The gay men online who get off on seeking HIV infection (“bug chasers”) aren’t exactly known for their thoughtful introspection. After all, they are eroticizing something that works exactly once — and ...

A controversial sexual fetish where people actively seek to contract HIV has been explored in a Channel 4 documentary. It’s a Sin actor Nathaniel J Hall, from Manchester, investigated the world of ...

Despite being fairly well read on sexually extreme behaviour, it wasn’t until relatively recently that I came across the terms ‘bug chasing’ and ‘pozzing’. Both of these slang terms refer to the ...

'It’s a Sin' actor Nathaniel Hall investigates the world of ‘bug chasing’, an extreme and controversial sexual fetish where people actively seek to contract HIV. The actor meets a 'chaser', a man who ...

Q: I went on to the Drudge Report today and read something that must be a bunch of shit or a complete hoax: “MAG: 25% OF NEW HIV-INFECTED GAY MEN SOUGHT OUT VIRUS, SAYS SAN FRAN HEALTH OFFICIAL.” It ...

Q: Your recent column about gay “bug-chasers” was boring. No one cares whether gay guys want to infect themselves with AIDS! While you may be gay, most of your readers are not. Write about straight ...

Experts have warned about a new craze in which men are secretly seeking and spreading HIV. The reckless practice, known as bug chasing, started in the US as a bizarre means of getting ¬sexual ...

Too stupid, too reckless — and too old and too tired. The gay world was roiled by “bug chasers” (HIV-negative gay men who were trying to get themselves infected) and “gift givers” (HIV-positive ...

The comment re “bug chasing” by POZ editor Walter Armstrong is nauseating in its lack of insight (“When ‘The Gift’ Is HIV,” by Robert W. Welkos, Jan. 11).: “I just think the ‘gift giving’ and ‘bug ...

Before we get to your question, SLUT, I’d like to say a few words to the folks out there, gay and straight, who want the whole bug-chasing subject to go away. (Straights want it to go away because ...