[[Image:SexuallyTransmittedDiseases.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|A 2004 study showed that 55.1 percent of homosexual males in Shoreland -- known as Chicago's "gay center" -- have at least one [[Sexually Transmitted Disease|sexually transmitted disease.]]<ref>[http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=17458 Baptist Press, MARRIAGE DIGEST: New study: Homosexual men prone to promiscuity by Michael Foust (Posted on Jan 16, 2004)]</ref><ref>[http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/470318chap2.html An excerpt from The Sexual Organization of the City - Chapter 2 - The Chicago Health and Social Life Survey Design - concerning Chicago's "Shoreland" area]</ref> ]]
Concerning '''[[homosexuality]] and promiscuity''', in 2016, ''The Federalist'' published an article entitled ''Loveless, Narcissistic Sex Addicts: A Gay Man Critiques His Community'' which stated:
{{Cquote|Promiscuous sex and drug use are not exceptional or marginalized currents in gay culture. They are an omnipresent force in every register, crook, and cranny of the gay world. The new and disturbing “Poz Me” trend merging in gay culture needs to be nationally discussed. This culture consists in underground online sites where gay men who are HIV negative hook up with men who are not and beg to be “breeded” by [[HIV]]-positive men.<ref>[httphttps://thefederalist.com/2016/05/16/loveless-narcissistic-sex-addicts-a-gay-man-critiques-his-community/ Loveless, Narcissistic Sex Addicts: A Gay Man Critiques His Community] by , The Federalist, 2016</ref>}}
in 2004 the ''Baptist Press '' reported the following: "A new study by a group of [[University of Chicago]] researchers reveals a high level of promiscuity and unhealthy behavior among that city's homosexual male population. According to the researchers, 42.9 percent of homosexual men in [[Chicago]]'s Shoreland area have had more than 60 sexual partners, while an additional 18.4 percent have had between 31 and 60 partners...As a result, 55.1 percent of homosexual males in Shoreland -- known as Chicago's "gay center"—have at least one [[Sexually Transmitted Disease|sexually transmitted disease]], researchers said."<ref>[http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=17458 Baptist Press, MARRIAGE DIGEST: New study: Homosexual men prone to promiscuity by Michael Foust (Posted on Jan 16, 2004)]</ref><ref>[http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/470318chap2.html An excerpt from The Sexual Organization of the City - Chapter 2 - The Chicago Health and Social Life Survey Design - concerning Chicago's "Shoreland" area]</ref>
In September of 2006, the Agape Press reported the following:
This study of male homosexuality found that 2.7 percent of these men claimed to have had sex with one partner only.<ref>[http://www.family.org/socialissues/A000000683.cfm Paul Van de Ven et al., “A Comparative Demographic and Sexual Profile of Older Homosexually Active Men,” Journal of Sex Research 34 (1997): p. 354.]</ref>
The David P. McWhirter, M.D., and Andrew M. Mattison, M.S.W., Ph.D. study reported in their 1984 work ''The Male Couple: How Relationships Develop'' stated that in regards to relationships involving male homosexuality that "all couples with a relationship lasting more than 5 years have incorporated some provision for outside sexual activity in their relationships."<ref>United Families International citing the book [httphttps://www.unitedfamiliesindmedica.orgcom/documents/UFIfamilyIGSOfullpage_000journals.pdf php?journalid=9&issueid=130&articleid=1722&action=article ''The Male Couple: How Relationships Develop'' by David McWhirther and Andrew Mattison (Englewood Cliffs:Prentice-Hall, 1984), pages 252-253]</ref>
==Homosexual Male Promiscuity in the United States in the 1970s==