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A '''"gay disease"''' is any disease which has spread predominantly among the [[homosexual|gay]] population, such as [[AIDS]] in the United States.

A '''"gay disease"''' such as [[AIDS]] spreads among the [[homosexual]] population because of promiscuous  "[[gay]]" sexual practices.

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 a then unexplained [[epidemic]] which afflicted [[homosexual]] men, discovered in the United States and finally called [[AIDS]] and attributed to [[HIV]]. The physician who called it a "gay disease" did so for unimpeachable motives; 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, although the term itself fell into disrepute later on.

 

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 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>

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Other "gay diseases" are known to medical science, and it is good health practice for all people to be aware of them:

Other diseases spread primarily by [[homosexuality|sexual behavior]] of homosexuals are known to medical science, and it is good health practice for all people to be aware of them:

* "PPNG first appeared in the Philippines among a sexually active core group of prostitutes and servicemen in and around U.S. military bases where many women habitually took black market penicillin as a prophylactic treatment ..."<ref name=war />

* "PPNG first appeared in the Philippines among a sexually active core group of prostitutes and servicemen in and around U.S. military bases where many women habitually took black market penicillin as a prophylactic treatment ..."<ref name=war />