Gay All The Time

According to the CDC, the rate of infection for STD’s (Sexually Transmitted Diseases) for Gay and Bisexual Males is rising at an alarming rate. Infections for syphilis, gonorrhea, and other diseases are not only on the rise, but detection is being missed as well.

The syphilis numbers are shocking because just a decade ago, the U.S. was on the verge of eliminating the disease. Now 3.7 out of every 100,000 Americans - and 6.4 out of every 100,000 American males - carry the infection, which can cause blindness, brain damage, and death if untreated.

Rates among men are six times higher than rates among women. This, Fenton said, is largely because of huge increases in syphilis infections among men who have sex with men. About 60 percent of all recent U.S. syphilis infections occurred in these men. (source)

Now I don’t know about you, but that is rather scary stuff. I also fear that if this news is picked up, and is sensationalized as only the Media can do, that we will wind up having another round of Gay Bashing. I mean look at how Abstinence Only came into being, thanks largely in part to the HIV epidemic of the 70’s.

Like we need to give the religious right more ammunition?

[For more, read Gay Persuasion 'Syphilis Among Gays Rising']