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Originally posted by ChaosDST:
Sorors, I've heard more and more about this topic over the last two years. Studies have shown that black men who come out of prison often times continue to enjoy sex with men. After they go back to their wives and/or girlfriends, they go out and see their boyfriends or miscellaneous men. This is one of the causes of the increases in black women with HIV.
This is why we can NEVER judge a book by its cover, you never know what someone HAS or what someone DOES. Most gay men do NOT look or act like the stereotype...beware.
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I had to say something. I say this with all due respect and I know you said that these "homo thugs" (I detest that phrase, by the way) are just
one of the reasons behind the increase of AIDS/HIV cases in African-American women.
True, men who have sex with both men and women and don't protect themselves (which not all of these "homo thugs" do) are a risk to every one of their sexual partners. And I think it's important to focus on the way people engage in at-risk behavior.
However, AIDS/HIV is not a "gay/bisexual" disease. Gays/lesbians/bisexuals do not even account for the largest number of AIDS/HIV cases in the black community. Heterosexuals account for the most cases.
But I notice (in general) black folks' willingness to jump on the "these so-called gay and bisexual men are a problem" bandwagon when it comes to discussing AIDS/HIV.
Nobody gives half as much attention to heterosexual men and women who "two-time" and "dip out on" their partners and thus, expose their partners to the possibility of AIDS/HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Beware of those folks too, just as much as you would of gay or bisexual men/women. Everybody wants to focus on the GLBT community of color like it's the biggest source of the problem. It's not. Lack of communication about sex is a problem, regardless of sexual orientation. Lack of comprehensive sexual education is a problem. The fact that our communities use sex to sell and market everything, while being very conservative and unwilling to frankly and intelligently discuss sexuality is a problem.
I am not pointing fingers at anyone in particular here on the board. I just think that people need to get past some of their "issues" with the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender members of our community if the real fight against AIDS/HIV/STDs is to begin and be effective.
That being said, DELTAQTE, I am not at all surprised at that list you provided. If nothing else, it is only logical to think that at least a handful of hip-hop/R&B entertainers are GLBT.
While I thought that the Vibe article was a piece of trash (in terms of journalistic quality) and very short-sighted, I am glad that people are beginning to openly talk about a phenomenon that has quite frankly, existed for quite some time.
For more on the homosexuality and hip-hop topic, here's another article:
http://www.whoo.org/entries/00000006.shtml
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