Bug Chasers

juju · 01-30-2004, 09:45 PM

I don't know how I missed this, because apparently it's been going on for a long while.

Apparently, there are people in gay community who <i>want</i> to get HIV. In fact, there's a whole subculture that idolizes and erotocizes it. Those people who want aids are called "Bug Chasers", and those that are willing to give it to someone are called "Gift Givers". Here's an article about it. It's a fairly long read, but certainly worth reading.

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Condoms and safe sex are openly ridiculed on bug-chasing Web sites, with many bug chasers rebelling against what they see as the dogma of safe-sex education; constantly thinking about a deadly disease takes all the fun out of sex, they say, and condoms suck. Carlos agrees and says getting HIV will make safe sex a moot point. "It's about freedom," he says. "What else can happen to us after this? You can fuck whoever you want, fuck as much as you want, and nothing worse can happen to you. Nothing bad can happen after you get HIV."

xoxoxoBruce · 01-30-2004, 10:01 PM

The straight community doesn't have a corner on stupidity. I suppose they'll want a free clinic to care for them too.

elSicomoro · 01-30-2004, 11:05 PM

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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
The straight community doesn't have a corner on stupidity.

You're not serious, are you?

Too bad we can't deny medical care to these folks...

Griff · 01-31-2004, 09:25 AM

Was that Bug Chasing or Chasing Buggers?

wolf · 01-31-2004, 10:47 AM

I heard about this article somewhere ... talk radio, most likely. I just forget who was talking about it ... Rollye James, maybe.

I don't know if I can say anything other than I'm horrified.

Elspode · 01-31-2004, 10:48 AM

Incredible. Why don't they just kill themselves now and save all the suffering? Haven't these idiots ever seen *anything* about how unbelieveably horrible a slow death from AIDS is?

xoxoxoBruce · 01-31-2004, 11:39 AM

I have a feelin they see the outpouring of sympathy in the community and want to be the object of it.

01-30-2004, 10:01 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The straight community doesn't have a corner on stupidity. I suppose they'll want a free clinic to care for them too. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-31-2004, 09:25 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	apologizing in advance Was that Bug Chasing or Chasing Buggers? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-31-2004, 10:47 AM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I heard about this article somewhere ... talk radio, most likely. I just forget who was talking about it ... Rollye James, maybe. I don't know if I can say anything other than I'm horrified. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-31-2004, 10:48 AM	#6
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Incredible. Why don't they just kill themselves now and save all the suffering? Haven't these idiots ever seen anything about how unbelieveably horrible a slow death from AIDS is? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-31-2004, 11:39 AM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I have a feelin they see the outpouring of sympathy in the community and want to be the object of it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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