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A '''"gay disease"''' is any disease which spreads among the [[homosexual|gay]] population.

A '''"gay disease"''' is any disease which spreads predominantly among the [[homosexual|gay]] population.

Such disease is spread primarily by [[homosexuality|sexual behavior]] of homosexual men.

Such diseases are spread primarily by the [[homosexuality|sexual behavior]] of homosexual men.

The chief gay disease of the late 1970s and early 1980s was an [[epidemic]] which afflicted [[homosexual]] men.  

The chief gay disease of the late 1970s and early 1980s was an [[epidemic]] which afflicted [[homosexual]] men.  

Later it was called [[AIDS]] and attributed to [[HIV]]. It was discovered (and given its original name) by a doctor who himself was homosexual, so any notion of the name being intended to demean or stigmatize (rather than to help) is ill-formed.  

Later it was called [[AIDS]] and attributed to [[HIV]]. It was discovered (and given its original name) by a doctor who himself was a homosexual, so any notion of the name being intended to demean or stigmatize (rather than to help) is ill-formed.  

* AIDS was originally dubbed a "gay disease" because it "first appeared in the U.S. as a devastating scourge afflicting [[homosexual|gay]] men in cities like San Francisco and New York City in the late 1970s."<ref name=war> [http://thewaronintimacy.com/chapter_8.html]</ref>

* AIDS was originally dubbed a "gay disease" because it "first appeared in the U.S. as a devastating scourge afflicting [[homosexual|gay]] men in cities like San Francisco and New York City in the late 1970s."<ref name=war> [http://thewaronintimacy.com/chapter_8.html]</ref>