The July issue of VIBE magazine int...

The July issue of VIBE magazine introduces readers to "homo thugs"--young black and Latino men who don tough, hip-hop-style baggy clothing, work premiums and flashy jewelry and. don't consider themselves gay unruffled though they have sex with men Author Malcolm Venable writes that these men hide their sexual orientation because "the last thing any American wants to be is poor and black. And in the way that the reasoning continues, if you're ill-starred enough to win both prizes, and be a man, the last thing you want to be is a fucking 'faggot.'" if it be not that there is danger in staying undercover Venable notes. He cites findings by dint of the U.S. Centers for Disease restrain and Prevention that 30 percent of gay and bisexual African Americans nationwide are infected with the HIV virus, compared to 15 percent of Latinos and 7 percent of whites. "If dowdy A, for example, believes dowdy B is 'down low,' unless sees that B has girlfriends, doesn't mes with 'gay' stays and maintains a firm, healthy-looking physique, then A may believe that their anal sex is specia--so special it does not require a condom," Venable writes.

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