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posted by Jason Kottke  ·  gift link

Underground culture watch: “bug chasers” are men

Underground culture watch: “bug chasers” are men who are actively looking to get infected with AIDS, or “initiated into the brotherhood”.

Update: When the RS article came out three years ago, it was taken apart by Andrew Sullivan in Salon and by Dan Savage. (thx jonathan, steven, scott, and tycho)