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On the Down Low
The Daily News reports that 10% of New York men who claim to be straight are having sex with other men in what has been dubbed the down-low phenomenon. These findings (from a 2003 survey) were published in the Annals of Internal Medicine (please, no snickering) which also relayed that 70% of this subgroup consisted of married men. An assistant health commissioner also suggested that these men are less likely to use condoms than actual self-identified gay men. On the bright side, the article notes that New Yorkers with AIDS are actually living longer, thanks to medications, and a quarter are dying from the same non-AIDS related causes that kill the rest of us.
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Being on the down-low is an overwhelmingly black problem. HIV infection amongst black women 18-34 is on the rise--they're getting it from their spouses/boyfriends.
It's a big problem and the CDC has been issuing warnings about it for at least the past 3-4 years. What's interesting is that you can see a large number of m4m postings on Craigslist's Casual Encounters section. A good number of those men are married. Skeery.
While most white family members can deal with the fact that someone in their family is gay, it's a whole different story in most black families. That's why many gay black men decide to stick with the "normal routine" (gf, get married & have children) rather than "disappointing" their family & friends.