
Bugchasing (or Bug chasing) is a term, invented in the 1990s, for the fetish of a small minority of gay men for becoming infected with HIV. Whilst doubts have been raised about the existence of the phenomenon, various gay websites (such as Gaydar) have chat rooms devoted to bugchasers (sometimes known as ''seekers'', looking for ''"gift givers"''), who are looking specifically to have unprotected sex with HIV-positive men, and to become HIV+ by receiving ''"pozcum"'' in a ''"fuck of death"''. According to some sources, there have even been ''"conversion parties"'' where people have gathered together to pursue their goal. It is thought that some men wish to become infected with HIV because they feel guilty (or even left out) because many of their friends are HIV-positive or because they feel fatalism about becoming HIV-positive and want to stop worrying about when they might become infected ordinarily. Many gay men, particularly seropositive gay men, look down on bugchasers with disdain, as being delusional or simply not understanding that modern antiviral therapy is incredibly expensive, can still have painful and unpleasant Adverse effect (medicine)s, and does not cure or ultimately stop the progression of the disease. Some gay men are also concerned that bugchasers might "give the gay community a bad name". Writer/film director Daniel Bort made a 2003 in film short film called ''Bugchaser'', which premièred at the 16th Annual Austin, Texas Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, on the subject, shot mainly in New York City sex clubs. In an interview with the ''Austin Chronicle'', he explained: ''"The matter-of-fact declarations of a string of articulate, apparently nonsensical people … affected me tremendously. I had to find out the reasons why such individuals will seek suicide in this almost symbolic way."'' At the Austin G&L Film Festival, the film was shown with an accompanying documentary film ''The Gift'' by Louise Hogarth. Also in 2003, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine printed an article by a freelance journalist Gregory Freeman entitled "Bug Chasers: The men who long to be HIV+", which provoked a storm of controversy, mainly for the statistics given in the article, which suggested that the practice might be relatively common. There seems to be little evidence, however, that bugchasing is the practice of anything but a very small minority. The reliability of that article is also questioned, as it cited only two sources. One, who claimed that as many as 25% of HIV+ men had contracted it on purpose, gave his information anonymously. The other source was a doctor who, when confronted, denied the quotes attributed to him in the article. The issue is, more recently, being taken seriously by medical health promotion bodies, such as the Centers for Disease Control, which hosted a workshop by Dr Michael Graydon of Carleton University, Ottawa, on the topic at the 2004 National Sexually-transmitted disease Prevention Conference. == See also == * Barebacking == External links == * [http://gaylife.about.com/cs/gay101/a/bugparties.htm Bug Chasers and Gift Giver Parties] from [http://www.about.com/ About.com] * [http://www.cbc.ca/disclosure/archives/0111_russianroulette/russianroulette.html Russian Roulette], an article by CBC, first broadcast on November 20, 2001 * [http://www.aegis.com/news/misc/2003/PN030901.html Bugchasers — myth or reality?] from ''Positive Nation'' magazine, September 10, 2003 * [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/5939950? Bug Chasers: The men who long to be HIV+] — the ''Rolling Stone'' article * [http://www.mtv.com/onair/ffyr/protect/news_feature_04_11_03.jhtml MTV.com on the ''Rolling Stone'' article] * [http://www.planetout.com/news/article.html?2003/01/24/3 PlanetOut.com on the ''Rolling Stone'' article] * [http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2003/jan03/jan20/5_fri/news5friday.html ''Media Life'' magazine on the ''Rolling Stone'' article], January 24, 2003 * [http://www.salon.com/opinion/sullivan/2003/01/24/rolling/ Salon.com article on the ''Rolling Stone'' article], by Andrew Sullivan * * [http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/921521/posts FreeRepublic.com article about the documentary ''The Gift''] * [http://www.thecinematicverses.com/reviews/thegift.html CinematicVerses.com review of documentary ''The Gift''] * [http://www.aidshealth.org/newsroom/news/N022703c.htm AIDS Health.org interview with the creator of the documentary ''The Gift''] * [http://www.advocate.com/html/poll/908_results.asp Poll and commentary] on ''The Advocate''' s website
* [http://www.cdc.gov/std/2004STDConf/D-OralSympWorkAbstracts.htm Abstracts for the 2004 National STD Prevention Conference, including Dr Graydon's workshop]
* [http://www.somalit.com/The_Bug_Chaser.html The Bug Chaser] — a short story about a bugchasing gay man
* [http://www.horrorquarterly.com/issues/blood-horror/blood-horror-stories/bug-chaser-alex-severin-hertzan-chimera.html Bug Chaser] — another short story. Warning: contains explicit sex scenes and strong language
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Bugchasing (or Bug chasing) is a term, invented in the 1990s, for the fetish of a small minority of gay men for becoming infected with HIV. Whilst doubts have been raised about the existence of the phenomenon, various gay websites (such as Gaydar) have chat rooms devoted to bugchasers (sometimes known as ''seekers'', looking for ''"gift givers"''), who are looking specifically to have unprotected sex with HIV-positive men, and to become HIV+ by receiving ''"pozcum"'' in a ''"fuck of death"''. According to some sources, there have even been ''"conversion parties"'' where people have gathered together to pursue their goal. It is thought that some men wish to become infected with HIV because they feel guilty (or even left out) because many of their friends are HIV-positive or because they feel fatalism about becoming HIV-positive and want to stop worrying about when they might become infected ordinarily. Many gay men, particularly seropositive gay men, look down on bugchasers with disdain, as being delusional or simply not understanding that modern antiviral therapy is incredibly expensive, can still have painful and unpleasant Adverse effect (medicine)s, and does not cure or ultimately stop the progression of the disease. Some gay men are also concerned that bugchasers might "give the gay community a bad name". Writer/film director Daniel Bort made a 2003 in film short film called ''Bugchaser'', which premièred at the 16th Annual Austin, Texas Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, on the subject, shot mainly in New York City sex clubs. In an interview with the ''Austin Chronicle'', he explained: ''"The matter-of-fact declarations of a string of articulate, apparently nonsensical people … affected me tremendously. I had to find out the reasons why such individuals will seek suicide in this almost symbolic way."'' At the Austin G&L Film Festival, the film was shown with an accompanying documentary film ''The Gift'' by Louise Hogarth. Also in 2003, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine printed an article by a freelance journalist Gregory Freeman entitled "Bug Chasers: The men who long to be HIV+", which provoked a storm of controversy, mainly for the statistics given in the article, which suggested that the practice might be relatively common. There seems to be little evidence, however, that bugchasing is the practice of anything but a very small minority. The reliability of that article is also questioned, as it cited only two sources. One, who claimed that as many as 25% of HIV+ men had contracted it on purpose, gave his information anonymously. The other source was a doctor who, when confronted, denied the quotes attributed to him in the article. The issue is, more recently, being taken seriously by medical health promotion bodies, such as the Centers for Disease Control, which hosted a workshop by Dr Michael Graydon of Carleton University, Ottawa, on the topic at the 2004 National Sexually-transmitted disease Prevention Conference. == See also == * Barebacking == External links == * [http://gaylife.about.com/cs/gay101/a/bugparties.htm Bug Chasers and Gift Giver Parties] from [http://www.about.com/ About.com] * [http://www.cbc.ca/disclosure/archives/0111_russianroulette/russianroulette.html Russian Roulette], an article by CBC, first broadcast on November 20, 2001 * [http://www.aegis.com/news/misc/2003/PN030901.html Bugchasers — myth or reality?] from ''Positive Nation'' magazine, September 10, 2003 * [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/5939950? Bug Chasers: The men who long to be HIV+] — the ''Rolling Stone'' article * [http://www.mtv.com/onair/ffyr/protect/news_feature_04_11_03.jhtml MTV.com on the ''Rolling Stone'' article] * [http://www.planetout.com/news/article.html?2003/01/24/3 PlanetOut.com on the ''Rolling Stone'' article] * [http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2003/jan03/jan20/5_fri/news5friday.html ''Media Life'' magazine on the ''Rolling Stone'' article], January 24, 2003 * [http://www.salon.com/opinion/sullivan/2003/01/24/rolling/ Salon.com article on the ''Rolling Stone'' article], by Andrew Sullivan * * [http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/921521/posts FreeRepublic.com article about the documentary ''The Gift''] * [http://www.thecinematicverses.com/reviews/thegift.html CinematicVerses.com review of documentary ''The Gift''] * [http://www.aidshealth.org/newsroom/news/N022703c.htm AIDS Health.org interview with the creator of the documentary ''The Gift''] * [http://www.advocate.com/html/poll/908_results.asp Poll and commentary] on ''The Advocate''
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