A HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN FOR CHINESE “GAY”..
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said this week it is currently soliciting opinions on the project to be implemented by May 2007.
It’s cheering news for China’s gay community, 47,000 of whom are HIV positive or AIDS patients.
Statistics from the CDC show that the virus has been increasingly spreading among gay men and the number of sufferers has doubled since 2004. To help reduce the spread, officials hope to increase the availability of condoms and lubricant to 70 percent of gay men. Currently only 10-20 percent of them use condoms, according to national CDC figures...As a result, many gays engage in unprotected sex due to a shortage of condoms. To date, only one Guilin-based condom-maker produces condoms tailored for gays.

Gay men, who constitute 7.3 percent of the total HIV/AIDS sufferers in China, or an estimated 650,000 in 2005, will be the first group asked to the join the effort.

There are 117 anti-HIV/AIDS grassroots organizations for gay men, said the health ministry. Fifty percent are headed by gay volunteers