Why is is that gay people are more susceptible to aids?

Dumb question, I know, but why is it that gay people contract aids more often than straight people?
Answer:
actually gay people don't contract aids more often then straight people anymore. but in the early 80,s when this stereotype came about this was true there are a few reasons for this. 1 the first case of aids in America was traced back to a single airline steward who was gay and visited various bath houses all over the U.S. (bath houses were a place where gay men practiced open promiscuity).
2 it is easier to contract aids through anal sex because of tearing and blood (blood being the primary way to pass HIV).
however, since the 80, bathhouses have become illegal and gay men for the most part have become educated on prevention of and protection from HIV. in fact many gay men have led the fight against HIV in this country

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Gay people are often more sexually promiscuous than straight people, and protection is used less frequently because there's no risk of pregnancy.

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That isn't true.HIV does not distinguish people by groups. Its a virus. Like any virus it is transmitted in certain ways.HIV is spread through ignorance.HIV can easily be controlled. It is the direct result of human behaviour that allows this virus to kill millions of us.The problem is fools who continue to infect others once they have the misfortune of being infected. Gay or not, they are engaging in criminal behaviour and with prior knowledge.I couldn't infect you with ebola. I couldn't infect you with ebola intentionally or unintentionally. No one has the right to infect you or me.No one has an excuse to hide behind chessy explanations for bringing harm to a fellow citizens.Spreading HIV is criminal behaviour and needs to be addressed.

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i have also heard that the anal sex many gays engage in is a much easier portal of entry for the virus right into the receivers blood system.

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We are not more susceptible to contracting HIV.

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