POZ June 1999
POZ June 1999
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
Beyond Condoms
How to create a gay men’s culture of sexual health
Beyond Condoms: Introduction
The marriage of gay men and condoms is a tormented one.
Beyond Condoms: Life After Latex
Microbicides weren’t our dad’s safe sex. But for us, they’re just a shout away.
Inside the Issue
Afterimage
Muna Tseng’s last dance with her older brother, photographer Tseng Kwong Chi
Ouch! Stop the Pain
Patients don’t want to talk about it. Doctors don’t want to hear about it. What’s going on?
Catching Up With . . . Jim Howley
(POZ December 1994/January 1995)
Drag King
Peter McWilliams is a writer blocked.
Queen of Hearts
Lady Catiria says goodbye—for now
S.O.S.
I have been interested in issues of corporate social responsibility since I started investing in start-up ventures.
To the Editor
I received your issue on pets the very day my 14-year-old dog died in my arms.
Hypodermic Hysteria
Urban legends in the age of AIDS
Streethearts
The Thelma and Louise of AIDS outreach
POZarazzi: Party Poop
Movers, shakers and troublemakers
Frogs Out of Hot Water
Top Frenchies won’t fry in blood debacle
Clip ’n’ Save
Foreskin risk not clear-cut
Swing Vote
Sex poll picks trend-setters
Think Stink
AIDS ed goes for the nose
“WeHo” Heave Ho
3,000 sigs would dub West Hollywood “Safer Sex City”
Little Rocked
Arkansas doc fired for HIV
Say What
“Not all of the Phelps children have remained loyal to the family.”
Obits
Anthony Castiglione, 41; Lawrence Steger, 37; John Thomas, 51
Patriot Games
Star Wars eclipses war on AIDS in Clinton’s 2000 budget
Policy Permutations
Need insurance? Yesterday’s legal triumph may be tomorrow’s trouble.
Ghost Reader
A dead author watches over his manuscript’s completion
Show & Tell
What’s your sign?
Rescue 3-8-7
PWAs need salvage therapy, and Abbott’s new protease fits the bill. If only?
Dose Encounters
She got clean with a little help from her meth.
Nurse a Grudge
This goddess deserves a little tender loving caregiver
A Bum Rap
In the pain-in-the-ass sweeps, anal warts gives AIDS a run for its money.
Where There’s Smoke...
Physicians tend to harangue their cigarette-smoking patients with HIV to “just quit,” citing the familiar long-term health risks.
Feelin’ No Pain
People in recovery can take pain meds safely
Tranny Time
Support services for positive TGs
Where to Find It
Start preparing now for life after latex.
Get Over It
Free advice and a shot of attitude for sun- and sleep-seekers
Volunteers Wanted
HIV positives needed to test a drug that could destroy your hips, thin your bones, mess up your toenails, keep your penis limp (men) and...
Not Your Typical Tearjerker
Cry me a river—right into the drug pipeline.
Displace Dysplasia
Women with HIV can now add to their Pap smears another crucial early warning system for cervical cancer.
Prevention Extension
People are talking, and what they want to know is “If my CD4s go above 200 on HAART, can I quit my PCP prophylaxis?”
Posterboy Always Rings Twice
Joey DiPaolo is back with bells on
Sense and Sinsemilla
Drug warriors take a big hit on medical marijuana
POZ Picks
The one thing more romantic than Paris in the spring is Paris in the spring with Virginie Ledoyen.
Aunt Evelyn’s Letters
For our June issue, artist Barton Benes collaborates with his late friend Ruth Truth, a confirmed cross-dresser, and his late Aunt Evelyn.
