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HIV increasing due to risky sexual sin or homophobia?

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English: Diagram of the HIV virus. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Despite overwhelming medical evidence that AIDS is exponentially growing among homosexuals because of behavioral risks, the widely read medical journal Lancet is telling the medical community that " homophobia is a key driver" of the growing epidemic. And the Lancet is calling for the decriminalization of homosexual behavior and the removal of any stigma and discrimination attached to homosexuality. In a new series of papers, "HIV in Men Who Have Sex with Men ", Lancet delves deeply into the root causes of the HIV pandemic among homosexuals , analyzing the biological, behavioral , and structural risks that affect men having sex with men. The series was presented at a symposium during the AIDS 2012 conference last week in Washington D.C. presented by Professor Chris Beyrer from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health . The findings of the papers are contradictory. On the one hand the p...