25% OF NEW HIV-INFECTED GAY MEN SOUGHT OUT VIRUS, SAYS SAN FRAN HEALTH OFFICIAL

Drudge Report ^ | January 22, 2002 | Matt Drudge

[Stallone]

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUE JAN 21, 2003 17:59:25 ET XXXXX

MAG: 25% OF NEW HIV-INFECTED GAY MEN SOUGHT OUT VIRUS, SAYS SAN FRAN HEALTH OFFICIAL

New ROLLING STONE Managing Editor Ed Needham is set to hit complete controversy with a 4-page report: "Bug Chasers: The Men Who Secretly Long To Be HIV+."

Filed by Greg Freeman, the shock story claims some men with HIV are deliberately having unprotected sex with those who want to be infected!

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"The men who want the virus are called 'bug chasers,' and the men who freely give them the virus are called 'gift givers.' While the rest of the world fights the AIDS epidemic and most people fear HIV infection, this subculture celebrates the virus and eroticizes it," reports Freeman in the February 6, 2003 edition of ROLLING STONE.

At least twenty-five percent of all newly infected gay men fall into [bug-chasing] category, according to one claim in the "special report".

"In this world, the men with HIV are the most desired, and the bug chasers will do anything to get the virus."

Gay groups "aggressively encouraged" Freeman to drop the article.

One sad passage captures a young man in New York City who wants to be infected:

"His eyes light up as he says that the actual moment of transmission, the instant he gets HIV, will be 'the most erotic thing I can imagine.'"

An infector is quoted as saying: "I'm murdering him in a sense, killing him slowly, and that's sort of, as sick as it sounds, exciting to me."

Most AIDS activists prefer to deny the problem exists to any significant extent, says Dr. Bob Cabaj, director of behavioral-health services for San Francisco County and past president of Gay and Lesbian Medical Association. "They don't want to address that this is really going on."

In a gonzo-journalism ROLLING STONE moment, Cabaj claims at least 25% of all newly infected gay men fall into [bug-chasing] category.

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[Stallone]

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[Maelstrom]

Already posted here and in another thread that has been locked.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/826898/posts

See you on the old thread!

[Robe]

These people should have been quarantined back in 1984-5...but no, they were
responsible people.

Yup, they're responsible all right

[dirtboy]

25% OF NEW HIV-INFECTED GAY MEN SOUGHT OUT VIRUS

I'm actually looking forward to watching gay activists spin this as proof that more money is needed for AIDS education...

[RedBloodedAmerican]

The search function doesn't work.

[wideawake]

I've been told that sodomites fear getting fat or old more than they fear dying young - that they would prefer to live 25 more years as thin and fabulous without having to use condoms, and then "exit" before the ravages of the disease begin overcoming their treatment cocktails.

[xzins]

This ties in directly with the high DIRECT suicide rate among gays and lesbians. There is also an intentional INDIRECT suicide rate.

These folks need help, but they refuse the Lord who would give it.

[vikingcelt]

Since AIDS is an epidemic in so many countries (in particular African countries), does this not make gay men responsible for genocide?

[irish_lad]

If anyone still believes that homosexuality is not an aberrant malady of the human condition they are living in lala land. These people are mentally ill.

[Stallone]

Search for Drudge, HIV, Gay all came up 'negative'.

FYI, this post is not the developing interim tease of Drudge, but the fully posted story breaking hard which includes significantly new information.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

The claim that the number is indeed 25% is unsubstantiated. The 25% claim is made, and then only supported by anecdotal evidence. That even one person would think this way is disturbing, I agree. But that doesn't prove the 25% claim IMHO. Seems like some journalistic bait and switch to me.

[Stallone]

Comment?

[Maelstrom]

search on 25% might work.

Stallone:
Even if it's new information, I think it'll fit right into the old thread.

Heck, I thought that welcoming you there would help ease the transition a bit.

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The number probably isn't 25%, I suspect it's higher.

[Clifdo]

Try WorldNetDaily.com

[RolandBurnam]

well aids has been known to be high risk among gays for some time now. I would consider 100% of new cases to be intentional.

[TheBattman]

Why not, HIV infection is now considered grounds to collect disability pay. It also garners huge quantities of sympathy and attention, especially in California.

[Digger]

I hope you all are happy about how much your health insurance has gone up since we allowed AIDS to be covered. While all of you were out working these 2% of the population perverts were lowering your incomes. You allowed your congress to vote these benefits fot this 2% & you turned around & voted them back in office. Again the "Two-Party Cartel" pulled another one over on you.

[Marauder]

Again the "Two-Party Cartel" pulled another one over on you.

Amen. This is another set of facts that need to be dispersed to your neighbors in order to get them off their duffs and make informed votes in every election.

Term limits are built into the system. We just need to put it to work.