Question 1

how can you get aids (gay)?

Accepted Answer

Risky practices: The most dangerous activity by far is receptive anal intercourse with an hiv-positive infectious partner. Any practice in which you ingest infected semen is risky, especially if it could get into your bloodstream. By contrast, lesbian practices carry very little risk. Please love wisely and carefully, and especially shun needle-sharing. Best wishes.

Question 2

will gay men get aids or hiv from their partner even if they didn't cheat or been with anyone else?

Accepted Answer

See below: If both have no other sex partners then it is impossible for wither to get hiv.

Question 3

i live where there is 1) a ton of gay guys and 2) a ton of mosquitoes. can i get aids from a mosquito bite?

Accepted Answer

No: There has been no proven transmission of the HIV virus via mosquito bite. Hiv doesn't live in mosquitoes.

Question 4

why are gay people at greater risk for aids than straight people?

Accepted Answer

3 reasons: (1)  for partly historical reasons, the prevalence of HIV is higher among gay men, which makes the likelihood of exposure higher for each sexual contact. (2) rectal cells are more easily infected than vaginal cells. (3) unlike heterosexuals, gay men can be both insertive and receptive (top and bottom), which means they can be infected through receptive  sex and then transmit through insertive sex.

Question 5

i'm wondering why are gay people more likely to contract aids or hiv?

Accepted Answer

They are not: Aids was first identified in a population of gay men who engaged in anonymous sexual intercourse with multiple partners without protection.  This behavior puts one at risk for HIV infection, just as sharing needles for IV drug use does.  Gay men who do not engage in unprotected sex are at no more risk than straight men who do not, and multiply promiscuous straight men are also at risk.

Question 6

is it possible to get infected with hiv/aids through gay sex?

Accepted Answer

Of course: Any unprotected sex can cause one to be exposed.

Question 7

how does one get aids ?

Accepted Answer

Unprotected Sex: You can get it by having unprotected sex or being exposed to bodily fluids of an infected individual.The infected bodily fluids can not infect through casual contact but must invade the blood stream through sex  or such things as infected needles

Question 8

how do people get aids?

Accepted Answer

Bodily fluids: Aids (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus. Hiv is spread in bodily fluids, including semen, vaginal secretions, blood, and breast milk. People usually get aids by having unprotected sex with an infected partner, sharing needles with an infected person, or breastfeeding from an infected mother.

Question 9

can you get aids from using public toilets?

Accepted Answer

No: Here is some very good info    http://www.Amfar.Org/about_hiv_and_aids/basic_facts_about_hiv/.

Question 10

what populations are most likely to get aids?

Accepted Answer

Behavioral: The "population's" at highest risk are those who partake in high risk behavior.  Unprotected sex, IV drug use to name 2 populations.
The best way to avoid infection is to avoid engaging in high risk behavior.
Unfortunately a group at risk not as a result of behavior but due to conception are babies born to HIV infected moms.

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