I think the thing to remember is that you're playing a game that is the sexual version of Russian roulette. It's your life. While this is good advice for anyone who is sexually active, it is not something that everyone can follow. There is a disproportionate number of homeless youths who identify themselves as homosexuals or transsexuals, said Michael Haley, program organizer for the Minneapolis Youth Diversion Program. The instances of HIV infection are not going down in the homeless population.
College students have a lot more access to the information.
Young people on the streets end up exchanging sex sometimes for basic needs, Haley said. There's not a lot of negotiation about condoms when it is a survival thing, he said.