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The Gift of Death
With the celebration of World Aids Day on 1 December around the corner with this years’ theme “Universal Access & Human Rights” I decided to engage some people on this topic. During one such discussion the bizarre phenomenon of deliberate HIV infection was brought to my attention. I faintly recall hearing of this a few years ago (in 2003), but thought it was an isolated incident; with further exploration I discovered to my horror it is still being practiced. This phenomenon is called Bug Chasing.

Homophobic Homos?
Recently coming across a YouTube video by a young man talking about homophobic gay guys not only had me intrigued but also quite troubled. In this video he spoke about how in the last 2 years (after coming out of the closet) he has come across more homophobic gay guys than straight guys. He further put forth his own analysis of this phenomenon. He just being 22, I must admit although he’s very cute and my natural gay instinct was to stare at his lovely topless body I did pay attention the video’s content. Although I disagree with a few points he made, the fundamental question raised is interesting. Are there really homophobic gay guys out there?

Hate Mail
After my recent post "The Abomination of Humanity" that dealt with the hate mail I receive on a regular basis I decided to publish some of these mails on my blog. The normal "burn in hell" and "fuck you faggot" mails I decided to ignore, and rather only publish ones that have an inkling of intelligence. So here is one that was sent to me via Facebook:

Am I a Stepford Fag?
Having had the last couple of months fly past so many things have changed in my life. This year the process of changing jobs, buying a new house and now trying to sell our current home, my now relentless work schedule and numerous other events has left me little time to sit back and reflect on my life. However, today in the car on my way home a conversation regarding the way we viewed life when we were in your twenties forced me to sit back and reflect on my life now that I am in thirties. As I measured how my life has changed since I was 20 and how different it is than what I expected, I came to ask myself a shocking question – Have I become a Stepford Fag?

The Abomination of Humanity
Since I started this blog I have addressed some contentious issues. Some topics caused quite a stir especially amongst a few fanatical Christians. Dealing with Homophobia, Discrimination, AIDS, Racism and even how we as a gay community discriminate amongst ourselves, the backlash was expected but the resulting hate mails caught my off guard at first. Later, as I wrote about topics that I knew could be controversial I anticipated receiving the nasty onslaught of hate in my inbox and they never disappointed. But with my latest Halloween article, being a light-hearted and a fun piece the hate mail I received left me flabbergasted. How could such an “innocent”