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Homosexuality Does Not Cause Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Gabriel E. Feldman, MD, MPH, DABPM
New York County Health Services Review Organization New York, NY
Arch Fam Med. 1993;2(12):1222.
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The article by Parra et al1 contains language that might easily mislead the casual reader about what does, and what does not, cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). In the "Knowledge of AIDS" section,1(p605) the authors note that "most subjects (correctly) knew that homosexuality was the primary cause for AIDS among men."
No evidence I know of indicates that homosexuality is the proximate cause of any disease. If an uninfected gay man had sex, exclusively, with a dozen uninfected gay men every day for a year, the individual would not contract AIDS through his homosexual activity.
The authors should instead reinforce the risks presented by any nonmonogomous sexual relationship.
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