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Table 18. Places respondents would like to find information about HIV/AIDS by gender
and sexual orientation
Gay men
(n=145)
Bisexual
men
Straight
men (N=8)
Females
(n=4)
Transgender
(n=8 )
(n=31)
School .23 (.43) .10 (.30) .13 (.35) .25 (.50) .25 (.46)
Doctors .17 (.37) .13 (.34) .13 (.35) .50 (.58) .13 (.35)
Church .07 (.25) .10 (.30) .13 (.35) 0.0 (0.0) .13 (.35)
Friends .12 (.32) .13 (.34) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0)
Pamphlets/ flyers .15 (.36) .13 (.34) 0.0 (0.0) .25 (.50) .13 (.35)
Billboards .10 (.31) .03 (.18) 0.0 (0.0) .50 (.58) .13 (.35)
Boy or girl .08 (.27) .03 (.18) .13 (.35) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0)
friends
Role
.12 (.32) .10 (.30) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0)
Models/Mentors
Websites .18 (.38) .19 (.40) 0.0 (0.0) .25 (.50) 0.0 (0.0)
Television .23 (.43) .16 (.37) 0.0 (0.0) .50 (.58) .25 (.46)
Radio .14 (.35) .16 (.37) .13 (.35) .25 (.50) .13 (.35)
Newspaper/magaz .16 (.37) .03 (.18) .13 (.35) 0.0 (0.0) .13 (.35)
ine
Parent/adult .08 (.27) .06 (.25) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0) .13 (.35)
relative
Sister/brother/teen .03 (.18) .03 (.18) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0)
relative
Educational .23 (.42) .19 (.40) .13 (.35) 0.0 (0.0) .38 (.52)
program
Sex partner-not .02 (.14) .03 (.18) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0) .13 (.35)
boy or girl friend
Community/social
group
.21 (.41) .23 (.43) .25 (.46) 0.0 (0.0) .38 (.52)
Table 19 presents information on where respondents have learned the most about
HIV/AIDS by race/ ethnicity. Blacks are least likely to learn about HIV in schools and
most likely to learn about it from doctors. Other racial groups learn mostly from websites
and community social groups.
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