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					Originally posted by  Guernica
					 
				 
				In the 80's when it was first being talked about and discovered a large portion of the people who had the virus were gay men. This has to do with gay men typically having more unprotected sex then straight people and a higher drug usage (sharing dirty needles). 
			
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 No. It's mostly because males are physically more capable of transmitting the virus to their partner. That's why gay males have the highest rate, while lesbians have the lowest.