National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2009

National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day takes place on September 27th, 2009. This event was started by the National Association of People with AIDS.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that more than half a million gay men have died of HIV/AIDS in the United States. Fifty-three percent of new HIV infections occurred among men who have sex with men (MSM) in 2006. From 2001 to 2006, men who have sex with men (MSM) across all racial and ethnic groups were the only transmission category with significant increases in HIV diagnoses.

Here in Washington DC in 2006, there were 190 newly reported AIDS cases attributed to men who have sex with men accounting for 40% of males and 27% of all adults and adolescents who received a diagnosis of AIDS in the year. The District has seen recent increases in HIV infections amoung younger men who have sex with men. Among young people 13 to 24, newly reported HIV cases among men who have sex with men increaased by 32% between 2001 and 2006 (from 15 cases to 22 cases).

To learn more visit this squidoo page: HIV/AIDS and Gay Men in DC.

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