I'm happen to be homosexual myself, "non-practicing" which is why I
remain free of HIV and other STDs thirty years after the epidemic started.
San Francisco was at the center of the early HIV outbreak, and still has
one of the highest new infection rates -- and the highest prevalence rate
(total number of residents infected) -- in the country. If lack of
proper sex education were the problem, "progressive" SF should have one
of the LOWEST rates.
Furthermore, liberals often blame the disease on poverty, racism, and
especially "homophobia," but San Francisco is one of the wealthiest and
most ethnically diverse cities in the country, and obviously tolerant of
homosexuality since it is *THE* gay capital of the world. The typical
liberal victim politics do not work in this case.
I came of age in the late-1980s to early-1990s, and after briefly
exploring the gay "lifestyle," I quickly became disgusted with what I
saw. Unless he had been living under a rock, there was no way a gay man
could NOT know what HIV/AIDS was, HOW it was transmitted, and WHO was
most susceptible to the virus! The gay culture of the time reminds me of
Jonestown, where everyone knew the Kool-Aid was poisoned with cyanide,
but drank it anyway.
I've noticed a Stalinist/Maoist tendency among American gays to try to
redefine biology to suit their political agenda. Gay men are equal to
straight men, blacks are equal to whites, anal sex is equal to vaginal
sex, therefore the HIV infection rates for all groups SHOULD be equal.
As a blood-borne disease, HIV takes advantage of delicate tissues
ruptured during anal sex, providing it with easy access the bloodstream.
This is simple biology, but politically inconvenient for fans of anal
sex. So in the early years of the HIV epidemic, gay groups demanded
that the government spend equal amounts of money on "prevention"
propaganda for gays and straights alike.
The epidemic that was predicted to soon break out among white suburban
heterosexuals never occurred, and scarce funding was wasted on propaganda
aimed at groups that were not at risk. But perhaps "wasted" is not the
right word, since thirty years and trillions of dollars later the group
at highest risk -- homosexual males -- still has not gotten the message.
The cash and propaganda posters could have been put to better use being
burned for heat in homeless encampments. Progress!