I've read these posts with interest and it has made me think of another group not yet mentioned...
What about neg guys who lie and say they are poz? Is this a group we should consider and what percentage of guys might comprise it? Should we encourage this behavior or disown it?
On the one hand, it is clearly a lie and often times done intentionally to mislead someone and thereby seemingly unethical. However, I can also see how this could be an important last step for a chaser going forward. If they are able to own HIV by thinking of themselves as a "poz" man and be comfortable with that and what goes with it, then perhaps that would be the clearest sign for us and them that they really are ready for conversion. And if they really are owning this status and thinking of themselves in this way, would it really matter if they were still technically neg?
I guess the larger question is when we talk about chasers and guys who claim to really want it, is this something we should encourage them to do as a way of figuring out if they can handle being poz?