POZ March 1997
POZ March 1997
In every issue of POZ, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
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Features
ACT UP’s First Days
The direct-action group that revolutionized patient advocacy began with strong convictions-of both the political and police variety
Larry Kramer Gets Angry
He’s baaack, madder than ever and taking aim
A Specific Point of View
Gagliostro and Finkelstein translated anger into art
Radiant Radical
Susan Sarandon on AIDS, ACT UP and the difference between boys and girls
Adventures in Brain Chemistry
A diseased pariah dreams of the bluebird of happiness but wakes up with the chicken of despair
Inside the Issue
Cackles, Cauldrons, and Carrots
Lori Cannon Feeds Chicago
Johnny Appleseed
Breakfast, bullets and drugs are religion to John Iverson
The Way To a Man’s Heart
Christophe Martet cooks up some of Paris’ best action
Tools of the Trade
Karen Lyons has a hammer, and she’s knocking down walls in Philadelphia
Life Imitates Art
Coincidence or conspiracy -- you decide
S.O.S.-March 1997
We need grass-roots activism as much today as when ACT UP began
Mailbox-March 1997
“Your latest issue on blood and corporate greed is long-awaited (December 1996/January 1997).”
Notes of a Native Son
New York Native publisher Charles Ortleb is surely the most dogged HIV dissident of our time.
Out in the Cold
Drug users denied needles in needless Alaska study
Cocktail Hour
Activists cry, “Put up your nukes!”
Gallo’s Humor
The virus-hunter loses this round
Vanity Unfair
DMV to biker: “HIV POS” plate? Not!
Uh-Oh, Canada
Sun to set on National AIDS Strategy?
Dental Damns
Tooth tech with HIV gets army boot
School for Scandal
Lambda teaches officials a lesson
’Provide’ Services
New, improved software for ASOs
Goes Around, Comes Around
Karma sinks governor deaf to AIDS convict’s plea
Whatever Happened to Mary Jane
Feds pull rug out from under medical pot research
The Buddy Line
A love song for a fallen fighter
Rebel YELL
ACT UP’s youth make their voices heard
Bull’s Eye
Koch supported Cardinal O’Connor during the 1989 St. Patrick’s demonstration.
Body at Work
An excerpt from Queer and Loathing: Rants and Raves of a Raging AIDS Clone
Alive and Kicking
ACT UP’s still fighting-and it’s more needed than ever
ACTing UP All Over
At ACT UP’s height in 1991, the direct-action movement existed in 54 cities in the United States and Puerto Rico.
Tabling the Situation
Activist Eric Sawyer balances chairs, birth order and brownstones
POZ Picks-March 1997
Sights and sounds-the best in AIDS-related books, music, video, multimedia and theater
5,985 and Counting
Larry Kramer calls for an entirely new system of how drugs are tested
Dead Gorgeous
Is it so wrong to be the picture of health and a PWA?
Sex and the Single Positoid
What’s the mystery of dating a person with HIV? You get along or you don’t
Misplaced Lust
Sometimes feeling empowered isn’t a victory-it’s a consolation
The Anger Channel
Bomb the White House or buy yourself a dozen white roses. But do something
Dose of Reality
A former holistic hardhead finds the best in East and West
Feeling Blue? Much to Do!
A guide to your options for treating depression
Kicking Butt
How to plan a punchy AIDS action
Expand Your Medicine Cabinet
Getting experimental drugs outside clinical trials
Wean on Me
HIV doesn’t tolerate milk, and now perhaps you can’t either
Feeling Queasy? Help is Easy
Try teas, bands, needles or weed
The Right Stuff
Tips for choosing a good multivitamin/mineral tablet
A Load Off His Mind
Sean Strub’s viral load becomes undetectable and his CD4s balloon-but...
Carbo Diem
Mix protein and pasta for the energy you need to seize the day-and first place
Monkey Business
Jeff Getty talks about life after baboons
Taking Action
The armadillo in danger rolls up-and gets run over.
