After all the years & money & time & effort spent on AIDS research why are there still homosexuals left?
154193
What the hell does AIDS have to do with homosexuals? A man can get it from a women just as easily, man. Homosexuals are still here because it is THEIR choice and it should be respected because they are people just like anyone else.
524809
HIV is not the product of homosexual relationships.  It is a disease, not a punishment from God.  Viruses can't be "developed" through "sexual acts."  It's not like rubbing two sticks together to get fire.  There has to be a carrier.  \nOn the one hand, I'm glad you asked, so that you don't continue so frighteningly ignorant.  On the other hand, it distresses me that someone could even think that.  Wow.  What a culture.
1067214
For my life between 19 and 35, I donated at my various work places for a total of 46 times.\n\nBack in the  mid 80's, folks started to hear that AIDS was contracted by "donated blood". It was kind of stupid and funny that less people volunteered their blood because the 'risk' of AIDS. \n\nOf course they have a ton of questions to try and weed out the donors that are 'practicing' homo-sexuals, going back 25 years. Even then they expect some to donate blood, - just to have their blood tested for AIDS. They give those deviants one last chance to use a bar code sticker that says "don't use my BLOOD".\n\nOh, btw, I met my wife while we were giving blood.
1014642
Why will there never be a cure for HIV?\nNever say never.\n\nWhy are people scared of those with it? \nThey may not be educated of the facts about HIV.  They may be victims of misinformation.\n\nI want to know why they are not looking for the cure for HIV positive people?\nResearchers are looking for a cure.  They are also looking for ways to prevent infection.\n\nWhy are they charging an average of $1000  per bottle of medications?\nBecause "they" are trying to develop drugs that treat HIV and they need money to reasearch.  \n\nWhy do they make it so hard for those of us infected?\nWho are the "they" you keep referring to?  Are you deflecting your anger about being sick upon "them" when you should really be enjoying what life you have?\n\nDo they really care about us anymore? \nYou need to stop wondering if "they care" and start thinking about how you can make the best of your life and live and love your family and friends.
285330
In the US, homosexuals are, on average, more intelligent than heterosexuals.  This translates into higher median incomes.  Also, most homosexuals do not have families to support; they are generally single.
436709
yup - as a teenager I was fairly homophobic if I'm honest, I was trained as a dancer and felt branded as 'gay'.  however by about 20 years I'd seen enough scientific evidence and met several gay men in the profession to change my mind.  It's not their fault, it's in their genetic make-up, they have to live with that too, it's not a choice they make.  However, I still wish they wouldn't be so stroppy!! it's a characteristic I've come to laugh at from time to time, you can stop them from a mile away just from the disturbance!  I don't envy them at all, glad I'm straight, got married and had kids.  There are worse people in the world (like religious folk in cults, like Christianity etc)...
252699
I don't approve of anythign for gays, they should be banished from this country.\n\n---\n\nTo all of those who are opposed to my viewpoint...if all gays were exiled to an island how long would that culture last?  They certainly would be unable to procreate...they would die out in 50-60 years tops...
1093320
You will never know until it's too late. Far too many people have AIDS and they don't find out until months and even years later. Just be careful if you are sexually active becuase just because someone looks clean or has been tested ( they could've had unprotected sex after they got tested!) it doesn't mean they are free from STDS.
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Well, that's a lot of questions rolled into one.  What, really, is your question?  I think the last one is the summary: do we [i.e., people generally] care?  Yes, generally.  Unless you have a friend who is infected, you probably tend to forget about the disease for long stretches of time.  But as to why people are still being infected, I think some of the question has to go to those who are infected: are you willing to risk having sex with someone who is not infected, and having the condom break?  Do you always, I mean ALWAYS warn a sex partner of the risk they are taking?  And are there still people out there using un-sterile needles to pop drugs?\n\nThe hype to be an AIDS activist was always political, and if it is indeed over, it's just as well.  The people who are infected really don't want everyone shying away from them, but they also don't want to be responsible for someone else being infected.  So a quiet monogamy with another infected mate or celibacy is most appropriate, and neither one is something to advertise, and therefore create a challenge situation.  In short, people are getting back into privacy on what is, after all, an intensely private matter.
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Look up the name of Dr. Peter Duesberg. He's the as$hat who's pushing the movement here in the US.\n\nAlso, there are plenty of the HIV tin-foil hat people here on Yahoo!. Just look for "Does HIV cause AIDS?" and I'm sure you'll find them.\n\nADDENDUM: watch me totally pwnz an anti-HIV conspiracy theorist here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aku4IXG8IY3tKDdBW5Nfhhrsy6IX?qid=1006041703857\n\nFeel from to totally slaughter his ideas while you're in there.
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well i think gay people are hated still because people think that they are the cause of aids and there are alot of ignorant people who don't understand that we are all the same and for some reason they think gay people are drug useres and alcoholics and party all the time. I think it's plain and simple ignorance and i wish it would stop because it's pathetic how stupid some of the most intelligent people are when it comes to fact and fiction.
900797
sorry but there is no cure for aids or hiv
844493
People are almost certainly homosexual because of genetics.  There is a great deal of scientific evidence that it is inborn. Beyond scientific evidence there is anecdotal evidence.\n\nThe fruit fly study is actually fairly conclusive. But the pheremonal and eye blink studies are also compelling. I've included links below for those that are interested. Beyond that, research increasingly suggests that at least for males, Xq28 is the crucial gene. I am saddened by this, because I believe that once it is proven, gay people will be wiped out -- and I think that is sad, because given the number of species in which homosexuality exists (see Dr. Bruce Bagemihl's book "Biological Exuberance" from St. Martin's Press) I think it serves a purpose, and has been evolutionarily preferred.  The recent Italian study by Andrea Camperio-Ciani and colleagues pretty clearly shows both how and why a gene or gene set causing homosexuality, particularly in males - would survive and be preferred evolutionarily.\n\nIn addition to scientific evidence is the anecdotal evidence. I never in my life had any sexual feeling for a female -- nor any romantic feelings. I have had romantic feelings for other males since 8. I figured out it was sexual at 11 and came out at 14. I never felt anything for girls, neither do other gay males I know. Some boys manage to suppress it for a time, but when it comes out they admit to having always had the feelings. Likewise for bisexuals, although bisexuals always have feelings for both, and therefore are capable of choice -- for real. Gays are no more capable of choice than straights are.\n\nThere is nothing either wrong or unnatural about being homosexual.  Enjoy the links -- and think about the gay people you know.  While some, particularly younger ones, may be risk takers or may be into drugs --- think about the young straight men you know -- how many of them are risk takers -- or into drugs?  It's gender and age far more than sexuality.  Others are, I would bet, settled, calm, caring and successful.\n\nThe only thing being gay does is change who you sleep with.  No one chooses it however, no one is driven to "that path."  It is simply natural and normal for some people.  As I am sure you would hate to be told consistently, by everyone around you, that being heterosexual was evil, wrong, unnatural -- and "that path" when you know perfectly well it is natural to you, understand that gay people feel the exact same way.  It is natural and normal to a gay person -- and having intercourse with, or romance with -- a member of the opposite gender is unnatural and abnormal. \n\nKind regards,\n\nReynolds Jones\nhttp://www.rebuff.org\nbelieveinyou24@yahoo.com
372009
It must be biological for one simple reason. In our country right now, to be homosexual is possibly one of the worst sorts of people to be. Honestly, what sane person would CHOOSE to join the ranks of the most hated people on the planet? It makes no sense. Not to mention the level of social stigma one has to overcome to admit to being homosexual, to live one's life well one must accept the hatred and move on. I doubt many would choose such a life.
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I think a lot of money goes into AIDS research, and although there is obviously no cure yet, there are drugs that greatly prolong life.  Treatment and drug distribution should be a major concern, however.  The AIDS epidemic in Africa is devastating, and it is genuinely horrifying to realize that I live in a country (U.S.) that would rather funnel my tax money into a phony war that I don't support than use it to help masses of people who suffer indescribable conditions every day of their lives.  First world powers, capable of stepping in, are just leaving the African continent to rot.  The vast majority of AIDS sufferers in Africa don't have access to the medication that could improve their health and prolong their lives, and government leaders constantly avoid discussing this issue.  Even in my own country, where we do not have socialized medicine, there are people living with this disease who have no means of paying for treatment.  Health care costs are exorbitant, and fewer and fewer companies are willing to provide workers with these benefits.  I constantly hear people referring to the U.S. as one of the richest nations in the world.  Well, that may be, but I'm not in the least bit impressed with the way in which our government allocates resources.  Obviously tax cuts for the richest 1 percent of our population are more important than providing decent health care to the middle and lower classes.  It's disgusting, and things have to change.  Greed is running rampant and we are squandering one of the world's most precious resources, human life.
122111
Men do not GO gay. Homosexuals are born that way. There are no more or less homsexuals living in this world then there were 100 years ago. They are in all countries. People just had to hide their sexual preferences a long time ago but thanks to a wider understanding of homosexuality, most no longer have to keep it a secret. It's 'out of the closet'.
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Main problem in gathering statistics on gays is that many people who are homosexual do not want to admit, even to an anonymous interviewer.  This is particularly true of people in heterosexual marriages.  Probably Kinsey's 10% figure was skewed higher by some sampling problems.  The low-end figures are likely wrong due to people not being honest when surveyed.  An article in the gay press today said the British government estimated about 6% of its population was gay.