I highly doubt the HIV figures among the gay community in Penang are signficantly lower than they are in Bangkok.
But even if they were, say, 5% compared to the claimed 30% here, would you have any different advice for them? I hope not, because all it would mean is that one in 20 of their contacts in Penang would be HIV positive compared to 1 in 3 in Bangkok.
In other words, big deal! Even if they had only one contact a month, it would still take them less than two years to run into an HIV+ sex partner in Penang...and they're still dead if they are unsafe.
Bottom line: if they're doing anything unsafe in Penang that they're also doing in Bangkok, they're dead meat. They have to be safe in both places, and with whomever they fuck -- I don't care if it's a prostitute, a virgin schoolboy, or Mother Theresa. Make sure they understand that, then show them the time of their lives in Bangkok without fear and without guilt.
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