Reply #25: thanks...my cousin lived for 10+ years with AIDS [View All]

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she lived it a lot longer than i thought she would. she was very likely both an intravenous drug user and a prostitute at one point in her life. she finally cleaned up her life after a 5 year stint in prison, but by then she had full-blown AIDS. very tragic...the mistakes she made as a teenager literally cost her life.

women can identify as lesbian and still have sex with men, use drugs, have sex for money, be victims of rape or abuse or have artificial insemination, all of which can put them at risk for HIV.

but you are right...it's not just a gay issue.