The bug chasing phenomenon has existed since the early days of the HIV crisis. They’re men who deliberately seek out sex partners who want to get infected - or infect others - with HIV. These aren’t men who have unprotected sex with other men simply because they enjoy it, or because they’re in committed relationships. The 36-year-old, to whom Vocativ spoke on the condition of anonymity, is HIV-positive and an active member of a small subset of men known as bug chasers. “Bug chasing guys get my attraction,” writes a Twitter user with the handle Arab Poz Guy, “because they crave what I have.” What he has is HIV.
