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It never occurs to me that HIV positive can be romanticized in a way that it has become a life style that young gay men pursue nowadays. I was shocked and deeply disturbed after watching “The Gift” at Sundance channel last night. Those so called “bugchasers” voluntarily seek to be infected and celebrate it in “conversion” parties. It somehow reminds me what some tribe boys used to do in order to entering their adulthood. Is there a really ritualistic significance to become HIV positive in gay community or there’s something else? The documentary presented two case studies, of which one guy is a small town boy, who desperately tries to make friends and fits in; the other guy is a playboy in his 30’s, who spent most of his time partying hard. One thing strikes me is that when AIDS pandemic started in 70’s, this generation of gay men was yet to be born. They grew up in an era when AIDS seemingly becomes a manageable disease, and the clock of death stopped ticking. Furthermore, over the years the society as a whole has unintentionally helped to hide the ugly reality of HIV positive. A lot of AIDS PR campaigns are actually glorifying the gay life style rather than alarming the gay community of the disease. Unlike the generation before them, this generation have never seen their loved ones dead in front of them. They’re doomed by their ignorance and stupidity.

"For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die" – Romans 8:13