Just a few points
1. Both of the articles, especially the first one (2007) are out dated and from a time when gay relationships were not widely accepted. Both are before gay people were able to marry nation wide
2. When gay couple are allowed to fully participate in society and enjoy their relationships in the open, they are less likely to be promiscuous which is the leading cause of STDs
3, There is a good deal of promiscuity among heterosexuals as well and there is little doubt that the STD rates among them are similar but there is no mention of that .
4. In any case, I have to ask...what is your solution? Do we condemn homosexuality, strip gays of their rights and drive it back underground and into the bath houses and darkened XXX porn theaters where the have anonymous sex ? What effect on the STD problem will that have.?
5. On the other hand, we can continue the trend towards legitimizing and validating gay relationships so that they can fully participate in society by the light of day fostering stable monogamous relationships which will tamp down the STD rates.
6. The fact is that no matter what is done, you are not going to stamp out homosexuality. The choice to either criminalize it and condemn it and drive it inro the shadows where physical disease and emotional distress will fester, OR accept the fact that gay people have become part of the fabric of society and that gay relationships have been for the most part normalized? And given the latter option, we can see that gay people are very much like, and behave very much like, everyone else. When accepted as human beings as -opposed to freaks who are defined only by how they have sex -we see that are very much part of their communities. They have families, homes and jobs. THINK ABOUT IT
7 A final note. All of the physical and emotional problems of gay people can be attributed-not to their gayness in and of itself- but to the bigotry and abuse that they have historically suffered
