Posted on 09/24/2014 12:01:46 PM PDT by Mount Athos
London's gay community is facing a sexual health crisis as a result of "worsening" awareness of the dangers of unsafe sex. Whilst gay and bisexual men represent less than 4 percent of London's population they are responsible for 84 percent of syphilis cases and 65 percent of gonorrhoea cases in the capital.
A new study from Public Health England (PHE), reported on by Pink News, suggested that around a quarter of all reported cases of sexually transmitted infections (STI) are diagnosed in gay men.
Diseases like gonorrhoea are not the only infections being reported in the gay community. The bacterial infection shigella flexneri – which causes diarrhoea – is common, as is lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV).
The report also warns of the dangers of "chemsex", the practise of taking drugs during a sexual encounter. Participants in chemsex are often less careful when it comes to using condoms, as they are high during sex sessions.
The drugs used in chemsex encounters include: crystal methamphetamine, GHB/GBL and mephedrone. The use of these drugs are much higher in the gay community than elsewhere in British life. All of these drugs are considered highly dangerous by doctors.
Dr Yvonne Doyle, regional director for PHE London said: "The worsening of sexual health of men who have sex with men is despite evidence that they are increasingly aware of and accessing services.
"High numbers of MSM are taking risks with their health by not using condoms consistently and as a result we are seeing rises in a whole range of STIs, including HIV."
It had been hoped that policies like same sex marriage would have encouraged the gay community to be less promiscuous. This report suggests that the impact of this policy has been very limited in sexual health terms.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Oh, the gay-manity.
Too bad. So sad.
WTF does THAT mean?
Are people who previously knew of the dangers of gay sex forgetting?
God will have his vengance.
Gay lifestyle=Sexually transmitted disease amplifiers.
Yet our media continues to promote this dangerous habit.
Pray America wakes
It must be because of homophobia and a climate of anti-gay hate. Either that or maybe its because some bakery in London is refusing to bake wedding cakes for gay weddings.
“and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.” (Romans 1:27, NASB)
Forgive me for not giving a sh*t.
We said STDs would explode. They are.
We said incest would be next. German high ethics court just voted it should be.
We said the progressives were insane. Proven beyond a shadow of a doubt.
And again, Darwin was right...problem will eventually solve itself won’t it.
this article is racist....I mean climate denier...I mean phobic. Oh whatever....
Clearly self-destructive - evidence that we're talking about a mental illness here.
It's genetic though, not a choice, so don't judge them by their behavior. Their lives are not their own.
Seems like this will require a multi-billion dollar study by 0bama administration to sort out the causes and effects here... and to try to figure out a spin that blames the disease levels on homophobia.
Gaybola?
I am sure this news will be shocking to someone... somewhere...
Now who was stupid enough to "have hoped" that? Certainly not us homophobic white meat eating God fearing tobacco using heterosexuals.......
They know, all right. They just don’t care.
These people are anti-life. Even their own. But they are virtually guaranteed to go ahead of others who are suffering more critical infirmities, that ARE amenable to treatment.
Which means more of the other people die too.
TOLDJA ... TOLDJA ... TOLDJA
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