POZ August 2000
POZ August 2000
In every issue, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
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Feature
The Miseducation of Nushawn Williams
In 1997, his face was plastered across Chautauqua County, NY. Now, the “AIDS monster” grapples with love, sex, crime and even responsibility
Inside the Issue
Smear Tactics
Studies show that if you’re HIV positive, you’re more vulnerable to cervical and anal cancer.
America’s Most Unwanted
POZ coducts the first-ever national survey of new HIV-transmission crimes.
Stranger Than Fiction
The roots of imaginative literature about AIDS lie in the rage and despair of the crisis years.
The Bottom Line
If you heard that in the past decade there was a 34-fold increase in any potentially deadly illness among PWAs, you’d be worried.
Treat Your Cervix Well
Brenda was 25 years old and six months pregnant when she learned she had HIV in December 1996. Two months later, she felt a bump on her outer...
Anal Alphabet
Your anal Pap smear report will contain one of the following classifications:
Editor’s Letter
Should people with HIV protect their sex partners from the virus?
Mailbox
I’ve been a POZ reader for three-plus years, and I’ve truly enjoyed your magazine.
He The People
Kiyoshi Kuromiya1943-2000
All My Children
John and Mary just wanted to help.
NEG/POS
Hawaii’s legislature was the first state to pass a med-pot bill in April.
Skin To Skin
Two gay guys have sex without a condom and it’s called a subculture.
Say What?
“It’s not fair!”
Monkey Business
Primarily Primates, a San Antonio–based nonprofit, created a retirement community for exotic animals in 1978.
Calling All Dykes
We know there are HIVer lesbian and bisexual women out there.
Live Boys!
Webcams have become de rigueur, and with them, gay men showing off their naked bodies—some even for free.
Cyber HIVerite
We’ve had it with watching bratty college kids play out their issues on TV and the Internet, right?
One-Man Wonders
Single-performer shows have indeed become the vehicle for the “stories between the songs” of commercial behemoths like Cats and Miss Saigo...
Sound Byte
Ever imagine the Heart sisters singing Joni Mitchell over a lush chamber-orchestra arrangement? Or Cyndi Lauper channeling Marvin Gaye?
Catching Up With...
(POZ, May 1999)
The Breakfast Club
Port Authority is full of queers on this late-April Friday night.
21st-Century Fox
The new head of AIDS Action, the staid (some say stale) lobby group for AIDS service organizations, promises congressional clout and fresh ide...
Across the Digital Divide
After these web gabbers gave the OK, Gene Chance of HIVstraight.com sent POZ this excerpt of a recent chat on his site.
Arch Enemies
The other ACT UP has declared war on the entire AIDS community. Martin Delaney, a veteran of their violence, is mad as hell and he’s not going...
The Hole Truth
Stephen Gendin goes in for a Pap smear and comes out with a date for surgery.
Cheap Shots
Five drug-makers prescribe treatment availability for Africa. Dave Gilden says, “Put your R&D where your mouth is.”
Gimme a Break!
Strategic Treatment Interruptions—a.k.a. drug holidays—are the new dream destination. But are they for everyone? Keith Henry...
Comfort Zone - August 2000
I get these metal pill cases from Kitchen Market, a burrito place on Eighth Avenue.
Lawnmower Man
Is the grass greener after Sean Strub’s second drug holiday? Whether it revved up his immune system is too soon to tell.
Sign of the Times
Just as the ancient Greeks had their tricky Trojan Horse, HIV apparently has its own stealth weapon inside enemy territory.
Plantar’s Punch
Sure, that podiatrist is pretty—but pricey! Let Nursie take a peek at that wicked wart on your footsie first.
Herb of the Month - August 2000
Yohimbe
Crack the Combination
My CD4 count is at 400 and falling, so I’ve decided to start antiretroviral treatment. Which drug regimen is best?
Damsels in De-Stress
Better unearth that therapist’s phone number at the bottom of your things-to-do pile.
Fire Escape
HIV stigma causes the Ray brothers, three kids living with hemophilia and HIV in Arcadia, Florida, to have their home torched.
