Sean Crumpler, who owns a hotel in Thailand, stands accused of opening his U.S. home to young gay male runaways (some underage), from whom he exacted sex in exchange for housing. He apparently staged orgies, let his friends in on the action, and allegedly may not have told all of his young, er, guests that he was HIV positive.
I know the LGBT community is up in arms over current laws that criminalize the knowing transmission of HIV, and I'm on board when it comes to something like a person with HIV not telling a sex partner with whom anal sex is not involved, but I wonder if a case like this at least spurs some of those who are so big on personal responsibility to at least stop and revile the accused, presuming he is actually guilty?
So many of these cases involving guys with HIV who have unprotected anal sex with others without telling them, or even telling them specifically that they do not have HIV, result in LGBT commenters reverting to the personal-responsibility argument, as if the guy spreading the virus intentionally is well within his right to do so and is doing nothing wrong. HIV is no big deal, right?
That outlook has to change, even if the way the laws are written also has to change. (Guys going to prison for decades for not disclosing their status even when using condoms???)
Demonizing people with HIV is something to avoid, but so is shrugging off the personal responsibility of the guys deliberately spreading it, no?
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