California set to teach gay history and rights in schools

[Amby 490]

Wow! I really didn't expect this to be such a popular topic. I guess gay news is really popular around VJ!

Yeah because if they didn't teach sexuality I would have never known what to do with this #######.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I fail to see the relevance. The point being made here is that AIDS is not a "gay" disease. Do try to focus.

Then why did you bring it up? You just toss something out there, without any further discussion, and we are supposed to accept it at face value? Are you looking to replace Darnell, or something?

Edited April 19, 2011 by Some Old Guy

[^_^ 5,021]

Then why did you bring it up? You just toss something out there, without any further discussion, and we are supposed to accept it at face value? Are you looking to replace Darnell, or something?

No, if you wish to debunk it you can do so. Bringing up unrelated points is a distraction.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

A rose by any other name........

New Aids cases.

Don't be silly Danno.

[The Dude 206]

I'm impressed with your mastery of the topic, I won't ask -who you studied under.

Studied under? Sorry Danno, this one I learned in the real world. You know, talking to people not shunning everyone who doesn't look like me, oh wait, you wouldn't know about that.

Gay pride, that's all that anyone ever comes up with. Same rubbish old points over and over again.

Saying gay people are somehow imposing themselves on you because of gay pride is irrational.

Look who you're responding to. Did you really expect a proper response?

[Amby 490]

So, there is no gay gene? Now I am confused.

Maybe?

Have Scientists Found the 'Gay Gene'?

All these different types of genes are starting to confuse you?

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

But we never look at homosexuality or it's related subjects globally..... if we did we would see how few voices in the world

see it as anything other than a dirty perversion.

[Amby 490]

How much of that is because of sex tourism?

One country has had an AIDS infection rate shoot up because of sex tourism. I read a few articles about it last fall but now I don't remember which f'ing country.

This is just the abstract

Tourists traveling internationally lower their inhibitions and take greater risks than they would typically in their home cultures. Loneliness, boredom, and a sense of freedom contribute to this behavioral change. Some tourists travel internationally in search of sexual gratification. This motivation may be actively conscious or subconscious to the traveler. Billed as romantic with great natural beauty, Thailand, the Philippines, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and Kenya are popular destinations of tourists seeking sex. The Netherlands and countries in eastern Europe are also popular. With most initial cases of HIV infection in Europe having histories of international travel, mass tourism is a major factor in the international transmission of AIDS. While abroad, tourists have sex with casual partners, sex workers, and/or other tourists. Far from all tourists, however, carry and consistently use condoms with these partners. One study found female and non white travelers to be less likely than Whites and males to carry condoms. The risk of HIV infection increases in circumstances where condoms are not readily available in the host country and/or are of poor quality. Regarding actual condom use, a study found only 34% of sex tourists from Switzerland to consistently use condoms while abroad. 28% of men in an STD clinic in Melbourne, Australia, reported consistent condom use in sexual relations while traveling in Asia; STDs were identified in 73% of men examined. The few studies of tourists suggest that a significant proportion engage in risky behavior while traveling. HIV prevalence is rapidly increasing in countries known as destinations for sex tourism. High infection rates are especially evident among teenage sex workers in Thailand. Simply documenting the prevalence of risky behavior among sex tourists will not suffice. More research is needed on travelers and AIDS with particular attention upon the motivating factors supporting persistent high-risk behavior.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12286016

Let me find my pubmed username and password and I can post the whole thing.

Edited April 19, 2011 by Amby

[Zero Sum 305]

They don't try that up in Alaska because outside the native residents, the poplulation of alaska is about as diverse as a daughters of the american revolution meeting.

Grandma, Mom, and my sisters are DAR.

Back to point though... its great tolerance of the differences is being taught.

But I do see that we're at it again... bigotry being 'defended' semantically against those of you willing to identify a bigot for a bigot by you yourselves being labeled a bigot for hating on the haters. And they think they get away with not just their bigotry, but their stupidity even more.

[Zero Sum 305]

Anti-semitism never went away. If you think it's gone, you're not talking to the right people.

Why_Me,

Do you feel the same way? The level of vitriol in your posts directed at homosexuals would lead even the most casual observer to believe otherwise.

You mean like some kind of Freudian self-repression going on there?

[Zero Sum 305]

Have you lived in a big city during a gay pride parade?

Yes, and still do. Wrigleyville (Clark street bars) is parallel to Boystown. Pride parade was actually hilarious, I was not bitter about being one of a few straight dudes in the crowd, and not once was I groped by Hanz or Franz.

and to those calling homosexuality a disease. Get real and grow up.

+1

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Yes, and still do. Wrigleyville (Clark street bars) is parallel to Boystown. Pride parade was actually hilarious, I was not bitter about being one of a few straight dudes in the crowd, and not once was I groped by Hanz or Franz.

+1

Why am I not surprised you attended a gay parade.

[Zero Sum 305]

Wow! I really didn't expect this to be such a popular topic. I guess gay news is really popular around VJ!

I am gay because I am happy.

[The Dude 206]

Why am I not surprised you attended a gay parade.

One of these days, you're going to finally realize that your hatred of gays isn't actually hatred of them. Then things will make more sense to you.

[Zero Sum 305]

Why am I not surprised you attended a gay parade.

It was fab-u-lous.