HIV-negative gay men who have several symptoms of depression are more likely to report sex without a condom, according to a study presented to the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) conference in Glasgow: “12.5% of HIV-negative gay men attending sexual health clinics had depressive symptoms at the time. (This is considerably higher than in the general population but roughly half the rate seen in a comparable survey of HIV-positive people.)” According to the CDC, less than 3% of American males report depressive symptoms. In addition: “Respondents were asked about various measures of intercourse without a condom in the past three months – with anybody (reported by 63% of all men), with two or more partners (reported by 32%) and with a partner of unknown or HIV-positive status (reported by 37%).”
Author’s note: Besides the high rates of mental illness in gay men, the finding from this study that is most alarming – 37% of gay men regularly play Russian roulette with their lives; only, the other 32% who had sex with multiple partners, are also in danger of infection from an epidemic of syphilis (in 2012, gay men accounted for 75% of all syphilis cases in the US) in the gay community as well as gonorrhea and chlamydia – many of which are beginning to become antibiotic resistant. Despite the dangers, gay men continue to take risks; and, unlike the gay controlled media would have us believe – it is not a small minority: combined, a total of 69% of gay men engage in sex that they know may seriously harm or kill them.