14% of D.C.’s Gay Men Are HIV-Positive. And It’s Not The Irresponsible Teens

“Younger men generally had safer sex behaviors; men older than 30 were tested less frequently, used condoms less often and had more sex partners.” Perhaps most disturbing: “More than 40 percent were unaware of their diagnosis before the study, even though most had seen a doctor in the past 12 months, and more than a third did not know the HIV status of their last sex partner.” [WaPo]

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