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[[Image:Sf1ep.jpg": |thumbnail|175px|right|[[Syphilis]] is an infection caused by the [[bacteria]] [[Treponema Pallidum|treponema pallidum]]]]

[[Image:Sf1ep.jpg|thumbnail|175px|right|[[Syphilis]] is an infection caused by the [[bacteria]] [[Treponema Pallidum|treponema pallidum]]]]

In respect to '''homosexuality and syphilis''', an early publication to propose the link between homosexuality contributing to the spread of the [[sexually transmitted disease]] [[syphilis]] was the [[England|English]] publication '' Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine'' in 1962.<ref>[http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1896863 A.J. King, The Complications of Homosexuality, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, Volume 55 October 1962]</ref>  The '' Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine'' made the following statement:  "The importance of [[Homosexuality|homosexual]] practices in the spread of [[venereal disease]]s has attracted particular attention recently.  It almost seems that these practices are keeping syphilis alive in this country." <ref>[http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1896863 A.J. King, The Complications of Homosexuality, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, Volume 55 October 1962]</ref>  

In respect to '''homosexuality and syphilis''', an early publication to propose the link between homosexuality contributing to the spread of the [[sexually transmitted disease]] [[syphilis]] was the [[England|English]] publication '' Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine'' in 1962.<ref>[http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1896863 A.J. King, The Complications of Homosexuality, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, Volume 55 October 1962]</ref>  The '' Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine'' made the following statement:  "The importance of [[Homosexuality|homosexual]] practices in the spread of [[venereal disease]]s has attracted particular attention recently.  It almost seems that these practices are keeping syphilis alive in this country." <ref>[http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1896863 A.J. King, The Complications of Homosexuality, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, Volume 55 October 1962]</ref>