Bugchasing is a fringe practice of pursuing sexual activity with HIV-positive individuals in order to contract HIV. The practice is documented as an extreme subculture among gay males, men who have sex with men and, to a lesser extent, among women. Individuals engaged in this activity are referred to as bugchasers, who seek sexual partners who are HIV-positive for the purpose of having unprotected sex and becoming HIV-positive; giftgivers are HIV-positive individuals who assist the bugchasers' efforts to become infected with HIV.