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<v ->How I was infected,</v>

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was through unprotected anal intercourse.

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When I first came...

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I didn't come out until fairly late in life.

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I was about 26, when I really started to get that I was gay.

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You know, living in Fairbanks, I didn't have a lot of

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positive images of what it's like to be gay.

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And, uh...

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And I immediately started having sex,

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lots of sex.

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At the time, I was also a heavy alcohol and substance user.

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And when you use that much alcohol and drugs,

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you can't get it up.

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So, you just take it up the ass and, quite frankly,

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that's what I did.

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I had lots of unprotected sex with a lot of folks.

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At the time I became infected,

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I was not a well person, emotionally,

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and I wanted to really be with this guy.

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This guy had HIV and this guy would not date anyone

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who didn't have HIV.

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So, I told him I had HIV when I didn't.

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We were only together for about six, seven months.

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But during that six, seven months,

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we had a tremendous amount of unprotected anal intercourse.

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When I went to go get my test results,

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I was virtually positive that they would be positive.