From http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/basic.htm

HIV Incidence Estimate

Incidence is the number of new HIV infections that occur during a given year.
In 2008, CDC estimated that approximately 56,300 people were newly infected with HIV in 20061 (the most recent year that data are available). Over half (53%) of these new infections occurred in gay and bisexual men. Black/African American men and women were also strongly affected and were estimated to have an incidence rate than was 7 times as high as the incidence rate among whites. Visit the HIV incidence page for more details.

1Hall HI, Ruiguang S, Rhodes P, et al. Estimation of HIV incidence in the United States. JAMA. 2008;300:520-529.

So the figures are from 2008, and the '53%' is new HIV infections, not 'AIDS'.

I won't continue any argument here. It's the same discussion that happens whenever someone says 'homosexual' around here. It starts out being about marriage or people being put to death, but the same old 'homosexuality is evil' bigots kick get back on that high horse and shove the discussion back to their scripts.

If hatred compels a person to have the same frustrating knee jerk reactions over and over, to shove conversations back into the familiar rut, that person has a problem. I only have a problem if I try to argue or reason with them. For most of us, this is just discussion. I think maybe for other people, it's something a lot deeper and they can't NOT go ballistic.

The virus is passed blood to blood, and anal sex makes that more convenient.
Promiscuity and lack of condom use are risky behaviors.
Having a penis makes a person more likely to spread the virus. Being penetrated by a penis makes a person more likely to get infected. People having sex with those in a population where there's already a high rate of infection makes a person more likely to contract the virus.