The gay bowel Through the early 1970's with increasing freedom of sexual expression a subpopulation of homosexual men, particularly in the larger cities of North America and Europe, engaged in sexual intercourse with large numbers of casual and often anonymous partners.' There followed increases in conventional sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), those not previously recognised as such and the appearance of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
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