POZ March 2000
POZ March 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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Woman on the Verge
Or, You Can Have My Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors When You Pry Them From My Dead, Cold Fingers
Inside the Issue
The River Runs Through It
Contaminated polio vaccines started AIDS in Africa in the ’50s. A National Enquirer headline? No.
The Jelly Revolution
If a new crew of activists has its way, a slew of topical goops and jams just may be the solution to stop the spread of HIV.
Let’s Dance
Who says AIDS can’t make you kick up your heels?
Publisher’s Letter
We have something in common, and it’s not just HIV.
Mailbox
“Both Sides Now” was absolutely fantastic.
Catching Up With...
(POZ March 1999)
Call The Cops
With the defeat of efforts to lift the federal ban on syringe swaps, clean-needle pushers are learning that all politics is local.
Say What?
“Give ’em dirty needles and let ’em die. I don’t understand why we think it’s important to keep [junkies] alive.”
Big Bro
The CDC recommendations of requiring all states to report the names of people who test HIV positive shocked the many in the AIDS community.
Chew the Stat
The United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) released new stats just in time for the yearly World AIDS Day media feeding frenzy.
NEG/POS
Giving condoms to teens in sex ed was more successful than an abstinence-only curriculum and did not contribute to youth having sex sooner.
Trade Route To Riot
The media dubbed it the Battle of Seattle. More than 50,000 wildly colorful, mostly peaceful demonst
Bookmark This
These two have been accused of being all about AIDS, all the time.
Nana’s Natural Remedy
It is just after World AIDS Day when I meet up with Nana Makhanya, a sangoma, or traditional healer, in Cape Town, South Africa.
Underground Railroad
U.S. 90 runs alongside the swamps and bayous of southern Louisiana. The old highway makes a picture-perfect Sunday drive.
Milestones
AIDS and Adolescents Network of New York (AANNY) comes to an end
The Body Politic
Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura wrestles with AIDS and pins the feds to the mat in a chat with Doug Ireland.
High Crimes
Lillian Thiemann was once bad news in a dark alley. Now she’s shooting from the hip about her life after “the life.”
Low Blows
Nondisclosing HIVers are being sent to the slammer for having sex. Arthur S. Leonard tracks a terrifying trend.
Trip The Light Magnificent
Actor Judith Light shines hers on these dark days for activism and shares Wit and wisdom with POZ Deputy Editor Jeff Hoover.
Relatively Speaking
In the soup when it came time to do the disclosure deed with Big Mama and her big tribe, LeRoy Whitfield asks, “Is HIV-infected blood st...
A Tricky Combination
To unlock the secret of maximizing antidepressant and antiretroviral power, the right combo is key
Beat The Blues
It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to defeat depression. But you do have to get yourself help.
Down But Not Out
Stephen Gendin enters the valley of depression and starts the climb back.
Comfort Zone
After a year of taking my meds, people began to comment on how skinny my arms and legs were.
Tendergroin District
Jock itch isn’t just for bullies anymore
The Matrix
Picture a traffic light that directs HIV into and out of the cells where the virus does its dirty wo
Beyond Eradication
Top AIDS researcher Anthony Fauci sees the future in planned med breaks and immune boosters
Herb Of The Month
Panax Ginseng
ddIDay
Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain: Too many HIVers accept these as business as usual—a bad idea
3.29.89: Fine Toon
I became a cartoonist because of Garry Trudeau, and the three panels above are a good example of why.
