# Intentional transmission of AIDS

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-transmission-of-aids/717833>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [April 16, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-transmission-of-aids/717833 "2015-04-16T15:08:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nadreck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/82dd89/32.png) [@Nadreck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nadreck)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-transmission-of-aids/717833/1 "2015-04-16T15:08:53Z")

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Interesting that this particular article is brought back now. A few weeks ago, Brazilian press was in an uproar due to the so-called “clube do carimbo” (lit: “rubber-stamp club”), a subculture within the gay community that claims to be doing exactly that: deliberately contaminating sexual partners (by sabotaging condoms etc.)

Check, for instance, this article from a top Brazilian newspaper:

> **[Os homens que passam o HIV de propósito](https://www.estadao.com.br/brasil/os-homens-que-passam-o-hiv-de-proposito/)**
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> Web traz até ‘dicas’ de transmissão

Or you can just google for “clube do carimbo” and see the general repercussion.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-transmission-of-aids/717833/2 "2015-04-19T23:06:20Z")

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Link to original article: Apparently (obviously) “[Have people been intentionally infected with AIDS?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1395/have-people-been-intentionally-infected-with-aids)” by **Jillgat** of the Straight Dope Science Advisory Board, originally published March 30, 1999.