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It is common for some people who self-identify as lesbians to actually be bisexuals. Dr. John Diggs reported: "Australian investigators reported that lesbian women were 4.5 times more likely to have had more than 50 lifetime male partners than heterosexual women (9 percent of lesbians versus 2 percent of heterosexual women); and 93 percent of women who identified themselves as lesbian reported a history of sex with men."<ref name=risk> [http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/homosexuality/ho0075.html The Health Risks of Gay Sex] </ref>  It was further reported concerning self reported "lesbians": "In addition to diseases that may be transmitted during lesbian sex, a study at an Australian STD clinic found that lesbians were three to four times more likely than heterosexual women to have sex with men who were high-risk for HIV." <ref name=risk> [http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/homosexuality/ho0075.html The Health Risks of Gay Sex] </ref>

It is common for some people who self-identify as lesbians to actually be bisexuals. Dr. John Diggs reported: "Australian investigators reported that lesbian women were 4.5 times more likely to have had more than 50 lifetime male partners than heterosexual women (9 percent of lesbians versus 2 percent of heterosexual women); and 93 percent of women who identified themselves as lesbian reported a history of sex with men."<ref name=risk> [http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/homosexuality/ho0075.html The Health Risks of Gay Sex] </ref>  It was further reported concerning self reported "lesbians": "In addition to diseases that may be transmitted during lesbian sex, a study at an Australian STD clinic found that lesbians were three to four times more likely than heterosexual women to have sex with men who were high-risk for HIV." <ref name=risk> [http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/homosexuality/ho0075.html The Health Risks of Gay Sex] </ref>

==Sexual politics==

==Politics and public relations==

The term "gay disease" was applied without prejudice.<ref>When the AIDS epidemic began officially in June 1981, it was widely considered exclusively a "gay disease." [http://www.rense.com/general73/homphn.htm] </ref> The term was in fact coined by a physician who was himself homosexual.{{fact}}

The term "gay disease" was applied without prejudice.<ref>When the AIDS epidemic began officially in June 1981, it was widely considered exclusively a "gay disease." [http://www.rense.com/general73/homphn.htm] </ref> The term was in fact coined by a physician who was himself homosexual.{{fact}}

It was only later that the term fell into disfavor.{{fact}} Organizations promoting homosexuality wanted to get the public to believe that AIDS was not just a threat to promiscuous homosexual men. [http://www.thebody.com/content/art32330.html]

It was only later that the term fell into disfavor.{{fact}} Organizations promoting homosexuality wanted to get the public to believe that AIDS was not just a threat to promiscuous homosexual men. [http://www.thebody.com/content/art32330.html]