One study found that the life expectancy of homosexuals is 43 years. Cameron, P., Playfair, W.L. & Wellum, S. (1994). “The longevity of homosexuals: Before and after the AIDS epidemic.” Omega 29, 249-272. This study has been sharply criticized by homosexual activists, with healthy doses of attacks on Paul Cameron, particularly after former Education Secretary William Bennett referred to this study in several public statements. See, for instance, Sullivan, A. (1998, January 5). “False Bennett: Gay bashing by the numbers.” New Republic, page 15. However, the 14th International AIDS Conference in Barcelona opened with the release of a study showing that the AIDS pandemic would cause a decline in life expectancy in 51 countries in the next two decades. Information released the same day indicated that data from 25 U.S. states suggested that the number of new cases of HIV infection had stabilized since 1998. However, experts noted that this study could not ensure a permanent or prolonged plateau in new cases because the latest count is only complete through 2000, and, more important, because California, New York and Florida, each with large numbers of HIV-infected people, were not included in the sample. The study ending in 2000 also found alarming rates of unprotected sex during the previous six months by practicing homosexuals. All of this information indicates that impact on life expectancy is a very real part of the homosexual lifestyle. · Homosexual men are at significantly increased risk of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, anal cancer, gonorrhea and gastrointestinal infections as a result of their sexual practices. Medical Institute for Sexual Health. · Homosexual behavior accounts for a disproportionate number of sexually transmitted diseases. Mireya Navarro, “Federal Officials See Sharp Rise of Hepatitis Among Gay Men,” The New York Times, March 6, 1992. · 65 percent of all reported AIDS cases among males since 1981 have been men engaged in homosexual behavior. Center for Disease Control, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, Vol. 9, No. 2, May 1998. · The 2002 update reported by the Center for Disease Control indicates that 62% of known HIV cases involve men who have had sex with other men, and an additional 8% of those cases involve men who have had sex with other men and use intravenous drugs. Thus, 70% of known HIV cases involve homosexual men. And, another alarming finding is reported: only ¼ of homosexual men with HIV get tested or discovered before the disease progresses into full blown AIDS. Therefore, the number of homosexual men who have HIV is potentially staggeringly high.