Black Male HIV Cases Skyrocket in Chicago- BENG BENG

[Silver Surfer]

More than three decades after the emergence of HIV and AIDS sparked a massive campaign to curb infection, public health officials in Chicago and across the country are worried by a recent uptick in diagnoses of HIV — the precursor to AIDS — among young gay and bisexual men.

While transmission of the virus via injectable drug use and heterosexual sex has declined dramatically since the peak of the epidemic in the mid-1980s, infection of men who have sex with men is a different story.

New HIV infections in that group plummeted from a peak of about 75,000 per year to less than 18,000 per year by the early 1990s, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the drop was short-lived, and infections currently hover around 30,000 per year. Experts say it's younger men, especially young black men, who are driving that trend.

As part of an effort to learn why, Chicago will play host to a major research project that will look at all potential drivers of transmission within a single study. The National Institutes of Health recently awarded Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine an $8.7 million grant for the five-year study, which will include the Chicago Department of Public Health and community organizations like Center on Halsted as partners.

"Chicago is a great place to do this kind of research," said Brian Mustanski, who directs the LGBT health and development program at Northwestern. "It's such a diverse city. It has so many different characteristics."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-hiv-young-gay-men-met-20140620,0,7256095.story

 

[OG Talk]

People still wanna claim its not a gay disease

 

[Piff Perkins]

That's a shocked stat, given how HIV/AIDs has been dropping for awhile (nation wide). Is this due to the incarceration rate/re-entry to society in Chicago or something?

 

[Ohene]

them dudes is really out chere gangbanging

 

[Cory MBA]

 

[jojosworld300k600kbdk]

damn nikkaz on chiraq dikk hard cause we got rap on lock right smh
now i know how jordan felt in the 90s

 

[NV-ME]

lol, beng beng.

 

[jojosworld300k600kbdk]

yu goofy nikkas wont kome to the GO tho and talk that shyt

 

[Piff Perkins]

damn nikkaz on chiraq dikk hard cause we got rap on lock right smh
now i know how jordan felt in the 90s

none of yall dirty little niglets have gone plat, and only one sold 10k records. fukkouttahere and do us a favor: use a condom next time you run up in ya man's ass (pause)


you nikkas ain't even old enough to watch R rated movies in the theater, fukkouttahere gumps

 

[call_me_step_daddy]

Young black gay men who hide sexuality may be behind Brooklyn's HIV epidemic, doctors say
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...fy-fuel-brooklyn-hiv-crisis-article-1.1326622


“It’s too much casual sex. People don’t care. They are not wrapping it up,” said Steven Holmes, 23, who was born with HIV.
A new generation of young Brooklyn black males, many hiding their sexual identity, is worrying doctors who say they are fueling the borough’s HIV epidemic.

HIV cases among men under 30 who sleep with men rose from 232 in 2001 to 491 in 2011.

“We are seeing more young men,” said Dr. Yusef Afacan, director of the AIDS Center Program at Woodull Medical Center in East Williamsburg. Afacan said he has even treated boys as young as 14 who contracted HIV after sleeping with another male.

“We never saw that a decade ago,” Afacan said. “Young gay men are not using protection.”

Men who have sex with men, or MSMs, include males who identify as gay and also those who hide their sexual preferences for other men.

Doctors believe these men are infecting their black female partners, who made up 79% of all new HIV cases among Brooklyn women in 2011 .

Hoping to stem the disturbing trend, advocates are zeroing in on central Brooklyn neighborhoods, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Williamsburg, Bushwick and East Flatbush, which are home to the city’s largest group of those living with the disease.

More than 15,000 reside in central Brooklyn, where about 3,600 identify as MSMs. Those 15,000 make up 10% of the citywide HIV/AIDS cases.

The Brooklyn AIDS Task Force opened a small store-front office called Brooklyn Men Konnect on Utica Ave. in Crown Heights, which reputedly has some strong anti-gay attitudes.

Workers troll gay dating sites posing as singles who give graphic intimate advice and push the message of practicing safe hookups.

“It’s too much casual sex. People don’t care. They are not wrapping it up,” said Steven Holmes, 23, a Konnect volunteer who was born with HIV after getting it from his drug-addicted mother. “They aren’t using condoms. They are being reckless.”

“Our lifestyle is taboo,” said a 22-year-old Bed-Stuy man who contracted HIV at 17. He had been struggling with his sexuality and didn't ask his partner to use a condom. “The first time I got a STD, it was HIV.”

Doctors are complaining that Brooklyn's federal aid for young HIV/AIDS patients has dropped from $2 million a year to $350,000.

“Brooklyn is getting screwed,” said Dr. Jeffrey Birnbaum, head of the SUNY Downstate’s Family, Adolescent and Children's Experience program, which had to let go 26 staffers across the county, including three doctors, because of the cuts.

“These issues need to be dealt with.”

simonew@nydailynews.com

 

[Xbox One X]

them dudes is really out chere gangbanging

:xzgrin:

 

[Freedman]

Why is this in the booth and why are you looking up gay statistics

 

[NvrCMyNut]

I don't know whats worse, down low fakkits or bisexuals, either way fukk em.

 

[mson]

Young black gay men who hide sexuality may be behind Brooklyn's HIV epidemic, doctors say
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...fy-fuel-brooklyn-hiv-crisis-article-1.1326622


“It’s too much casual sex. People don’t care. They are not wrapping it up,” said Steven Holmes, 23, who was born with HIV.
A new generation of young Brooklyn black males, many hiding their sexual identity, is worrying doctors who say they are fueling the borough’s HIV epidemic.

HIV cases among men under 30 who sleep with men rose from 232 in 2001 to 491 in 2011.

“We are seeing more young men,” said Dr. Yusef Afacan, director of the AIDS Center Program at Woodull Medical Center in East Williamsburg. Afacan said he has even treated boys as young as 14 who contracted HIV after sleeping with another male.

“We never saw that a decade ago,” Afacan said. “Young gay men are not using protection.”

Men who have sex with men, or MSMs, include males who identify as gay and also those who hide their sexual preferences for other men.

Doctors believe these men are infecting their black female partners, who made up 79% of all new HIV cases among Brooklyn women in 2011 .

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More than 15,000 reside in central Brooklyn, where about 3,600 identify as MSMs. Those 15,000 make up 10% of the citywide HIV/AIDS cases.

The Brooklyn AIDS Task Force opened a small store-front office called Brooklyn Men Konnect on Utica Ave. in Crown Heights, which reputedly has some strong anti-gay attitudes.

Workers troll gay dating sites posing as singles who give graphic intimate advice and push the message of practicing safe hookups.

“It’s too much casual sex. People don’t care. They are not wrapping it up,” said Steven Holmes, 23, a Konnect volunteer who was born with HIV after getting it from his drug-addicted mother. “They aren’t using condoms. They are being reckless.”

“Our lifestyle is taboo,” said a 22-year-old Bed-Stuy man who contracted HIV at 17. He had been struggling with his sexuality and didn't ask his partner to use a condom. “.”

Doctors are complaining that Brooklyn's federal aid for young HIV/AIDS patients has dropped from $2 million a year to $350,000.

“Brooklyn is getting screwed,” said Dr. Jeffrey Birnbaum, head of the SUNY Downstate’s Family, Adolescent and Children's Experience program, which had to let go 26 staffers across the county, including three doctors, because of the cuts.

“These issues need to be dealt with.”

simonew@nydailynews.com

Hoping to stem the disturbing trend, advocates are zeroing in on central Brooklyn neighborhoods, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Williamsburg, Bushwick and East Flatbush, which are home to the city’s largest group of those living with the disease

Basically where all the nikkas live.

The first time I got a STD, it was HIV

The first time?

What this got to do with Chicago's problem?

 

[Xtraz2]

fakkit ass nikkaz