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   Physicians say HIV continues to hold a tight grip on the LGBTQ   
   community partly because of the continued popularity of   
   "chemsex."   
      
   Chemsex is typically described as using powerful drugs like   
   crystal methamphetamine ("crystal" or "tina") and gamma-   
   hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) to enhance sex. Crystal and GHB often   
   lower inhibitions, increase libido, and allow people to have sex   
   for several hours, if not days. Hookup apps allow people to   
   connect by using phrases like "party and play" or "high and   
   horny."   
      
   The discussion of chemsex happened at the International   
   Association of Providers of AIDS Care conference, which wrapped   
   Wednesday in London. IAPAC President José Zuniga called the   
   epidemic a "challenge of proportions we cannot fully comprehend   
   at this time," according to Reuters.   
      
   A 2014 study cited by the news agency found that 30 percent of   
   HIV-positive men receiving treatment at an English clinic   
   engaged in chemsex in the previous year. A more recent study,   
   from last year, found that Spanish men who participated in drug-   
   fueled sex had higher rates of HIV infection.   
      
   Ignacio Labayen de Inza, a chemsex specialist who attended the   
   London conference, warned that meth- and GHB-enhanced sex was   
   rampant in most European cities as well as popular gay   
   destinations like Ibiza and the Canary Islands.   
      
   The practice of "slamsex," where drugs are shot up by users,   
   rather than snorted or swallowed, exacerbates the danger of HIV   
   and other sexually transmitted infections, doctors warned. The   
   party and play scene may be one reason why HIV rates among gay   
   and bi men, and trans women, are stagnating or worsening, while   
   the global rates go down.   
      
   The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that HIV   
   rates among African-American gay and bisexual men remained   
   stable between 2010 and 2016, but grew among Latino gay and   
   bisexual men; rates dropped among white gay and bi men, possibly   
   because their privilege enables them greater access to the HIV   
   prevention method known as PrEP.   
      
   “People are not scared any more of HIV,” de Inza told Reuters.   
   “Many people I see say they think, It’s only a matter of time   
   anyway, so I might as well have some fun.”   
      
   You made the decision to be gay.   
      
   You deserve no sympathy.   
      
   Keep your unwanted degenerate lifestyle to yourself.   
      
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