POZ May 1999
POZ May 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
A POZ Family Album
We’re in a sentimental mood.
POZ 5TH Anniversary Issue: Year One
In his first S.O.S., founder Sean O’Brien Strub sets the goal.
POZ 5TH Anniversary Issue: Year Two
Andrew Sullivan orders up “Larry Kramer With Sugar on Top.”
POZ 5TH Anniversary Issue: Year Three
Jeff Getty tells Bruce Shenitz why he respects doctors who risk his life.
POZ 5TH Anniversary Issue: Year Four
For Larry Kramer, a little “Andrew Sullivan, True Believer,” goes a long way.
POZ 5TH Anniversary Issue: Year Five
POZ’s commitment to a captive audience continues with this S.O.S.
POZ 5TH Anniversary Issue: Profiles
Ty Ross, Kiyoshi Kuromiya, Raven Lopez, Shawn Decker and more get profiled.
Inside the Issue
The Way We Live Now
Where the hell are we?
The Way We Live Now: Jocelyn Elders
Former Surgeon General
The Way We Live Now: Mary Lucey
AIDS Policy Analyst
The Way We Live Now: Rafael Campo
Doctor, Poet
The Way We Live Now: Mathilde Krim
Founder, amfAR
The Way We Live Now: Mario Cooper
Founder, Leading For Life
The Way We Live Now: Richard Goldstein
Village Voice Executive Editor
The Way We Live Now: Phill Wilson
AIDS Social Policy Archive
The Way We Live Now: Michael Saag
Doctor, Researcher
The Way We Live Now: David Ho
Doctor, Researcher
The Way We Live Now: Judy Greenspan
California Prison Focus
The Way We Live Now: Eric Rofes & Dan Savage
Writer & Sex Columnist
The Way We Live Now: Kaiya Montaocean
Indigenous Medicine Advocate
The Way We Live Now: Ashok Row Kavi
Editor, Bombay Post, India
The Way We Live Now: Pat Califia
Writer, Sex Radical
The Way We Live Now: Asia Russell & Julie Davids
ACT UP/Philadelphia
The Way We Live Now: Dennis DeLeon
Latino Commision on AIDS
The Way We Live Now: Jason Farrell
Founder, Positive Health Project
The Way We Live Now: Pernessa Seele
The Balm in Gilead
The Way We Live Now: The Artists
POZ asked 27 authors, artists, and activists to explain these bizarre post-protease, pre-cure times.
Honeymoon to HAARTache
After living in the shadow of death for over a decade, the AIDS community heralded the protease era with frenzied exuberance.
Monkey Business
Researchers nab genus of AIDS genesis
S.O.S.
My friends who died have left me an inspired legacy.
When Plagues Return
Laurie Garrett and Esquire magazine plot against complacency
To the Editor
My stomach turned in disgust and my T-cells probably dropped due to the stress of being so upset over your bareback articles.
School Ties
Principal needs nod from parents
The Bottom Line
CDC report on risky sex raises many fears, a few jeers
Up Close & Personal
Bareback-sex ads in the Bay Area Reporter have San Francisco’s Aggressive AIDS Prevention all steamed up.
Say What
“[New York’s Department of Correctional Services’ James] Flateau noted that ‘condoms are a security threat because inmates and visitor...
Two Peas in a POZ
March came in like a lion with news that murder victims Gianni Versace and Matthew Shepard both had HIV.
In Cold Blood
Canadian hemophiliacs blame Bill for HIV
Oops!
Misdiagnosed men sue
Rubber Poll
For the 22nd annual National Condom Week, America’s first rubber shop, Condomania, surveyed 1,000 people over the Internet in February.
Poster of the Month
The Zeal’s on the Bus: Last winter, the newly logo’d amfAR slicked the nation’s public transportation with “it ain’t over” awareness.
Success Has Made a Failure of Us
A veteran looks at where treatment activism lost its way
POZarazzi: The Bod Squad
Movers, shakers and troublemakers
Saint Sorge
Harm reduction and heroin were his life.
Obits
Vernon “Copy” Berg, 47; Ryan Nakagawa, 40; John Watson, 44
Anecdotal Antidotes
In my three and a half years at POZ , few tasks have been as difficult as deciding which treatments
Get Over It
Free advice and a shot of attitude for head-and-nose aches
Rubdown Lowdown
Massage can tune up your immune system and your mood
The Berlin Stories
Call it the “Berlin Patient” cloning.
T-20, Coming to a Combo Near You
Is anybody home? That’s what people with multidrug-resistant HIV and no treatment options are yelling as they peer into the drug pipeline.
Pill Drill
Yes, it’s true: Drugs work better when you take them.
Suck in Your Gut
Although just two percent of a person’s HIV is typically found in the bloodstream, most researchers focus on attacking the virus there.
Put the Gart Before the Course
The push to use genotypic antiretroviral resistance testing (GART) for selecting meds gained support from several recent studies.
Where to Find It
If you want to ACT UP, the Philadelphia chapter can link you with activists near you.
The Skinny on Lipo
Treatment options for fat-gone-haywire
HAART Chart
The scoop on how many antiretroviral takers suffer side effects
The Road to Wellville
For five years, POZ founder Sean Strub has bared his labs to the world via this column.
IN MEMORIAM
POZ remembers friends who died of AIDS in the five years since the magazine’s birth.
