POZ December 1998
POZ December 1998
In every issue, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
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The Age of Ignorance
Graying HIVers are writing safe-sex work into the retirement plan
Inside the Issue
Reboot Your System
Eradication ’96 crashed. This year’s hope is called remission. If it works, you may be able to quit the cocktail and keep HIV in check.
POZ Annual Givers Guide
1998 was the year of the AIDS backlash. ASOs and HIVers need each other now more than ever.
A Happy Convert
Reverend Tucker preaches to the choir
Working Mom
Whirlwind Marlene Diaz tests the limits
Money Man
Taking stock of the adventures of Tom Swift
You Can Take It With You
The public life of Felix Gonzalez-Torres
LifeStyle Change
Rubber promos get real
Mom Knows Best
State can’t make her give son meds
Foul Ball
Yanks sued by PWA dude
S.O.S
This year’s backlash against PWAs is a direct result of the fact that we’re no longer dying on schedule.
To the Editor
Now that Sean Strub has had his drug vacation, I hope all is well (S.O.S., September 1998)
Knowledge=Power
Larry Kramer’s HIV Treatment Data Project
Don’t Ask, Do Tell?
Neggie nabs 25 grand from unsafe sex with ex
In Your Wildest Steams
Boys in bathhouse talk HIV
Boys in Green
Oakland finds a legal loophole and goes to pot
When This You See
POZ celebrates the work and mourns the loss of our own on a Day With(out) Art.
Ab-Fab Babs
The Funny Girl’s foundation granted $15,000 to San Francisco’s Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) for its HIV initiative.
POZarazzi: Random Harvest
Movers, shakers and troublemakers
Pirate of Penance
No forgiveness for Bubba: Clinton dumped on HIVers once too often
Show and Tell
OK, it’s safe to say that the gift we all want most this season is a cure. But what else would light up the lives of the Positive All-Stars?
hiv and Me
Even long-term nonprogressors get the blues
How Am I?
Don’t ask.
A Bite of the Apple
A Norvir nip gives our intrepid reporter new motivation for staying negative.
Down-and-Dirty Markups
High cost of combos is breaking the bank
Grow Your Own Bacteria
PWAs face plenty of tough health threats, but some are preventable in simple ways that few doctors doctors will suggest to their patients.
The Rx Files
CD-ROM storage system for drug data
Beyond Grapefruit Juice
Foods that mess with combos
Douching Dangers
Viva la bacteria
Therapeutic Vaccine in the Works
Science often seems to offer little hope to HIVers in poorer countries or those unable to tolerate current regimens.
A B.i.d. for Easier Adherence
Besieged by unforgiving pill-popping schedules, many PWAs are wishing for a kinder, gentler regimen:
Nevirapine for Best Head
The limited ability of most antiretrovirals to cross the blood-brain barrier has been a major obstacle to stopping loss of brain cells.
Strong in the Tooth
Take dental care. They’re the only set you get.
Buyers Clubs
Discount drugs and HIV resources for PWAs
Where to Find It
“In Your Wildest Steams”We’ve all got something to blow off. For a list of steamy
Pair of Aces
Marlene and Margaretha Diaz’s prescription for living well
Aunt Evelyn’s Letters
New York City artist Barton Benes saved thousands of letters that his Aunt Evelyn wrote during their daily correspondence in the ’70s.
POZ Picks
Here’s a treasure-trove of classic Gershwin tunes with a little ’90s blue-funk Prozac.
Letter from Sri Lanka: Island Fever
A tropical paradise wakes up late to AIDS
Wrong Way on the ADA
Michigan court flunks HIV discrimination test
Mann of the Hour
A human-rights giant felled in Swissair crash
Obits
Kevin Maye, 36, standup comic and costar of The Gay Comedy Jam, died of AIDS July 25.
Talk to the Hand
Immigrants with HIV are losing benefits—or locked out for good.
