Since when is trying to save lives – by telling people that their risky behavior could hurt or even kill them – grounds for termination? Just ask Professor Brendan Bain, the latest victim of the gaystapo movement ~ University fires AIDS expert for testifying homosexuality is bad for public health.
 

Professor Bain lost his position (as director of the regional coordinating unit of the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training Network [CHART] at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica) after activists protested testimony that he had given in a Belize Supreme Court case over eliminating that country’s ban on sodomy ~

“As a physician and Public Health practitioner, one of my responsibilities is to assess behaviors for their health and well being,” Bain wrote at the time. “When something is beneficial, such as exercise, good nutrition, or adequate sleep, it is my duty to recommend it. Likewise, when something is harmful, such as smoking, overeating, alcohol, or drug abuse, and unsafe sexual behavior, it is my duty to discourage it.”
 
“Another of my responsibilities as a Public Health practitioner is to assess the cost of behavior, not just to the individual ‘actor,’ but also to the community,” Bain wrote. “[T]here are instances in which private behaviors result in considerable public cost due to illness, with accompanying loss of productivity and social disruption and the prospect of premature death.”
 
Bain argued that one such behavior is anal intercourse, which significantly increases the risk not only of HIV/AIDS, but other sexually transmitted diseases and cancer. He shared with the court data from studies conducted all around the world, which showed that sexually active gay men contracted AIDS at roughly 40 times the rate of other groups.

 
Ongoing research only backs up Professor Bain’s assertions. Earlier this month the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) released a report on the rapidly growing number of syphilis cases among the homosexual community over the last several years: CDC: Syphilis Resurgence Among Gay Men ‘Major Public Health Concern’ ~

As recently as 2000, researchers believed the total elimination of syphilis was within reach. The recent dramatic increases in infections, coupled with the observation that syphilis closely tracks with other diseases like AIDS, have the medical and scientific community deeply concerned. The CDC report considers “the increase in syphilis among MSM (men who have sex with men) is a major public health concern.” […]
 
… researchers understand the problems of health among MSM are now so vast and interrelated they are considered a “syndemic,” a linked set of health issues involving two or more afflictions acting in concert within a specific population. According to the medical literature, among MSM these would include diseases like syphilis, gonorrhea, and HIV but also such pathologies as partner violence, drug abuse, and psychological disorders. Treating a single part of this puzzle would not solve the whole problem.
 
The HIV/AIDS infection rate alone is bleak. From 2008 to 2010 the new HIV infection rate grew 12%, from 26,700 to 29,800 cases reported. One in five sexually active MSM carry the AIDS virus, but nearly half of those don’t even know it. However, HIV/AIDS is not the only problem, as the new CDC report on syphilis makes clear. According to the Linacre paper, “MSM are far more likely to be diagnosed with other STDs, some of which have become resistant to commonly used antibiotics.” […]
 
Included in this particular syndemic, according to the Linacre paper, are issues related to mental health, including higher risks of “suicidal ideation, substance misuse, and deliberate self harm than heterosexual people.” According to the paper, even the Southern Poverty Law Center, an advocacy group for MSM, admits “that LGBT people suffer higher rates of anxiety, depression and depression-related illnesses and behaviors like alcohol and drug abuse than the general population,” though they chalk this up to “homophobia.”

 
Tragically, especially for many in the homosexual community, truth is now a casualty in the war on “homophobia.”
 

In a disconcerting departure from real world common sense, commenting on Professor Bain’s termination, “(A) Non-governmental organization that focuses on AIDS defended Bain’s firing even as they said they agreed with the content of his report.” 😯

 
Earlier this month, demonstrators at the University of the West Indies protested the action against Professor Bain and its chilling implication for free speech ~
 

“…people start losing their jobs for speaking scientific facts – because someone is offended by scientific facts…
 
What kind of society are we headed for when people speak scientific truths, and emotional responses get them fired from their jobs?”

An Orwellian one.

 
Related:

Pioneering University HIV/AIDS researcher sacked over accurate but politically incorrect court testimony
Men having sex with men at far greater risk for cancer, STDs, infections: Systematic review ~

June 14, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As the homosexual movement makes gains in public opinion and politics, the dissenting voice of science continues to unearth health problem after health problem associated with gay sexual behavior.

 
I couldn’t find a decent (legible) image of this poster anywhere online, but the fine print says: