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AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases among men who have sex with men

Review of the literature, by Dale O'Leary

The material presented here was collected by members of the
National Association of Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, NARTH

Table of Contents

A review of the literature, by Dale O'Leary

Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• HIV AND HOMOSEXUAL MALES
• SOURCES
• UNDERSTANDING THE NUMBERS
• THE 10% MYTH
• THE EPIDEMIC BEFORE THE EPIDEMIC

• SYPHILIS AND GONORRHEA
• GAY BOWEL SYNDROME
• HEPATITIS

• WAITING FOR A MAGIC BULLET
• FIRST DEATHS FROM aids
• EPIDEMIC
• PRACTICES CHANGE
• GROWING PESSIMISM
• TRACKING THE EPIDEMIC
• CONDOM FAILURE RATES
• EDUCATION FAILURE
• RISKY BEHAVIOR CONTINUES
• WATCHING THE EPIDEMIC
• DENIAL AND DRUGS
• PUBLIC HEALTH
• CONTACT TRACING
• UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS
• MONOGAMY UNLIKELY
• ORAL SEX
• YOUTH AT RISK
• SEXUAL ABUSE
• BISEXUALITY
• GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS
• AIDS ISN'T THE ONLY KILLER
• RATIONALIZATIONS
• PATHOLOGY
• SEXUAL LIBERATION MORE IMPORTANT THAN LIFE
• SUICIDE-BY-AIDS
• SOLUTIONS

• The Possibility of Change

• Postscript
• LESBIAN RISKS — Women who have sex with women
• Commonly Used Abreviations
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• CHARTS

• Chart A — Results of studies which asked homosexual men if they had engaged in behaviors known to transmit the HIV virus in a given number of months.
• Chart B — Gay and Bisexual Adolescents - Percentages engaging in unprotected anal sex
• Chart C — Percentage of Young Men who are HIV positive by age group

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