Homosexual

Homosexual: A person sexually attracted to persons of the same sex. Homosexuals include males (gays) and females (lesbians).
The term "homosexual" can also be an adjective.
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Homosexuality - a term created by 19th cent. theorists to describe a sexual and emotional interest in members of one's own sex. Today a person is often said to have a homosexual or a heterosexual orientation, a descr...
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Approximately 95% of all the cases of epidemic KS in the United States have been diagnosed in homosexual or bisexual men.
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In the United States and Europe, most cases of sexually transmitted HIV infection have resulted from homosexual contact, whereas in Africa, the disease is spread primarily through sexual intercourse among heterosexuals.
Transmission in pregnancy.
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sexually active homosexual men
bisexual men and their partners
IV drug users and their sexual partners
people who share needles (for IV drug use, tattooing, or piercing)
heterosexuals with more than one sexual partner ...
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You're at risk whether you're heterosexual, homosexual or bisexual. Unprotected sex means having sex without using a new latex or polyurethane condom every time.
Have unprotected sex with someone who is HIV-positive.
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AIDS was not recognized until the early 1980s, when frequent reports of unusual lung infections with Pneumocystis carinii and a rapidly spreading form of cancer called Kaposi's sarcoma, found primarily in homosexual men, ...
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Unprotected sexual intercourse (heterosexual or homosexual)
Oral sex with an infected person
A contaminated blood transfusion (very rare in the United States since 1985, when blood supplies started being tested for HIV) ...
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HIV occurs at a higher frequency among homosexuals (the number of African Americans males who have AIDS through sex with men has increased).
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This is distinct from homosexuality -- people with gender identity disorder may be attracted to the same or the opposite sex, but they feel that their own biological sex is "wrong" and doesn't represent their true gender identity.
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Gender identity disorder describes a conflict between a person's physical or apparent gender and that person's self-identification. For instance, a person identified as a boy may actually feel and act like a girl. This is distinct from homosexuality ...
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Incidentally, researchers find little difference in the fantasies of hetero- and homosexuals--except in the gender of participants.
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Sexually-transmitted diseases are transmitted by both heterosexual and homosexual practices. They can be transferred to another person during oral, vaginal, or anal intercourse.
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Prevention: Don't engage in oral-anal sexual contact. This practice occurs almost exclusively with male homosexuals.
HOMEPAGE ...
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more severe infection than hepatitis A, and, can occur as an asymptomatic "carrier" state, a chronic infection, or as cirrhosis of the liver. Those at risk (IV drug abusers, health care workers, dialysis patients, transfusion recipients, homosexuals) ...
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When travelling make sure that the water supply is safe, or drink only purified or bottled water (and avoid ice and salad vegetables washed in the water).
Avoid exposure to faeces during sexual activity (homosexual men may be at increased risk from ...
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Being a sexually active homosexual or bisexual man.
Living with someone who has long-term (chronic) HBV infection.
Getting body piercings and tattoos from a tattoo artist who uses poor infection-control practices.
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have a blood clotting disorder such as hemophilia and require blood products
children who require dialysis for kidney failure
adolescents who may participate in high-risk activities such as IV drug use and/or unprotected heterosexual or homosexual ...
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