Homosexuals are a clear and present danger to society in the United
States too:

Men who have sex with men (MSM) and AIDS in 2005

The following data are from 50 states and the District of Columbia.)

    * An estimated 19,248 MSM (17,230 MSM and 2,018 MSM who inject
drugs) received a diagnosis of AIDS, accounting for 65% of male adults
and adolescents and 47% of all people who received a diagnosis of AIDS
    * An estimated 7,293 MSM (5,929 MSM and 1,364 MSM who inject
drugs) with AIDS died, accounting for 60% of all men and 45% of all
people with AIDS who died.
   
    * Since the beginning of the epidemic, an estimated 517,992
MSM (452,111 MSM and 65,881 MSM who inject drugs) had received a
diagnosis of AIDS, accounting for 68% of male adults and adolescents
who received a diagnosis of AIDS and 54% of all people who received a
diagnosis of AIDS.
   
    * Since the beginning of the epidemic, an estimated 300,669
MSM (260,749 MSM and 39,920 MSM who inject drugs) with AIDS had died,
accounting for 68% of male adults and adolescents with AIDS who had
died and 57% of all people with AIDS who had died.
   
    * At the end of 2005, an estimated 217,323 MSM (191,362 MSM
and 25,961 MSM who inject drugs) were living with AIDS, representing
67% of male adults and adolescents living with AIDS and 52% of all
people living with AIDS.

Sexual Risk Factors

Sexual risk factors account for most HIV infections in MSM. These
factors include unprotected sex and sexually transmitted diseases
(STDs).

    * Having anal sex without a condom continues to be a
significant threat to the health of MSM. Unprotected anal sex
(barebacking) with casual partners is an increasing concern. Not all
the reasons for an apparent increase in unprotected anal intercourse
are known, but research points to the following factors: optimism
about improved HIV treatment, substance use, complex sexual decision
making, seeking sex partners on the Internet, and failure to practice
safer sex. Some of these men may be serosorting, or only having sex
(or unprotected sex) with a partner whose HIV serostatus, they
believe, is the same as their own. Although serosorting between MSM
who have tested HIV-positive is likely to prevent new HIV transmission
to persons who are not infected, the effectiveness of serosorting
between men who have tested HIV-negative has not been established.
Serosorting with condom use may further reduce the risk of HIV
transmission. However, for men with casual partners, serosorting alone
is likely to be less effective than always using condoms because some
men do not know or disclose their HIV serostatus.
   
    * STDs, which increase the risk for HIV infection, remain an
important health issue for MSM. According to the Gonococcal Isolate
Surveillance Project, the proportion of gonorrhea-positive test
results among MSM increased from 4% in 1988 to 20.2% in 2004. Rates of
syphilis among MSM have increased in some urban areas, including
Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle. In the 9 US cities
participating in the MSM Prevalence Monitoring Project, the rates of
STDs and HIV positivity varied by race and ethnicity but tended to be
highest among black and Hispanic MSM. In addition to increasing
susceptibility to HIV, STDs are markers for high-risk sexual
practices, through which HIV infection can be transmitted.

Unknown HIV Serostatus

Approximately 25% of people in the United States who are infected with
HIV do not know they are infected.

    * Through its National HIV Behavioral Surveillance system, CDC
found that 25% of the MSM surveyed in 5 large US cities were infected
with HIV and 48% of those infected were unaware of their infections.
* In a recent CDC study of young MSM, 77% of those who tested
HIV-positive mistakenly believed that they were not infected. Young
black MSM in this study were more likely to be unaware of their
infection--approximately 9 of 10 young black MSM compared with 6 of 10
young white MSM. Of the men who tested positive, most (74%) had
previously tested negative for HIV infection, and 59% believed that
they were at low or very low risk.

Ref: www.cdc.gov <HIV, AIDS, STD, MSM, GISP>