"Being" a homosexual does not inherently increase ones risk for HIV/AIDS any more than "being" a young female increases one's risk of chlamydia.
Not at all, as I'll show.
A young female who abstains from sex will be at no risk for chlamydia, just as a homosexual male who abstains from sex will be at no risk for HIV/AIDS. A black who abstains from sex will be at no more risk for HIV/AIDS than a white or a Hispanic.
Here's the difference.
A young female that has normal vaginal sex has a higher risk for chlamydia than a male having vaginal sex.
HOWEVER
A man recieving anal sex has no more or less of a chance of getting HIV than a female recieving it.
If you can provide me some scientific evidence to the contrary, I'd love to see it. However, this is something I've not seen before.
As such, what is the health benefit exactly of informing teens that homosexuals having anal sex presents a large potential for HIV over presenting to them that having anal sex in general presents a larger potential for HIV transmission?
Indeed, by teaching it in the former way, it appears that you'd be telling females that if THEY'RE the ones having anal sex its actually safer for them then their male counter parts, which all evidence I've seen is in the contrary.
That's the difference.
Young female has higher chance than young male when engaging in specific sex act.
Gay Male has no higher chance than straight female when engaging in a specific sex act.
In the real world, we understand that the risk of acquiring STDs are determined not only by behavior, but also by gender, sexual orientation, and even race/ethnicity.
Except its not. Being black does not mean you're more suspectable from a genetic level to HIV to my understanding, nor does being gay. Being gay doesn't change your genetic nature. Its the societal actions of many in various groups that are the reasons for the higher occurance of STD's in particular segments of the population, not necessarily a biological issue.
Straight, Gay, Bi....put a condom on your dick and it will reduce your chance of transmitting or getting an STD. Doesn't matter if its going in an ass, a mouth, or a *****, that helps. You can combat the ignorance amongst the different societal groups through proper education in a general sense without feeding lies and misinformation into their head, which you seem to be wishing to do, by implying that certain groups are just more "naturally" likely to get it which isn't the case to my knowledge.
Again, some scientific data going agaisnt what I've learned would be appreciated if you think I'm wrong.
In recent years the rate of HIV infection among black females in the U.S. has skyrocketed. It's now the leading cause of death among black women aged 24-35 years of age.
And no scientific study I've seen links this to their RACE being a biological issue for it. Everything I've read has to do with cultural and societal variables, not biological.
While the race of a person may not be meaningful when explaining the act of intercourse, it certainly has a bearing on the risk to students who may happen to be a part of that demographic. I think that's information they ought to know.
If during a session where its discussing AIDS and its brought up that currently the highest aids rates are in the black and homosexual community due to lifestyle issues, that's one thing.
However, it does not need to be anything more than an ancillary mention because when it comes down to it the methods of remaining safe from STD's remains the same, gay or straight. As such, it can be taught in a generalized way.