Wanting HIV Is 'Such a Hot Choice

Exploring Bugchasers' Fluid Identities and Online Engagements

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2153302
AutoresJaime García-Iglesias (0000-0002-8841-5635, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume41
Fascículo10
Páginas1232-1243
Data de publicação2020-10-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDeviant Behavior (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0163-9625 • E-ISSN: 1521-0456
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01639625.2019.1606617
OpenAlexW2936618330
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas30

Bugchasers are gay men who fetishize HIV infection and use the internet to discuss their fetish. Previous research considered bugchasers' online engagements as proof of their sexual identities. This paper contests that view the through the exploration of three cases: Scott, a committed bugchaser; Marvin, who uses the internet as 'bugchasing entertainment' but is not a bugchaser; and Milo, whose bugchasing feelings are blurry and evolving. All three men use the internet in diverse significant ways from pure entertainment to it being a key part of their daily life. In presenting and analysing these three cases, this paper complicates identity-based assumptions of bugchasing, and presents ways in which gay men engage with social media in the pursuit of sexual pleasure

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