Saturday, October 5, 2019

Negative effects of homosexual relations (primarily: also as due to heterosexual fornication): Physical, Psychological, Financial - and Spiritual

Negative effects of homosexual relations (primarily: also as due to heterosexual fornication): Physical, Psychological, Financial - and Spiritual (https://peacebyjesuscom.blogspot.com/2019/10/negative-effects-of-homosexual.html)

What follows is a progressively compiled piecemeal and thus somewhat disorganized collection of statistics (mostly from  between 2017 to 2021), with many images (almost all from the CDC) on sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STD's/STI's), mainly focusing on effects of homosexual relations (and mostly between biological males). 

And in anticipation of attacks on this study, let me say that this page is not presented as a self-righteous condemnation as if I (or any who cite this study) are without sin,for we are all sinners, having misused everything from our brain to our feet, and thus in this way and to some degree we and I have usually committed many or most things that we condemn others for, and our lesser sins that we may excuse are offensive to God and not just those that we may rightly deplore.

However, the difference here is that of having turned to the Lord Jesus from sin, and thus toward characteristic obedience to Him - including repentance from known sin - versus defending it.  

Moreover, this page is particularly written in response to those who justify fornication, especially sodomy, and even promote it.  Many of such even attempt to argue against the Bible, but which teaches that God made man and women distinctively different yet uniquely compatible and complementary, and only joined them together in marriage - as the Lord Jesus Himself specified (Mt. 19:4–6) - and Scripture only condemns homosexual relations wherever they are manifestly dealt with.

And which is immoral/wrong even aside from the deleterious physical, mental  and financial effects substantiated here. 

 And most of all, may this compilation work to bring repentance and salvation thru penitent faith in the risen Lord Jesus, whom the Father sent to be the Savior of the world. Thanks be to God, Amen 

Note: statistics were what the referenced pages stated when first referenced, but the CDC  revises them, and recent CDC reports also tend to focus more on race and ethnicity than among behavior as a class, while treating the infected as victims as if not being the result of volitional choices to engage in known risky behaviors. Thus, I may sometimes reference archived versions. If a linked page no longer provides sourced material, try it in https://web.archive.org)Also, a back up folder of most images is here. Finally, as this long work is a piecemeal compilation, and  listing of data is not all chronological, and distinctions btwn categories must be made, then please forgive any redundancy, disorganization, or seeming minor discrepancies resulting in this. 

In 2021, male-to-male sexual contact accounted for 67% (24,107) of all [not just men] new HIV diagnoses in the United States and dependent areas. In the same year, heterosexual contact accounted for 22% (8,059) of all HIV diagnoses. (https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/statistics.html)
(https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/images/basics/statistics/2023/new-hiv-diagnoses-in-the-us-and-dependent-areas-by-transmission-category-2021.png?_=27625)

 In 2020, male-to-male sexual contact accounted for 68% of all new HIV diagnoses in the United States and dependent areas. In the same year, heterosexual contact accounted for 22% of all HIV diagnoses.


And "in 2019, among transgender adults and adolescents, the largest percentage (93%) of diagnoses of HIV infections was for transgender MTF. And  in 2019, diagnoses of HIV infection among adolescent and young adult males (85%) and females (12%) accounted for approximately 97% of HIV diagnoses  (Table 8b") (https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/statistics.html; https://web.archive.org/web/20210707083722/https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/reports/hiv-surveillance/vol-32/content/special-focus-profiles.html)

https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/images/library/reports/hiv-surveillance/vol-32/cdc-hiv-surveillance-vol32-fig30-1000x856.png?_=05943(https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/images/library/reports/hiv-surveillance/vol-32/cdc-hiv-surveillance-vol32-fig30-1000x856.png?_=05943) 
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/images/group/gender/men/2020/cdc-hiv-men-diagnoses-bar-graph-700x3  18.png

(https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/images/group/gender/men/2020/cdc-hiv-men-diagnoses-bar-graph-700x318.png?_=96703)

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Although only approximately 7% of adult and adolescent males reported having had male-to-male sexual contact at some point in their lives, 82% of HIV infections among [all classes of] males in 2018 were attributed to male-to-male sexual contact. (CDC: Estimated HIV Incidence and Prevalence in the United States, 2015–2019 P. 7)  

In 2018 92% of HIV infections among men aged 13 to 24 was attributed to male-to-male sexual contact:
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/images/group/age/youth/cdc-hiv-youth-sex-700x698.png  

Similarly, male-to-male sex accounted for more than three-fourths (78 percent) of new HIV infections among men and nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of all new infections in 2010.
 (https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/docs/factsheets/todaysepidemic-508.pdf) 

 And in 2014
(https://supremecourt.flcourts.gov/content/download/242689/file/Debaun%2013-2336(2).pdf)

And in 2016, "Gay and bisexual men continue to be most affected by the HIV epidemic in the U.S. At current rates, 1 in 6 MSM will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime, including 1 in 2 black MSM, 1 in 4 Latino MSM, and 1 in 11 white MSM." (https://www.hiv.gov/blog/half-of-black-gay-men-and-a-quarter-of-latino-gay-men-projected-to-be-diagnosed-within-their-lifetime/)

In 2019, gay, bisexual, and other men who reported male-to-male sexual contact accounted for 86% of estimated infections among all men. (https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/statistics/overview/in-us/incidence.html)

As well as 80% of all new HIV cases  (not just among men) in 2020:

https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/images/library/reports/hiv-surveillance/vol-33/infographics/cdc-hiv-diagnoses-by-gender-infographic-1920x1080.png

In 2019, 70% of all new HIV infections in the U.S. were among homosexual men, and 63% of all people in the US with HIV were homosexual men. (https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/fact-sheets/hiv/HIV-gay-bisexual-men.html) 







https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/images/library/reports/hiv-surveillance/vol-33/Graphics-03.png?_=75165

https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/images/statistics/overview/in-us/HIV-in-the-US_2022-49-large.png?_=61599
 (https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/fact-sheets/hiv/HIV-gay-bisexual-men.html)

 
In 2019, the largest percentage of HIV infections among all was attributed to male-to-male sexual contact (66% overall and 81% among males). 
 In 2019, among females, the largest percentage of HIV infection was attributed to heterosexual contact (83%).

"New HIV infections declined 8% from 37,800 in 2015 to 34,800 in 2019, after a period of general stability.

In 2020, 30,635 people received an HIV diagnosis in the U.S. and 6 dependent areas—a 17% decrease from the prior year, likely due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV prevention, testing, and care-related services." (https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/data-and-trends/statistics/)
 
Overall there were 36.801 new HIV diagnoses in the United States and Dependent Areas in 2019 among both men and women, with 23% being among heterosexuals:









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MSM accounted for 70% (22,400) of the 32,100 estimated new HIV infections in 2021 and 86% of estimated infections among all males.d In 2021, as compared to 2017, the annual number of HIV infections among MSM decreased 13.5% overall.

People who acquired HIV through heterosexual contact accounted for 22% (7,100) of the 32,100 estimated new HIV infections in 2021. Men reporting heterosexual contact accounted for 6% (2,000) of estimated new HIV infections, while women reporting heterosexual contact accounted for 16% (5,100) of estimated new HIV infections. In 2021, as compared to 2017, the annual number of HIV infections among people who acquired HIV through heterosexual contact decreased 12%.

People who inject drugs accounted for 8% (2,500) of the 32,100 estimated new HIV infections in 2021. Men who inject drugs accounted for 4% (1,400) of estimated new HIV infections, while women who inject drugs accounted for 3% (1,100) of estimated new HIV infections. In 2021, as compared to 2017, the annual number of HIV infections among people who inject drugs increased 4%.

By age group, people aged 13 to 34 accounted for 58% (18,700) of the estimated 32,100 new HIV infections in 2021. In 2021, as compared with 2017, the annual number of HIV infections among persons aged 13 to 34 decreased 18%. According to CDC, no change was detected in persons aged 25–34, 35–44, 45–54, and ≥55 years.

By race/ethnicity, in 2021 Black/African American  individuals accounted for 40% (13,000) of the estimated 32,100 new HIV infections, 
Hispanic/Latino  individuals accounted for 29% (9,300) of new HIV infections, and White individuals accounted for 26% (8,200) of new HIV infections. 
In 2021, the highest rates of new HIV infections were among Black/African American persons (37.3), 
Hispanic/Latino persons (18.9), and persons of multiple races (17.0). 
According to CDC, in 2021, Black/African American persons made up approximately 12% of the population of the United States but accounted for 40% of new HIV infections. 
White persons made up 61% of the population of the United States but accounted for 26% of new HIV infections, and Hispanic/Latino persons made up 18% of the population of the United States but accounted for 29% of HIV infections.

By sex at birth, in 2021, people assigned male at birth accounted for 81% (25,900) of the estimated 32,100 new HIV infections, while people assigned female at birth accounted for 24% (6,200) of new HIV infections. According to CDC, the annual number of new HIV infections in 2021, as compared to 2017, decreased among people assigned male at birth but remained stable among people assigned female at birth. In 2021, the rate for people assigned male at birth (18.8) was 4 times the rate for people assigned female at birth (4.4).

Women (people assigned female sex at birth) accounted for 18% (6,666) of the 36,136 new HIV diagnoses in 2021.

Black/African American females accounted for 54% of new HIV diagnoses among people assigned female sex at birth.
White females aged ≥ 13 years accounted for 23% of diagnoses among people assigned female sex at birth.
Hispanic/Latino females aged ≥ 13 years accounted for 18% of diagnoses among people assigned female sex at birth.

At year-end 2021, an estimated 1.2 million people in the United States [0.4% out of 330 million, versus 0.07% of persons diagnosed with lung cancer, up  to 90% of which is caused by smoking, and which is rightly penalized] aged 13 and older had HIV in the U.S., the most recent year for which this information is available. (https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/data-and-trends/statistics/)

Yet less than half of people in the US have even been tested for HIV. (https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/docs/factsheets/hiv-testing-us-508.pdf)

And about 13% (153,500) of people with HIV in the U.S. don’t know it and so need testing. 

Homosexual and bisexual males have 
  accounted for  2 out of every HIV 3 diagnoses in the United States, and which has been a historical trend even when  
this class only represented approximately 4% of the male population). 

 There were 16,350 deaths in 2017 alone among adults and adolescents diagnosed with HIV in the United States and 6 dependent areas. [like as is usually the case with deaths attributed to the flu and COVID-19, deaths attributed to AIDS refers to killing indirectly].

For the receptive sodomite the estimated average chance of contracting HIV can range from 1.38% - about one transmission occurring for every 71 exposures, male or female - (https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/chances-of-getting-hiv) to over 20% - equivalent to 1 transmission per 5 exposures via unprotected sex with an HIV-positive person who has acute HIV infection.. (https://stanfordhealthcare.org/medical-conditions/sexual-and-reproductive-health/hiv-aids/causes/risk-of-exposure.html)   

In 2016 the rate of people living with HIV per 100,000 population was 368, with the death rate being 6. Male-to-male sexual contact made up  82.4% of HIV infections among males in 2017, while heterosexual contact made up 85.7% of HIV infections among females. The rate of Black males living with an HIV diagnosis is 5.6 times that of White males. The rate of Black females living with an HIV diagnosis is 17.6 times that of White females. The rate of Hispanic/Latino males living with an HIV diagnosis is 2.5 times that of White males. The rate of Hispanic/Latina females living with an HIV diagnosis is 4.2 times that of White females. (https://aidsvu.org/local-data/united-states)

The South has the highest number of people living with HIV, but if population size is taken into account, the Northeast has the highest rate of people living with HIV.

"Cumulative deaths in US through 2002 -- 501,669" due to or with HIV/AIDS.   (https://www.factlv.org/timeline.htm)

"Since the beginning of the epidemic, nearly 675,000 people with AIDS in the United States have died, and even today, nearly 13,000 people with AIDS in the United States die each year."  (https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/docs/factsheets/todaysepidemic-508.pdf)

In 2017, 16,358 people with HIV died.  (https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/2020/hiv-related-death-rate-press-release.html) 

In 2019 HIV.gov stated (using data from 2017)  that "More than 700,000 American lives have been lost to HIV since 1981."  And while these deaths may be related to many causes, yet in death there is the immediate cause, like a heart attack,  and then there are the comorbidity causes, such as obesity (and the NIH stated in 1999,“The estimated number of annual deaths attributable to obesity among US adults is approximately 280,000”), without which the former would likely not occur prematurely. 

In 2020, there were 18,489 deaths among adults and adolescents with diagnosed HIV in the US and dependent areas. (https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/statistics/overview/index.html)

In 2021, there were 19,986 deaths among adults and adolescents with diagnosed HIV in the United States and 6 dependent areas.  (https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/data-and-trends/statistics/)

"About 13% (153,500) of people with HIV in the U.S. don't know it and so need testing." (https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/data-and-trends/statistics/) 

Ignoring deaths among the undiagnosed, including the early years of the epidemic, and using the rounded number of the figures above (13,000, 16,000, 18,000, and 20,000 = 67,000) of deaths due to, or with HIV/AIDS per year, then this averages out to 16,750 per year x 5 = 83,750. 

And when added to the 700,000 figure of deaths due to AIDS which has been cited since at least 2017 and onward without updating (a, b, c, d, e, f, g) then this would mean that as of 2023, the total deaths of Americans that have died so far due to or with HIV/AIDS is close to 800,000. (784,000, rounded)

And among single means of transmission, male with male sexual relations have been primarily responsible for the deaths due to HIV/AIDS among the above, which is more  than the previously cited figure of  700,000 people with HIV having died (as of 2017 since 1981) in the USA since the beginning of the epidemic.    

For while the US death rate of those with HIV had fallen by nearly half from 2010 to 2017, (https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/2020/hiv-related-death-rate.html)  and continues a decline, and with more persons being virally suppressed,  yet it remains that the predominate means of HIV transmission is that of male with male sexual relations,  (https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/statistics.html)  despite decades of attempting to tame them into being "safe." 

In 2019, gay and bisexual men (men who have sexual relations with other men: (MSM) accounted for 69% (25,552) of the 36,801 new HIV diagnoses and 86% of diagnoses among males in the United States and 6 dependent areas (https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/statistics/overview/ataglance.html, accessed Mon, 09/20/21 (Fig. 6). 

 In 2019 in the United States and 6 dependent areas, diagnoses of HIV infection for adolescents and young adults attributed to MMSC (approximately 83%, including 3% MMSC and IDU) and those attributed to heterosexual contact (13%) accounted for approximately 97% of diagnoses in the United States.

Asian female adults and adolescents had the largest percentage (93%) of diagnoses of HIV infection attributed to heterosexual contact, followed by Black/African American (91%), and Hispanic/Latino (87%) female adults and adolescents. In 2019, Black/African American children made up approximately 14% of the population of children but accounted for 57% of diagnoses of HIV infection among children. (https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/reports/hiv-surveillance/vol-32/content/special-focus-profiles.html)

In 2019, among all Black/African American persons, males accounted for 76% of HIV infections, most of which (82%) were attributed to male-to-male sexual contact. (https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-supplemental-report-vol-26-1.pdf P. 6

Although only approximately 7% of adult and adolescent males reported having had male-to-male sexual contact at some point in their lives [9], 81% of HIV infections among males in 2019 were attributed to male-to-male sexual contact (Table 1). (ibid P. 7) 

Most (78%) persons living with HIV were male; among those, 75% of infections were attributed to male-to-male sexual contact. The largest percentages of persons with undiagnosed infection were among males with infection attributed to heterosexual contact (16.6%) and among males with infection attributed to male-to-male sexual contact (15.2%) (Table 7). 

The percentages of persons living with diagnosed HIV infection in 2019, compared with 2015, increased among males with HIV infection attributed to male-to-male sexual contact and females with infection attributed to heterosexual contact, but remained stable among all other transmission categories (Table 8) (ibid P. 8)

In 2005, 28.7% of HIV-negative men reported sex without a condom, rising to 32.8% in 2008, 34.7% in 2011 and 40.5% in 2014. The overall trend was similar for HIV-positive men: in 2005, 34.2% reported sex without a condom, rising to 37.3% in 2008, 39.8% in 2011 and 44.5% in 2014. (https://www.aidsmap.com/news/may-2016/american-gay-mens-use-condoms-has-been-falling-decade-regardless-serosorting-or-prep)
 
Meanwhile, Worldwide, 77.3 million people have contracted HIV and 35.4 million have died of AIDS-related illnesses since the beginning of the pandemic in 1981 (https://health.usnews.com/conditions/hiv-aids/articles/hiv-statistics)   

In Africa, although it has often been  cited as showing HIV being mainly due to heterosexual relations,  HIV/AIDS stats in Africa have a troubled history, (https://abrahamson.medill.northwestern.edu/WWW/IALJS/Malan_AidsInAfrica_RollingStone_22Nov2001.pdf,  while a 2019 scholarly study reported that, 
 
 "The results of the present study reveal the following: HIV prevalence is significantly higher in the populations of men who have sex with men than in men in the general population and, more specifically, in men in sub-Saharan Africa.

In the 2015 UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS) report, studies in sub-Saharan Africa found prevalence rates of HIV infection ranging from 6 to 37%
among MSM

As the observed prevalence rate of HIV in the general population was between 0.1 and 19%, the prevalence rate among men who have sex with men (MSM) was often 13 to 17 times higher." 

"In 2015, according to the progress reports on the global AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) response, the  highest prevalence rates of HIV infection among MSM were as follows: 19% in central and western Africa; 15% in southern and eastern Africa; 12% in Latin America; 11% in the Asia-Pacific region; and 8% in central and western Europe and North America." (https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12889-019-8000-x.pdf)     

As regards STD's and other conditions, as well as as well as suicides in the US among MSM and lesbians  and "transgendered" persons:
 

Vanderbilt University Medical Center states: Men who have sex with men and gay men are at increased risk for certain types of chronic diseases, cancers, and mental health problems…  #1: HIV/AIDS.  #2: Anal Papilloma  #3: Hepatitis  #4: Substance Use  #5: Depression and Anxiety  #6: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)  #7: Prostate, Testicular, and Colon Cancer  #8: Alcohol  #9: Tobacco  #10: Body image problems and obesity. (https://www.vumc.org/lgbtq/key-health-concerns-msm-men-who-have-sex-men)

Anal cancer is particularly  one of the diseases that is far more prevalent among MSM than other population groups, being diagnosed in about 2 people out of every 100,000 people in the general population. In contrast, it is estimated that MSMs that are not infected with HIV are 20 times more likely to be diagnosed with anal cancer. HPV is present in approximately 65% of HIV negative MSMs and 95% of MSMs who are HIV positive. Anal cancer is caused by the same strains of HPV (Human Papillomavirus)  that cause cervical cancer in women. (https://cancer-network.org/cancer-information/gay-men-and-cancer/anal-cancer-hiv-and-gaybisexual-men)

Related to this is that,  

The risk of becoming infected with HIV during condomless anal sex is 10 to 20 times greater than condomless vaginal sex. Because the rectal lining is only one-cell thick, the virus can more easily reach immune cells to infect. (https://www.mtnstopshiv.org/news/rectal-microbicides-fact-sheet) 

Also, multiple studies [2017] have found a rise in unprotected sex among men who have sex with men. (https://europepmc.org/article/med/32332483)

Also reported, "People living with HIV in Canada had eight times the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other non-AIDS-related dementia as their HIV-negative counterparts, and they were diagnosed 12.5 years earlier [which in part may be due to more medical attention], according to an analysis published in BMJ Open

They also had higher rates of several other age-related chronic conditions....Antiretroviral treatment has been associated with kidney damage and cardiovascular disease, and viral hepatitis and alcohol use—both common among HIV-positive people—can cause liver disease."  (https://www.poz.com/article/people-hiv-diagnosed-dementia-13-years-earlier)

 Even when their disease is well controlled, people with HIV can develop aging-related conditions such as cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, kidney and liver disease, osteoporosis, and cognitive impairment decades ahead of their HIV-negative counterparts, and their life expectancy is significantly reduced.) 
 
And a new study shows evidence that  "HIV-positive people are at an increased risk of age-related diseases such as some cancers, frailty, osteoporosis, kidney disease, and neurocognitive disease. Researchers think that it is the HIV itself that accelerates the aging process by 14 years, rather than medications used to treat it."  (https://www.hivplusmag.com/treatment/2015/03/25/study-people-hiv-age-14-years-faster)

Moreover, while (2020) one "life expectancy study has shown that HIV-positive people who start antiretroviral therapy (ART) promptly and have good access to medical care live as long as their HIV-negative peers," yet "the researchers found that HIV-positive people were living with additional health problems for many of those years – on average, they had major co-morbidities 16 years earlier than HIV-negative people."  (https://web.archive.org/web/20220625103005/https://www.aidsmap.com/news/mar-2020/yes-same-life-expectancy-hiv-negative-people-far-fewer-years-good-health)

A 2021 study of comparison of dementia incidence and prevalence between individuals (90% male) after age 50 with and without HIV infection in primary care from 2000 to 2016 found that HIV was associated with an 80% increase in dementia diagnosis overall compared with HIV-negative people. (https://www.poz.com/article/even-modern-era-people-hiv-increased-risk-dementia; https://journals.lww.com/aidsonline/Abstract/2022/03010/Comparison_of_dementia_incidence_and_prevalence.13.aspx  

In the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey, 82% of respondents ever considered and 40% ever attempted suicide; 48% of respondents considered and 7% attempted suicide during the past year (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/su/su7301a7.htm).

In a Danish study of  "6,657,456 Danish-born individuals who were at least 15 years old and lived in Denmark from January 1980 through December 2021," in  which  "3,759 (52.5% assigned male at birth) were identified as transgender at a median age of 22," "there were 92 suicide attempts, 12 suicides, and 245 suicide-unrelated deaths among this group."  "Among over 6.6 million individuals, standardized suicide attempt rates per 100,000 person-years were 498 for those who were transgender compared with 71 per 100,000 person-years for those who were not transgender."

"Transgender individuals also had higher rates of mortality not related to suicide (aIRR 1.9, 95% CI 1.6-2.2) and higher rates of all-cause mortality (aIRR 2.0, 95% CI 1.7-2.4) compared with non-transgender individuals." (https://www.medpagetoday.com/)

The NHBS-Trans conducted by CDC during June 2019–February 2020 which included 1,608 transgender women in seven urban areas in the United States found that "Among transgender women in the sample (N = 1,608), many were aged <40 years (59.5%), were Hispanic or Latina (Hispanic) (40.0%) or Black or African American (Black) (35.4%), lived at or below the Federal poverty level (62.7%), were ever incarcerated (58.1%; 17.2% during the past 12 months), and had experienced homelessness during the past 12 months (41.6%)" 

"Most were currently taking gender-affirming hormonal therapy (71.5%) and wanted gender-affirming surgery but had not received procedures (52.2%); 41.0% tested positive for HIV. During the past 12 months, 59.7% experienced certain forms of violence and harassment: 53.4% reported gender-based verbal abuse or harassment, 26.6% reported gender-based physical abuse or harassment, 15.3% reported being physically abused or harassed by an intimate partner, and 14.8% reported sexual violence (not mutually exclusive). Among all participants, 75.2% reported high social support from significant others, 69.4% from friends, and 46.8% from family." (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/su/su7301a7.htm)

"Transgender women [worldwide] are 49 times more likely to have HIV than other adults of reproductive age." (https://www.who.int/hiv/topics/transgender/en/)

Transgender women have a higher risk of venous thromboembolism, stroke and meningioma compared to cisgender men and cisgender women. Compared to cisgender men, transgender women have a higher risk of breast cancer and transgender women > 50 years old have a higher risk of fractures.
(https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32757514/)

Negative health results from treatment and surgery in transgendering itself are reported from  research:

In addition, LGBTQ and transgender persons  medically serious attempts at suicide are 4 times more likely among LGBTQ youth than other young people. (https://save.org/about-suicide/suicide-facts/)  

LGBQ young people are more than twice as likely to feel suicidal, and over four times as  likely to attempt suicide, compared to heterosexual youth (Kann 2016)

In a 2016-2017 survey from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 28 percent of LGBTQ youth — including 40 percent of  transgender youth — said they felt depressed most or all of the time during the previous 30 days, compared to only 12 percent of non-LGBTQ youth (HRC Foundation 2017: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/LGBTQ_MentalHealth_OnePager.pdf)

A large study also found that  of 10,270 transgender patients identified, approximately 58% of transgender patients had at least one DSM-5 diagnosis compared with 13.6% of cisgender patients, indicating  transgenders had  about 4.5 times higher rate of psychiatric illness than straight persons. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6830528/)
 
Psychiatric disorders were more prevalent among homosexually active people compared with heterosexually active people. Homosexual men had a higher 12-month prevalence of mood disorders and anxiety disorders than heterosexual men. Homosexual women had a higher 12-month prevalence of substance use disorders than heterosexual women. (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/481699)

The suicide attempt rate among transgender persons ranges from 32% to 50% across  surveyed countries. Fifty percent of transgender persons in Australia have attempted suicide at least once in their lives.[12] In England, 48% of the transgender young people had attempted suicide at least once in their lives.[13] The prevalence of suicide remains high among transgender persons irrespective of disclosing their transgender status to others and undergoing sex reassignment surgery.[8]  (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5178031)

 "41% of trans adults said they had attempted suicide, in one study. The same study found that 61% of trans people who were victims of physical assault had attempted suicide." (https://save.org/about-suicide/suicide-facts/) 
 
(Note that compassion toward such is to be shown,  while the high  suicide rate among LGBTQ persons is blamed on societal rejection, yet  in the West it is actually those who oppose homosexual relations that face the most widespread persecution, and minorities such as evangelical Christians face great persecution worldwide without being suicidal.) 

Based upon a review of 40 studies that involved a total of roughly 185,000 adults with HIV or AIDS (PLWHA -- People Living With HIV/AIDS), "suicide risk is 100 times higher among  such patients," and with "person attempting suicide for every two who think about it. And among every 13 who do attempt it, one ends up losing their life." (https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-07-06/people-with-hiv-have-much-higher-risk-for-suicide)

In 2017 almost 35% of high school students who identified as transgender reported attempting suicide in the last 12 months (versus 9.% of straights), and almost 44% considered attempting it.  Transgender students were much more likely to have ever had engaged in sexual relations than were cisgender (straight) females (43.1% versus 33.2%), and with more persons,   while almost 15% reported their first act was before age 13 years vs. 1.5% for straights. 

Approximately 41% of transgender people attempt suicide at least once in their lives compared to the rate of 5% in the general population. [122] https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-psychiatry/article/risk-factors-for-suicide-in-the-transgender-community/3AE67FF7615DDB5452A9672F9DF11714 March 2020 

Almost 23% of transgender  students reported they had experienced sexual dating violence, with approx. 26% reporting it has being physical.  In addition, 70% reported  lifetime alcohol, use,  Ecstasy 31.6% cocaine 27.2%, heroin  26.1%, methamphetamines  24.9%, and prescription opioid misuse 35.9%    respectively.  https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6803a3.htm?s_cid=mm6803a3_w&_ga=2.187304552.190159804.1675607478-738421497.1675607478

Also relevant, disputed (https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2023/03/20/journal-places-warning-flawed-abuse-homosexuality-study) research by   Jessica Jones Steed and Donald I. Templer reported in 2010 that  a study by Tomeo, Tem- pler, Anderson, and Kotler [1] found that,

56% of gay men in contrast to 7% of heterosexual men, and 22% of lesbian women in contrast to 1% of heterosexual women, had reported homosexual molestation. Previous research also reported a history of molestation in gay men and lesbians [2-6]. The Tomeo et al. [1] research went beyond the previous research in that they used specific criteria of molestation by requesting the gender and age of the perpetrator and by the determination of both current sexual preference and that before the molestation. They found that 32% of gay men and 38% of the lesbians reported they were not homosexual before the homosexual molestation.

Steed and  Templer went further, engaging in a study consisting  of 280 non-clinical adults from gay, lesbian, and bisexual organizations in Central California, in which 49.6% of males reported being gay and 50.4% reported being bisexual.

Of both gay/bisexual men and lesbian/bisexual women, females reported 57.3% being lesbians and 42.7% being bisexual. It found that 42 (30.7%) of the 137 males, 59 (41.3%) of the 143 females, and 101 (36.1%) of the total number of participants reported experiencing childhood/adolescent molestation. A high rate of molestation of homosexual persons has also been reported by other authors [2-4, 11, 12]

Of the male participants who reported homosexual molestation, 80.0% of the perpetrators were said to be homosexual, 4% heterosexual, and 16% of unknown orientation. Of the female participants who reported homosexual molestation, 94.4% of the perpetrators were said to be homosexual, none heterosexual, and 5.6% of unknown orientation. 

Seventeen (67.4%) of the participants who were homosexually molested, in contrast to 26 (45.6%) of those who were heterosexually molested, said the molestation had an impact on their sexual orientation.   (https://openpsychologyjournal.com/contents/volumes/V3/TOPSYJ-3-36/TOPSYJ-3-36.pdf) 

 According to a different  study in the November 2009 issue of the International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect, about 20 percent of men who have sex with men are sexually abused as children, a rate similar to that found among heterosexual women. The difference is that 80 percent of gay and bisexual men, compared to 20 percent of heterosexual women, who are sexually abused report experiencing "severe" abuse, often involving violence. Both men and women who are abused as children tend to engage in what researchers define as "high-risk" behavior as adults, which includes unprotected sexual encounters. (https://today.oregonstate.edu/archives/2008/dec/high-rates-childhood-sexual-abuse-contributing-factor-spread-hiv)

Also as regards violence, among 1,608 transgender women, 59.7% experienced certain forms of violence and harassment and 17.7% reported suicidal ideation during the past 12 months; 75.2% reported high social support from significant others, 69.4% from friends, and 46.8% from family. (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/su/su7301a7.htm)

The CDC found that 43.8% of lesbian women reported experiencing physical violence, stalking, or rape by their partners, with two thirds (67.4%) reported exclusively female perpetrators. Also, 61.1% of bisexual women reported physical violence, stalking, or rape by their partners in the same study with 89.5% reporting at least one perpetrator being male. In contrast, 35% of heterosexual women reported having been victim of intimate partner violence, with 98.7% of them reporting male perpetrators exclusively.  (https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/nisvs_sofindings.pdf)

In addition are CDC stats that also include many STDs, which mainly are a result of heterosexual fornication.

In 2021 the CDC estimated that 1 in 5 people in the U.S. have a sexually transmitted infection and at a cost to the U.S. healthcare system of billions of dollars annually. (https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/p0125-sexualy-transmitted-infection.html) 

(Note that in dealing with comparative statics as is done here, not only is the rate or percentage more revealing than simply the number of cases, but also relevant aspects of the historical context. 

For instance, while the rate of cases of syphilis was actually higher in the 1940's (especially) and overall (with exceptions) decreasing until 2006 when it began an overall  steady increase, the historical context of the former included aspects such as increased testing and diagnosis,  soldiers returning from war, but with increased effective treatment with penicillin in the 1940s onward leading to a large decrease in transmission, and  overall steady decrease in infection rates despite the increased % of teens to middle ages from the 60's to mid 80s. Which, after a brief increase in 1987 to 1992, saw an overall steady and significant decrease until about 2012 (but nowhere close to the 1940's). After which an overall steady rise occurred, leading to a rate of 53.2, which has not been seen since 1919 and 1966.  

In contrast, gonorrhea saw unprecedented high rates from 1970 to 1990 when they began to overall steadily  fall to a rate of 98.1 in 2009, only to rise to 214, not seen since 1991. (https://www.cdc.gov/std/statistics/2021/tables/1.htm)  All of which  is despite an increasingly aged population and better testing and treatment.) 

Half of all sexually active people will get an STD by the time they reach 25. (https://medalerthelp.org/blog/std-statistics/) 

 Also relevant, by 2021 the percentage  of 18-24-year-olds who were married  was 5% for men and 8% for  women. with more cohabitating (fornicating) than were married    (https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/brown-manning-relationship-status-trends-age-gender-fp-21-25.html) 

 About half (54%) of adolescents age 15-19 have had some type of sexual experience.  (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590151621000113?via%3Dihub)

Never-married adults report engaging in sexual relations approx. 14 times per year more than married adults.   (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314273096_Declines_in_Sexual_Frequency_among_American_Adults_1989-2014)

Single Americans over 45 engage in sexual relations more  than married ones.  (https://www.aarp.org/relationships/love-sex/info-05-2010/2009-aarp-sex-survey.html

By 2008 a CDC study estimated that one in four (26 percent) young women between the ages of 14 and 19 in the United States -- or 3.2 million teenage girls -- was infected with at least one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases (human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, herpes simplex virus, and trichomoniasis). (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080312084645.htm) And note that only 33%of women even between age 20-34 are married.

In 2017 it was estimated that about 45 percent of U.S. men and women were infected with the cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV sexually transmitted disease - the most common sexually transmitted disease among men and women in the United States. Among women, the prevalence of HPV infection drops to about 22 percent as they age, but it remains high among men. (https://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/hpv-genital-warts/news/20170119/nearly-half-of-us-men-infected-with-hpv-study-finds)

Syphilis (all stages) has increased 447 percent in the last two decades. Cases of P&S syphilis—the most infectious stages of the disease—have increased a staggering 781 percent since 2001.

African Americans accounted for nearly a third of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and primary and secondary syphilis (P&S) cases while only accounting for 12.1 percent of the US population. 

Meanwhile, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men were severely impacted by gonorrhea and syphilis in 2021. (https://www.naccho.org/blog/articles/new-cdc-report-more-than-2-5-million-u-s-cases-of-chlamydia-gonorrhea-and-syphilis-were-reported-in-2021)


Excerpt: https://www.cdc.gov/std/statistics/images/infographic-natl-thumb-600x776-1.png?_=12966

The declining use of condoms is cited as a driver of surging STI rates is. A  study found that between 2012 and 2017 rates of condomless sexual relations  increased among MSM,  "and other research suggests this shift in behavior may be partially tied to the increased use of PrEP, which guards against HIV but not other STIs." (https://www.livescience.com/why-are-sexually-transmitted-infections-on-the-rise-in-the-us) 

[Contraception itself is overall ultimately harmful to societies, as large stable husband and wife families best foster learning  sharing, sacrificing for the common good,  tolerance, and how to resolve conflicts, thus preparing them for society at-large.  But homosexual relations are not for procreation, and are ultimately deleterious to self and society. And which affect all.] 



Abstinence is the choice to refrain from some or all sexual activity.  It is the only method that is 100% effective in preventing unintended pregnancy and STD transmission when used consistently and correctly. (https://sacd.sdsu.edu/_resources/files/well-being/03698-Abstinence_05-2013.pdf)

Moreover, I have not found any studies on STD infections among married monogamous couples versus nonmarried in the US, thus it seems that this is not something that the CDC judges worthy to pursue, but it does report that,    

The 1995-1999 CDC STD Surveillance Reports state: “During the past two decades, the age of initiation of sexual activity has steadily decreased and age at first marriage has increased, resulting in increases in premarital sexual experience. …”

Non-marital sexual activity with multiple partners is the singular cause of the proliferation of STDs and yet for some reason all CDC surveillance reports since 1999 omit the above statement and make no reference to marriage at all. Instead we get, “talk openly about STDs” and the obligatory, “use condoms.” (https://chicago.suntimes.com/2016/12/6/18344396/opinion-as-marriage-rates-decline-reports-of-stds-rise)

 In 2017, in the first survey to look at the prevalence of the virus in the adult population, the CDC reported that over 42 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 59 were infected with genital human papillomavirus. (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db280.pdf)

The incidence of many STDs in gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM)—including primary and secondary (P&S) syphilis and antimicrobial-resistant gonorrhea—is greater than that reported in women and men who have sex with women only (MSW).

Since 2000, rates of P&S syphilis have increased among men, primarily attributable to increases in cases among MSM. Similar to past years, in 2018, MSM accounted for the majority (53.5%) of all reported cases of P&S syphilis and, of these, 41.6% were known to be living with diagnosed HIV. Although rates of P&S syphilis are lower among women, rates have increased substantially in recent years, increasing 30.4% during 2017–2018 and 172.7% during 2014–2018, suggesting a rapidly growing heterosexual epidemic.

In 2000 and 2001, the national rate of reported primary and secondary (P&S) syphilis cases was 2.1 cases per 100,000 population, the lowest rate since reporting began in 1941 (Figure 35, Table 1). 

However, the P&S syphilis rate has increased almost every year since 2001. This rise in the rate of reported P&S syphilis has been primarily attributable to increased cases among men and, specifically, among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM). MSM account for the majority of P&S syphilis cases and estimated rates are substantially higher among MSM compared with women or men who have sex with women only (MSW). 5 The number of cases among MSM has continued to increase, but within the last five years, cases among MSW and women have increased substantially as well. The increase in syphilis among women is of particular concern because it is associated with a striking and concurrent increase in congenital syphilis.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: STD Surveillance 2018 National Profile 27 West, and 7.2% in the Northeast (Table 29). Among women, the largest increases were observed in the West (41.2%), followed by the Northeast (40.0%), the South (30.8%) and the Midwest (30.8%) (Table 28). MSM continued to account for the majority of P&S syphilis cases in 2018 (Figures 39 and 41). 

Of 35,063 reported P&S syphilis cases in 2018, 18,760 (53.5%) were among MSM, including 16,905 (48.2%) cases among men who had sex with men only and 1,855 (5.3%) cases among men who had sex with both men and women (Figure 39)....

Among the 24,176 male cases with information on sex of sex partners, 77.6% occurred among MSM. A total of 36 states were able to classify at least 70.0% of reported P&S syphilis cases as MSM, MSW, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: STD Surveillance 2018 National Profile 27 West, and 7.2% in the Northeast (Table 29).

 Among women, the largest increases were observed in the West (41.2%), followed by the Northeast (40.0%), the South (30.8%) and the Midwest (30.8%) (Table 28). MSM continued to account for the majority of P&S syphilis cases in 2018 (Figures 39 and 41). Of 35,063 reported P&S syphilis cases in 2018, 18,760 (53.5%) were among MSM, including 16,905 (48.2%) cases among men who had sex with men only and 1,855 (5.3%) cases among men who had sex with both men and women (Figure 39). 

Overall, 5,416 (15.4%) cases were among MSW, 4,995 (14.2%) were among women, 5,858 (16.7%) were among men without information about sex of sex partners, and 34 (0.1%) were cases reported with unknown sex. Among the 24,176 male cases with information on sex of sex partners, 77.6% occurred among MSM. A total of 36 states were able to classify at least 70.0% of reported P&S syphilis cases as MSM, MSW, or women each year during 2014– 2018 (Figure 41). In these states, during 2017–2018, the number of cases increased 5.3% among MSM, 16.3% among MSW, and 32.9% among women.

Among 2018 P&S syphilis cases with known HIV status, 41.6% of cases among MSM were HIV-positive, compared with 7.9% of cases among MSW, and 4.0% of cases among women. 

When examining reported P+S syphilis cases over time, 36 states were able to classify at least 70% of reported P+S syphilis cases as MSM, MSW, or women each year during 2014–2018. In these states, cases among MSM increased 5.3% during 2017–2018 and 51.5% during 2014– 2018 (Figure 41). 

Among males, 610,447 cases of chlamydia were reported in 2018 for a rate of 380.6 cases per 100,000 males (Table 5). The rate of reported cases among males increased each year during 2000–2018, with the exception of 2012–2013, when rates remained stable (Figure 1). During 2017–2018 alone, the rate among males increased 5.7%; during 2014–2018, rates of reported cases among males increased 37.8% (Tables 4 and 5). This pronounced increase among males could be attributed to either increased transmission or improved case identification (e.g., through intensified extra-genital screening efforts) among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM). 

Despite this considerable increase in males, the rate of reported chlamydia cases among females was still about two times the rate among males in 2018, likely reflecting a larger number of females screened for this infection. 
 
As regards Gonorrhea...San Francisco had the highest proportion of cases estimated to be MSM (86.4%), while Baltimore had the lowest proportion of MSM cases (20.1%). In total, across all SSuN sites, 42.5% of gonorrhea cases were estimated to be among MSM, 25.1% among MSW, and 32.4% among women. 

Among six jurisdictions participating in SSuN [STD Surveillance Network] continuously from 2010 to 2018,..The estimated gonorrhea case rate among MSM increased 375.5% during 2010–2018 from 1,368.6 cases per 100,000 MSM in 2010 to 6,508.0 cases per 100,000 MSM in 2018. Over the same time period, case rates among MSW and women also increased by 69.3% and 95.2%, respectively.
 
[Overall,] Rates of chlamydia have gone up by 19 percent since 2014. For gonorrhea, there are 583,405 cases in the U.S., and rates have gone up 63 percent since 2014. Rates of syphilis have increased 71 percent since 2014, and are highest in men and women 25-29 years old. congenital syphilis — when an infected mother passes syphilis to her baby during pregnancy — which have shot up by 185 percent since 2014, (https://www.cdc.gov/std/stats18/STDSurveillance2018-full-report.pdf)
 
More than 1.6 million cases of chlamydia were reported in 2021. Chlamydia is often asymptomatic and so cases may go uncounted when screening falters, the CDC report states. 

More than 710,000 cases of gonorrhea were reported in 2021, an increase of 4.6% from 2020. Since hitting a historic low in 2009, gonorrhea rates have increased by 118%. The CDC says it's only a matter of time before a strain becomes fully resistant to available treatments. (https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/as-syphilis-levels-hit-70-year-high-sexually-transmitted-infection-epidemic-shows-no-signs-of-slowing)

In the six years preceding the Covid-19 pandemic, gonorrhea rates increased by an average of roughly 10% each year, chlamydia rates increased by an average 3.6% annually and syphilis rates increased by an average 14% annually.  Syphilis case rates surged more sharply in the same time period, to their highest rate in three decades — a 27% uptick compared to 2020. (https://www.livescience.com/why-are-sexually-transmitted-infections-on-the-rise-in-the-us)

Men who have sex with men accounted for  56.7% of all male P&S syphilis cases in 2019. Also, estimated rates of reported gonorrhea among MSM are 42 times the estimated rate among men who have sex with  women. (https://www.cdc.gov/std/statistics/2019/overview.htm

The CDC study Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2014 found that among male cases for whom the sex of the  partner was known, 83% of syphilis  cases were MSM.  75.53% of syphilis cases in 2014 were among homosexual men. 51% of the homosexual men diagnosed with syphilis in 2014 were also HIV-positive(https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/michael-w-chapman/cdc-83-syphilis-cases-2014-among-gay-men-where-sex-sex-partner-was)

Among womenstudies have shown that viral STD rates among bisexual-identifying women aged 15 to 44 years were almost three times higher than women who have sex with women exclusively.  (https://www.stdcheck.com/blog/lgbt-std-statistics)

2021 saw  a 26% rise in new syphilis cases, with the rate of syphilis cases reaching its highest since 1991, and with the total number of cases achieving its highest number  since 1948, while   HIV cases were up 16% in 2021. (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/sep/19/sexually-transmitted-disease-rise-syphilis-us?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1)

 And a  new CDC report provides final surveillance data for 2021, and shows that overall in a single year (2020-2021) syphilis rates  increased nearly 32% for combined stages of the infection. Cases of congenital syphilis rose by an alarming 32% and resulted in 220 stillbirths and infant deaths.

As regards related behavioral patterns, a recent (2024) CDC report which includes survey data from National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Among Transgender Women (NHBS-Trans) conducted by CDC during June 2019–February 2020  to assess behavioral risk factors, PrEP, antiretroviral therapy, condom use, and HIV prevalence, found that, 

During the past 12 months among 902 transgender women without HIV infection, 42.5% had five or more sex partners, 64.6% had condomless sex, and 34.1% received money or drugs in exchange for sex (Table 2). 

More than one-third (41.1%) reported that they did not know the HIV status of their last sex partner, 3.2% reported their last partner’s HIV status was positive, and 14.5% had condomless sex with the last partner whose HIV status was positive or unknown. 

During the past 12 months, 5.0% injected drugs, 2.3% did not always use a sterile needle to inject for gender affirmation, and 3.5% shared a syringe to inject drugs or for gender affirmation. More than seven in 10 (73.2%) reported receiving transgender-specific health care within the past 12 months, and 70.2% currently had transgender-specific health insurance coverage. 

Approximately two thirds (68.1%) were currently taking hormones, 23.6% wanted to but were not currently taking hormones, and 8.2% were not currently taking hormones and did not want to take them.

During the past 12 months, a majority of the 902 transgender women without HIV infection reported PrEP awareness (91.8%), more than half (56.6%) had discussed PrEP with a health care provider, and approximately one-third (32.0%) had used PrEP (Table 2). 

PrEP use was reported by 37.0% of those who had two or more sex partners, 38.0% of those who had condomless sex, 37.0% of those whose last sex partner’s HIV status was positive or unknown, 40.0% of those who received money or drugs in exchange for sex, and 44.0% of those who had condomless sex with last partner whose HIV status was positive or unknown (Figure). 

PrEP use also was reported by 33.0% of transgender women who injected drugs and by 44.0% who shared a syringe to inject drugs or for gender affirmation.   (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/su/su7301a2.htm)

Also reported by the CDC which includes survey data from the NHBS-Trans conducted by CDC during June 2019–February 2020 was that  

Certain transgender women receive or desire gender-affirming hormone treatment (GAHT) (1),...certain transgender women use hormones without a prescription (1,6,7). Although masculinizing GAHT is a Schedule III controlled substance, feminizing GAHT is not a scheduled or controlled substance, but it is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for over-the-counter use, leaving those seeking non-prescription feminizing GAHT uncertain if what they are doing is punishable by law. Side effects and health risks associated with GAHT among transgender women include ischemic heart disease and hypertension (8).
(https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/su/su7301a4.htm)

 
https://www.cdc.gov/std/statistics/2021/syndemic-infographic-2023.pdf)

Some older stats on Adultery, Fornication, and Sodomy can be seen here




https://www.cdc.gov/std/statistics/2021/syndemic-infographic-2023.pdf)




The United States is expected to spend more than $26 billion annually on HIV. (https://www.healthline.com/health/hiv-aids/facts-statistics-infographic) 

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The CDC estimates indicate about 20 percent of the U.S. population – approximately one in five people in the U.S. – had an STI on any given day in 2018, and STIs acquired that year will cost the American healthcare system nearly $16 billion in healthcare costs alone. (https://www.cdc.gov/std/statistics/prevalence-2020-at-a-glance.htm) 

"STIs and their complications amount to about $16 billion annually in direct medical costs. HIV imposes the largest financial burden, costing $12.6 billion in direct medical costs, followed by HPV at $1.7 billion, chlamydia at $156.7 million, gonorrhea at $162.1 million, and syphilis at $39.9 million." (https://cdn.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/STI-brief.pdf) 

And based upon a lifetime from 2015 to 2020 (study published in  4-21) then NIH research  stated:

"We estimated an average lifetime HIV-related medical cost for a person with HIV of $420,285 (2019 US$) discounted (3%) and $1,079,999 undiscounted for a median 3-year diagnosis delay and 3% base dropout rate. Our discounted cost estimate was $490,045 in our most favorable scenario and $326,411 in our least favorable scenario."

"Discounted costs are highlighted throughout because they represent economic costs that take into account time preferences of individuals and society and the opportunity cost of funds." The Lifetime Medical Cost Savings from Preventing HIV in the United States
    
And as reported Mar 27, 2023,
  Medicaid is the largest source of insurance coverage for people with HIV in the United States, covering an estimated 40% of the nonelderly adults with HIV, compared to just 15% of the nonelderly adult population overall...Medicaid accounted for 45% of all federal HIV spending in FY221 and it is the largest source of public spending for HIV care in the U.S. In FY22, the federal government spent an estimated $13 billion on Medicaid services for people with HIV...Medicaid enrollment among people with HIV has grown over time  (https://www.kff.org/hivaids/issue-brief/medicaid-and-people-with-hiv/)

Before the Affordable Care Act, most individuals living with HIV were ineligible for Medicaid unless they had very low incomes, or were deemed permanently disabled due to an AIDS diagnosis. Starting in 2014, under the Affordable Care Act, states can receive federal Medicaid payments to provide coverage for the lowest income adults in their states, without regard to disability, parental status, or most other categorical limitations. (https://www.medicaid.gov/about-us/program-history/medicaid-50th-anniversary/entry/47641) 

Costs associated with engaging in sodomy also can include those for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) [which was] at more than $1,700 for 30 tablets (https://mosaicscience.com/story/hiv-prep-truvada-prevention-sti-std-lgbtqi-gay-condom-pride/).

The cost for  PrEP medication was about  2,000 a month, and which "Most health insurance plans, including Medicaid, cover." (https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/stds-hiv-safer-sex/hiv-aids/prep) Under the Affordable Care Act, PrEP must be free under almost all health insurance plans. (https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/prep/paying-for-prep/index.html) The rule says insurers must not charge copays, coinsurance or deductible payments for the quarterly clinic visits and lab tests required to maintain a PrEP prescription. (https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/prep-hiv-prevention-pill-must-now-totally-free-almost-insurance-plans-rcna1470) 

For any Medicaid insured HIV-negative adult 18 years of age or older patients, lab testing and prescription medication costs are 100% covered. (https://www.louisianahealthhub.org/teleprep/) 

In 2017, around 61,300 people were actively taking PrEP.
(https://www.avert.org/professionals/hiv-around-world/western-central-europe-north-america/usa) with the rate of PrEP users per 100,000 population in 2018 being 68. (https://aidsvu.org/local-data/united-states)

A few states have their own drug assistance programs that cover out-of-pocket expenses for PrEP. Some will also cover the costs of doctor visits and lab tests. Requirements to qualify for these programs differ by state. (https://www.talktomira.com/post/how-much-is-prep-how-to-get-it-for-free-truvana-descovy) 

"Despite biomedical advances in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention with antiretroviral pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the burden of HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) remains high []. MSM are a high‐priority risk group for PrEP use based on their behavioral and biological risk factors []."

[Between 2017 and 2019] "of 3508 sexually active, HIV‐negative MSM, 34% met indications [condition that leads to the recommendation] for PrEP. The proportion with current PrEP use was 32% among MSM meeting indications and 11% among those without indications." 

"PrEP is a key part of HIV strategy globally. In the United States, PrEP is available through multiple mechanisms including national and state health insurance programs covering health care costs for those with low income, private insurance plans, programs for those without health insurance and copay assistance from the drug manufacturer or US states []." (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8488229/#:~:text=Results,11%25%20among%20those%20without%20indications)

The Ready, Set, PrEP program makes PrEP medication available at no cost for qualifying recipients who lack prescription drug coverage, and  are tested for HIV with a negative result, and have a prescription for PrEP. (https://www.getyourprep.com/)

EDIT: "the federal government has announced that almost all health insurers must cover the HIV prevention pill, known as PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, with no cost sharing — including for the drug itself and, crucially, for clinic visits and lab tests...This means...Truvada or Descovy, the two approved forms of PrEP, should now be totally free for almost all insured individuals....when taken daily, the tablet reduces men’s risk of contracting the virus from sex with other men by more than 99 percent...PrEP use remains largely limited to white gay and bisexual men...

Gilead readily provides PrEP for free to lower-income people who lack health insurance, but the pharmaceutical company does not cover the associated clinic visits and lab tests...Since this spring, Truvada has been available in a generic form with a list price as low as $30 per month. By comparison, Descovy’s list price is currently $1,930 and Truvada’s is $1,842.... (https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/prep-hiv-prevention-pill-must-now-totally-free-almost-insurance-plans-rcna1470)

Which raises  raises private insurance rates and or taxes for all who pay them. 

Such are just part of the financial and societal costs  that affect every one to varying degrees due to man disobeying God's program, in which sexual union is only between male and female in marriage. And which provides the stable safe environment for trust and intimacy and for  children which are to result, versus  fornication as well as artificial contraceptives.

 However, not only is the practice of sexual sin promoted, but war is waged against all who do not agree with such, which includes the tactical, indiscriminate psychological use of the term “homophobic”  as part of the overall strategy to misrepresent any  all who object to homosexuality and its homoeroticism as being motivated by an irrational fear, and as hate-mongering KKK types.   

Which was the strategy and psychological tactics advocated by Harvard-trained graduates Marshall Kirk (1957–2005) and Hunter Madsen (pen name Erastes Pill) in their book “After the Ball.”

The idea that one can be caring, charitable, and friendly toward practicing homosexuals while peaceably opposing homosexuality and its relations, is not to be allowed by those who demand we affirm this.

In addition, since the  practice of homosexual relations is unnatural, it usually requires greater attempts at rationalizing away the guilt that sin normally should result in, and  many even engage in strenuous attempts to insist all must affirm it. 

Which effects mean rejection of the Lord Jesus, leaving the sinner with no forgiveness and more repressed guilt, or worse, a seared conscience that will not repent and which finally may no longer be able to. Which state is to be avoided at all costs.  

 For beyond the financial and societal costs is the spiritual cost, of separation from God now and eternal damnation later  due to impenitent sin. For which only repentance and committed faith in the risen Lord Jesus is the solution,  Christ the Son of God  was sent by God the Father to be the savior of the world. And who therefore gave Himself for our sins on the cross of His death, paying the price for our forgiveness with His sinless shed blood. Thanks be to God.
  
For God made man and women distinctively different yet uniquely compatible and complementary, and only joined them together in  marriage - as the Lord Jesus Himself specified (; cf. ) - and only condemned homosexual relations wherever they are manifestly dealt with.

Yet there is still room at the cross for all who will come to God in repentance and faith, and trust in the Divine Son of God  sent by the Father, the risen Lord Jesus, to save them on His account, by His sinless shed blood, and thus be baptized and live for Him.  

Thanks and glory be to God, who made everything good, but which we have misused, thus requiring salvation which God provided for, at His own cost. For we are all (including me) sinners in nature and by choice, but those who are of true faith in the risen Lord Jesus seek to follow Him, and repent from  sin when the realize they are practicing such. 
  

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