Gays are at higher risk for contracting this disease because they have more sexual partners. The same is true for any person (doesn't matter if heterosexual or homosexual) that has more than average sexual partners.
You know it's called a sexually transmitted disease for a reason, so anyone that has lots and lots of sexual partners has a higher risk.
People are less likely to seek testing, diagnosis or treatment if they will or think they will be at the receiving end of discrimination. Avoiding discrimination that could put your job, living situation or life at stake could also prevent treating a disease that does the same.
> You know it's called a sexually transmitted disease for a reason, so anyone that has lots and lots of sexual partners has a higher risk.
You're right, but there's a reason that certain subpopulations have a higher risk and occurrence rate and it has little to do with number of partners.
I think it would be reasonable to speculate the other major contributing factors are (as posted elsewhere) the hugely increased likelihood to transmit HIV during anal sex vice other kinds of sex and discrimination.
Still common though admittedly less acceptable for families to disown other family members over being homosexual.
Step outside of any major city for a reminder of what the rest of the US is actually like.
And I do agree that this type of shaming and rejection can definitely drive people to engage in reckless/self destructive behaviour.