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Originally posted by ReginaPhalange
Well then going by the logic shouldn't everyone who's sexually active take it? It's not a disease that just effects gay people, and ******** like this does nothing to help change the stigma
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Its wrong for someone to believe or perpetuate the notion that HIV/AIDS is only a gay mans disease. Its obviously not the case. That being said, predominantly, it
is gay men that contract the virus and spread it. We are the overwhelmingly dominant demographic to which it affects much like heart disease is most common in men and diabetes most common in latinos (I am mexican and it runs in both sides of my family). Those are cases of genetics, but regardless it refers to the fact that there are certain margins of the population that are prone to certain health issues.
I get what you and maybe one or two other people have mentioned in here that it could also be marketed towards heterosexuals, BUT its not a battle worth fighting because like it or not no matter how you look at it WE are the demographic to which it most affects. It only makes logical sense that we would be the target demographic for prEp. Thats not offensive. HOWEVER what is concerning is that we are being treated like guinea pigs for this movement. Its our minority that will be killed off or diseased ridden with a new AIDS epidemic if these drugs don't work out in the long run. Then what? Its a terribly depressing thought and one I think we all need to think about. Its scaring me that people are being so nonchalant about it. Getting on it like birth control or something. Like its an established health choice. We are guinea pigs.