Out of the Closet, Into the Clinic: LGBT STD Statistics. By the year 2000, reported cases of syphilis had fallen to an all-time low of 2.1 cases for every 100,000 people in the U.S.

By 2013, the rate had more than doubled to 5.3 cases per 100,000 people, with men accounting for 91 percent of all cases. Gay and bisexual men account for the majority of those cases of syphilis (nearly 75 percent), serving as just one example of the increased risk of STD infection experienced by bisexual people, men especially.

The Clinic: LGBT STD Statistics. LGBT STDs - Increased Risk Of STD Infection. Higher rates of STDs.

Men who have sex with men - STDs mainly affect gays or bisexual - have a higher risk of contracting an STD. Bisexual women have a higher risk of contracting HIV than women who have sex with women exclusively. It is easier to contract HIV if a syphilis infection is present because of the elevated levels of white blood cells released by the immune system to fight off the syphilis infection.

LGBT STD Statistics. By the year 2000, reported cases of syphilis had fallen to an all-time low of 2.1 cases for every 100,000 people in the U.S.

By 2013, the rate had more than doubled to 5.3 cases per 100,000 people, with men accounting for 91 percent of all cases. Gay and bisexual men account for the majority of those cases of syphilis (nearly 75 percent), serving as just one example of the increased risk of STD infection experienced by bisexual people, men especially.