Talk:HIV and men who have sex with men

As part of a class at Rice University, I have started this page to expand the small subsection of the Men who have sex with men page. The current HIV subsection of the MSM page is far more detailed than anything else on the MSM page (everything else is merely a survey) and would benefit from having freedom to expand by itself. If the subsection on the existing MSM page were expanded to encompass the available scholarly information, it would drastically overwhelm the page. The page for MSM should broadly talk about issues faced by this population rather than devoting a significant amount of discussion to one topic. By expanding the subsection about HIV on the MSM page, it would unfairly bias the page to make it appear that HIV is the only health issue faced by that community (whereas other STDs, rape, and mental health issues should not be overlooked.) The CDC, UNAIDS, and AVERT websites all have pages specifically dedicated to HIV and MSM so Wikipedia should have a page that goes into an equal level of detail. The page should also include information beyond public health risks alone, like the stigma associated with an HIV diagnosis in the MSM community and prevention methods. This would make the page a thorough sociological analysis of how HIV affects the MSM population. Since there was no opposition on the Wikiproject Medicine, Wikiproject Sexuality, or Men who have sex with men article discussion page, I proceeded with creation of this page. Cshaase (talk) 18:25, 15 November 2012 (UTC)