POZ September 1998
POZ September 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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Talking ’Bout Their Generation
Young, positive and proud: The new faces of AIDS activism send you back to school
Inside the Issue
Youth to Youth
Educating Peers on the Front Lines of HIV
Bargaining Power
Safer Sex and Survival on the Streets of New York
Growing Up in Public
Justin LiGreci is a typical 15-year-old -- give or take AIDS, a $20 million lawsuit and a mom on a mission
Liver Worst
Once neglected, hepatitis C finally has PWAs talking, testing and treating
Family Tree
Hep C’s siblings
Blood Lines
Hep C’s spread
S.O.S.
After only two weeks off therapy, my viral load skyrocketed from undetectable to over a million.
To the Editor
“As a gay man, I’m very disappointed and, frankly, disgusted with your June 1998 issue.”
And on the 7th Day...
In July, New York City strap-hangers were privy to the nation’s first-ever public ad campaign
In the Sack
HIV gets testy in the testes
Vertex Vortex
Drug ads steal activist thunder
Pump and Grind
Loose lips sink biceps
Baby Gap
Lawsuit demands 72 hours
You Can’t Touch This
Doc rubs nurse wrong way
Aloe Can You Go?
Peddler pushes plant’s perks
Death by Bureaucracy
PWA said HMO made him do it
Bubonic Tonic
Proof’s in the plague
Say What
How Many Monicas?“Anonymity here is airtight: As the [Central Park Medical Associates] office
All Apologies
The odd one out looks back on his wonder years
Plenty of Nothing
No drugs, no care, no support for Nicaragua’s PWAs
Rough Cuts
Two positive young women create a moving picture
POZ Picks
Johnson & Johnson may wish for “No more tears” after the release of Fried’s bombshell.
Spin and Needles
Clinton & Co. declare war on IV drug users
No Miss Manners
Dan Savage’s down-and-dirty sex advice is not for the PG crowd
HIV Confidential
Undercover at your job? Watch those interoffice memos!
Making a Scene
Spring flings: From a Broadway benefit to a White House political funeral
Obits
Claude Gibney, 47; Jeffrey Lettow, 43; Charles Milhaupt, 48
Presidential Nemesis
For Steve Michael, activism was stronger than death
Are the Kids Alright?
From right-wing lobbies to lax enforcement, HIV prevention is up against the wall in public schools across America
Kid Gloves
And in this corner, weighing in with hemophilia and HIV...
Prime-Time Lives
She says he kidnapped their daughters, he says he had to save them
Don’t Make Me Over
Why we are more than our genes
Confessions of a Jerk
And the man that got away
Life Lessons
A teenage River went looking for love in all the wrong places
Quality Time
It’s a cliche that adults tend to forget what it was like to be young.
Valuable Kitchen Tool
Staying Healthy With Nutrition
Better Safe Than Sushi
The raw deal
The Heart of the Matter
First reports linking protease drugs and heart disease
To C or Not to C
A powerful antioxidant gets a bum rap
The Circle Game
How one teen gets by with a little help from her relatives
Youth on Drugs
For adolescents taking antiretrovirals, counseling and peer support for adherence are key
Uncertain-teens
Drug dosage divergences
Making the Grade
Quality examination and care of adolescents with HIV
Finger on the Pulses
A Chinese medicine practitioner reads Sean’s yin and yang
Fountain of Youth
Sources of HIV information and inspiration for teens
Where to find it
Do you have questions or concerns regarding New York’s mandatory HIV testing program?
Reality Check
Sean Sasser finds the future in a city from his past
Leftovers
All this one neighbor does, is bring me leftovers after a party
