re: Op-ed: Zachary Quinto, Check Your Privilege on HIV

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If this is true, and I have no reason to believe it is not, then sex with PrEP is safer than sex with a condom. So how is that "very risky"?

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i'm not really commenting on the second part of that article about the drugs, b/c i don't know shite about them. toddy did, though

i can treat it like the "condom" issue, though. if it's effective (like or moresoe than condoms) then having sex with people on those drugs is a step forward. however, how many people are on the drugs? does engaging in promiscuous/random sex with strangers increase the chance that you're having sex with a person not on them? yes. it boils down to the same argument

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But your argument and his is born out of ignorance.

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taking rational steps to minimize risk is not ignorance. i do this as a hetero male (for STD and baby worries)

it's also not puritanical. it's about risk-reward.

does the introduction of those drugs lessen risk? yes, but you still have the issue of knowing if that person is on the drugs. it's like being a hetero male taking a risk that the girl you have sex with is taking her BC. i can never know, but if i know the girl and limit my partners to know them better, i know who i can trust and who i can't. random hookups increases the odds of me getting a girl preggo, b/c i dno't know them. so i don't do random hookups

it's the exact same argument for everyone. HIV is just a bigger issue for gay males (and having babies is a 0 issue for them in exchange) because (a) anal sex transmits the disease at a higher rate than PIV sex and (b) the male-gay population is starting with a higher % of infected. i'm not anti-gay sex. but male-male gay sex is a very risky behavior and that is a scientific fact. there is nothing wrong or anti-progress about stating that fact