QUOTE(MiLKTea @ May 18 2018, 11:24 AM)
I have always have this question but dunno where or who to ask.
Why is it the media always portray that if you are gay or lesbian, then you are prone to HIV?
Is that true?
From my understanding, you will have risk of contacting HIV only if you have sex with a person who already infected with HIV.
Which means, even if you have multiple sex partners, if none of them have HIV, you will not contact HIV also.
And this apply to straight men and women as well; not only gays and lesbians.
Is my understanding correct?
Lesbians have close to zero chance of getting HIV, unless one of them have a wierd blood fetish or something. But then it's more about that than about being lesbian.
The most dangerous sex acts for the sake of getting HIV:
1 Receiving anal intercourse
2 Receiving vaginal intercourse
3 giving anal intercourse
4 giving vaginal intercourse
5 receiving fellatio
6 all other types of oral sex
7 all types of petting, mutual masturbation grinding etc
I might be wrong about the order of 2 and 3.
Using a barrier like a condom or "licking patch" reduces the risk alot.
Not ejaculating inside your partner also reduces the risk alot.
Having small wounds or cuts on your organ increases the risk alot.
For receiving fellatio studies have shown that brushing your teeth before increses the risk.
For all kinds of giving, being circumcised decreases the risk. Uncut penises have more receptive tissue.
The sexual orientation or gender of the participants is really not important for the risk of transmission, but logically most lesbians would have the types of sex in the lower end. And many gay men, but not all have sex in the higher end.
But of course you are right, If your partner does not have HIV, you cannot get infected, no matter the sexual orientation.
One famous gay from my country of residence said: "I survived the 80's because I was a bit too ugly to be popular and didn't like anal"