POZ May 2004
POZ May 2004
In every issue, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
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Features
The POZ Decade-Bare Witness
We collaborated with artist Spencer Tunick—famous for his installations of large groups of naked people—to create our anniversary cover.
The POZ Decade
Our year-by-year chronicle of the HIVers, boons and busts, memories and moments, celeb buzz and buzzwords that made this the AIDS decade.
The POZ Decade-1994
POZ was born into a dark world for PWAs. AIDS deaths were peaking. The Concorde Study had just confirmed that AZT did nothing to slow HIV.
The POZ Decade-1995
Bill Clinton occupied the White House—the first president to court AIDS activists and to boast a boatload of PWA-pleasing promises.
The POZ Decade-1996
It seemed that after 15 years of sickness and death, there were finally drugs that worked.
The POZ Decade-1997
It was called Lazarus Syndrome, and by 1997, many POZ readers were already too familiar with the phenomenon.
The POZ Decade-1998
In the spring of 1998, black AIDS advocates invited themselves to the table.
The POZ Decade-1999
By 1999, however, a genuine barebacking subculture, nurtured by the Internet, had established itself.
The POZ Decade-2000
By 2000, such laments had become daily topics of conversation for HIVers, who debated the price they were paying for lab-number “health.”
The POZ Decade-2001
For those HIVers fortunate enough to access and afford it, HAART grants life—but sometimes at the cost of livelihood.
The POZ Decade-2002
in July 2002, crystal methamphetamine was beginning its second decade as the country’s fastest-growing illegal drug.
The POZ Decade-2003
It should have been the year that we finally took measure of the scourge of global AIDS.
Let’s Talk About Sex
Because in a magazine about surviving HIV, eros and epidemic make fine bedfellows
Star Wars
Gays vs. Straights! Blacks vs. Whites! Politics vs. Science! Let’s replay 10 top AIDS tifts from a decade of life during wartime.
Tributes
We pay homage to the 10 deceased HIVers who once lit up our cover-minus our own beloved Stephen Gendin
Catching Up
Now that you kow what happened to folks like Magic and Mary Fisher, see an update on these POZ cover subjects
Inside the Issue
Founder’s Letter
The power of POZ is in our commitment to tell the truth about the epidemic, no matter how painful or costly.
Mailbox
We treasure most of our 1,169 reader letters, especially the ones that say, “Thank you for being there”— the highest praise possible.
POZ Planet
Come Together Right Now
The following pages of POZ Planet collect accomplishments of days gone by and heroes unnoticed.
10 Unsung Heroes
Proof you needn’t snag an Oscar or Cabinet post to help fight the good fight
Then & Now
What a difference a decade makes. Or does it?
Death Wish
The rise and fall of political funerals
In Sickness & in Health
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times-and all too often, the best had a bad side
In My Life
POZ asked five fearless and world-wise HIVers from around the country to help us celebrate our 10th
Angels & Devils
Heaven-bound or hell-bent? POZ judges the decade’s top-10 saints and sinners
Postscripts From the Edge
Do you remember...?
Where It’s At
POZ maps the decade’s hot and cold spots for HIVers.
Below the Radar
The media’s 10 most-unwanted stories
POZ Partner
The Right Moves
For our 10th anniversary, we offer you a dance card of lists of 10 to make your life with HIV easier, healthier and a little more graceful.
Vital Signs
10 POZ treatment stories that shook our world
Checkup Check-In
Here’s to our “Lab Blab" four who are still going strong
Wish You Were Here?
10 Towns for HIVers
Future Hits
Researchers are targeting 10 steps in HIV’s M.O. to give us new treatments
Future Blocks
10 stubborn obstacles to good treatment for all U.S. HIVers
Top 10 Side Effects
By 2000, sfx, as we dubbed ’em, were causing many HIVers to divorce their combos.
Nurse Knew It All
For years Nurse Know-It-All (a.k.a. Greg Lugliani) kept POZ readers in the pink.
10 More Pills
Nutritional supplements to boost your diet
Fabulously Positive
Being out, loud and proud with HIV may be impossible for some, but more often, we’re afraid of fear itself.
The 10 Wackiest AIDS “Cures"
Derek Thaczuk deals with a deck of dubious debuggers
Backpage
The Gift of Life
Miracles happen, even during the plague.
