 13 to 24, and MSM accounted for 81% of diagnoses among males and 70% of all new HIV diagnoses, and 2 out of every 3 diagnoses in the United States. Which is despite only representing approximately 4% of the male population).
And which practice (historically) has resulted in a greatly increased incidence of other infectious diseases and premature death. (Even when their disease is well controlled, people with HIV can develop aging-related conditions such as cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, kidney and liver disease, osteoporosis, and cognitive impairment decades ahead of their HIV-negative counterparts, and their life expectancy is significantly reduced.) And which practice is primarily responsible for more than 700,000 people with AIDS having died (as of 2017 since 1981) in the USA since the beginning of the epidemic - despite decades of attempting to tame it into being "safe." (Worldwide, 77.3 million people have contracted HIV and 35.4 million have died of AIDS-related illnesses since the beginning of the pandemic in 1981 (https://health.usnews.com/conditions/hiv-aids/articles/hiv-statistics)
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