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→‎AIDS, the gay disease: Rmv "which is the main direct means of transmission of HIV" since this clashes with the AIDS article: "most new infections ... are spread by heterosexual sex"
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AIDS was introduced to mainstream America by promiscuous homosexuals in [[San Francisco]] and a few other urban centers. The term "gay disease" originally carried no bad connotation; it was named by a physician who himself was homosexual, who had noted the correlation between the constellation of symptoms and the [[gay sex|behavior]].
 
AIDS was introduced to mainstream America by promiscuous homosexuals in [[San Francisco]] and a few other urban centers. The term "gay disease" originally carried no bad connotation; it was named by a physician who himself was homosexual, who had noted the correlation between the constellation of symptoms and the [[gay sex|behavior]].
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When a stigma became associated with the term, [[gay rights activists]] began to object to the use of the term. They also began to deny the fact that the disease was primarily associated with [[gay sex|homosexual activity]], as well as downplaying the fact that [[gay sex|anal intercourse]] tends to injure the delicate tissues of the rectum, which is the main direct means of transmission of HIV.
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When a stigma became associated with the term, [[gay rights activists]] began to object to the use of the term. They also began to deny the fact that the disease was primarily associated with [[gay sex|homosexual activity]], as well as downplaying the fact that [[gay sex|anal intercourse]] tends to injure the delicate tissues of the rectum.
    
==MRSA, the gay plague==
 
==MRSA, the gay plague==
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