On Tha Low

           For the past couple of years, there has been a epidemic, which is "on tha low" or "down low/DL guys". Well the the word downlow/DL means to keep things on the hush hush or private. Then the second part of the phrase is the behavior of men who have sex with other men as well as women and who do not identify as gay or bisexual.
           Ok, so I know your thinking, "what the h*ll?". But yes people they are out there. These men cheat on their wife/girlfriends with other men. They don't tell their spouses a thing. They live a double life in most cases. They may even have a family at home, but they may sneak out and tell their wives or girls that there going to the bar with their boys, but little do their wives/gf's know, they are about to go shake their butts at a gay club....lol... This term has been associated with African American men the most.
          The messed up parts are that they are cheating, then it just happens to be a man..smh. Lastly the most hurtful part out of this little escapade is that they can bring back HIV/AIDS to their innocent wives/gf's that had no idea about this other life of theirs.
           The issue captured wide media attention in the early 2000's after articles on the issue were reported in newspapers like The New York Times. These reports showed America the correlation between the spread of HIV to straight African-American women by their down low partners.

           In 2004 an author named J.L. King, appeared on Oprah to talk about his life on the down low. He latered published a book called On the Down Low.