What happened to Kenboy?

According to his Facebook page, Kenboy died August 22, 2017. A group of older men, who did not get HIV on their own volition, explain how they lost a lot of their friends and lovers to HIV, and how they do not want a relationship because they do not want their boyfriend having to bury them too.

What is a POZ fetish?

I suggest that within the gay male community, the same dynamic operates with the POZ fetish; that is a sexual attraction to HIV and those infected.

What does POS mean on Grindr?

Slang. piece of shit (a euphemistic initialism used to avoid explicit vulgarity).

What does NSA mean on Grindr?

No Strings Attached
NSA: This stands for ‘No Strings Attached’. This is when people are looking for a relationship sans the commitment. This is almost like an open relationship, but it does not always mean that people in a NSA relationship will also be seeing other people.

What does FWB stand for on tinder?

friend with benefits
A fwb or friend with benefits is a friend someone occasionally has casual sex with.

What is bugchasers?

It is a form of self-harm. Bugchasers seek sexual partners who are HIV-positive for the purpose of having unprotected sex and becoming HIV-positive; giftgivers are HIV-positive individuals who comply with the bugchasers’ efforts to become infected with HIV.

What is bugchasing—and how did it start?

The precise origins of bugchasing—the pursuit of HIV infection—are largely unknown, with its inception located either at the beginning of the AIDS crisis or closer to the 1990s. But it existed by at least 1997, when Newsweek published an article about the subject, followed soon after by Rolling Stone in 2003.

What is bugchasing and why do men do it?

Bugchasers are men who have sex with men that purposely seek out or intend to seek out HIV infection. Since little is understood about bugchasing in general, the motivations for the behavior remain largely undefined. However, there are four common motivating explanations for the practice.

What is bugchasing in HIV?

Bugchasing. Bugchasing, also known in slang as charging, is the practice, typically among gay men or men who have sex with men, of pursuing sexual activity with HIV-positive individuals in order to contract HIV. Individuals engaged in this activity are referred to as bugchasers. It is a form of self-harm.