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What Some Black Women Don't Know About Their Men

By Christina Royster-Hemby
Baltimore City Paper | August 11, 2004
Black men who have sex with men but still identify as straight instead of gay or bisexual are known as "down low." By definition, these men do not tell their wives and girlfriends that they are sleeping around, a health risk because, studies suggest, 30 percent of such men are carriers of HIV.
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