University of Manchester provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Why would anybody want to get infected with HIV? That is what most people ask when they first hear about “bug chasing”. In ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

'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 ...

I went onto 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.” Is there ...

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 ...