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The High Risk of Gay Black Men Getting HIV

Posted February 14, As it is, they are the hardest-hit population in the United States. They made up 26 percent of the 37, new HIV diagnoses in the country in They have had 42 percent more new HIV infections. Black and other MSM of color have long understood that the only thing that would work for them were interventions rooted in their family and community cultures and histories.

Of course, not all gay men of color have had positive experiences in their home communities or sex religion even before AIDS, so the group took black spoke to them and left the rest. Even without empirical data, Satorie-Robinson said the gay men who created the Task Force drew on their own cultural and survival instincts.

The number of black men becoming infected is disturbing. He sees it as an unfortunate side effect of successful HIV treatment. There is post-traumatic stress that goes along with that capacity to survive. There is that lack of urgency that comes with feeling like you made it through. That goes to resilience. To the extent that you can draw upon your history, your religious or cultural values, and apply those lessons to new and emerging threats, your ability to survive seems likely to be increased.

This is, after all, how history, knowledge, lore, and wisdom are passed down in every community. Providing continuity in the present while helping them to connect in a healthy way to the past—to claim its heroes and lessons for themselves—builds resilience as it fuels hope for the future, hope that can literally save lives.

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