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  2. HIV and men who have sex with men - Wikipedia

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    The number of people living with HIV in the United States, and the number of deaths caused by AIDS by year (1980–2015). [20] [21] Estimates about the U.S. population of men who have sex with men (MSM) vary. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that men who have sex with men (MSM) represent about 2% of the American ...

  3. Homosexuality in society - Wikipedia

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    Gay Men's Health Crisis, Project Inform, and ACT UP are some notable American examples of the LGBT community's response to the AIDS crisis. The bewildering death toll wrought by the AIDS epidemic at first seemed to slow the progress of the gay rights movement, but in time it galvanized some parts of the LGBT community into community service and ...

  4. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the LGBT community

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    The San Francisco Department of Public Health published a news release called "Trans Care During COVID-19", which noted the higher proportion of transgender people with HIV/AIDS. New York's Callen-Lorde Community Health Center considered extending HIV medication prescriptions and reducing in-person visits to practice social distancing.

  5. Forty years ago, AIDS was a death sentence. Not today, but ...

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    It’s not shocking or even surprising that HIV and AIDS are on the rise in today’s world. The dreaded disease of the 1980s and 1990s is now affecting young people who were not even born when ...

  6. Meet the woman who cared for hundreds of gay men dying of ...

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    In honor of the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, activist Ruth Coker Burks shares her story caring for over 1,000 gay men dying of AIDS.

  7. Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    AIDS is one of the top three causes of death for African American men aged 25–54 and for African American women aged 35–44 years in the United States of America. In the United States, African Americans make up about 48% of the total HIV-positive population and make up more than half of new HIV cases, despite making up only 12% of the ...

  8. Pedro Zamora, 'Real World' star who died of AIDS ... - AOL

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    In fact, AIDS was the leading cause of death in men ages 25 to 44 in 1992. The rising rates sparked fear, stigma and hysteria among the public, fueling laws and policies that criminalized people ...

  9. Symbolic AIDS stigma—the use of HIV/AIDS to express attitudes toward the social groups or lifestyles perceived to be associated with the disease. [6] Courtesy AIDS stigma—stigmatization of people connected to the issue of HIV/AIDS or HIV-positive people. People living with HIV/AIDS may also experience internalized stigma.