Diagnosing In The Dark
by Lark Lands
A complex mix of symptoms and a shrinking number of aids physicians
can add up to an OI (opportunistic infection) ID crapshoot. Your doc
may dismiss diarrhea, fatigue or nausea as drug side effects even when
caused by an OI or HIV itself. You can up your survival odds with info
and attitude.
The Gospel According To St. Rufus
by Donald Suggs
The AIDS community is shaken by a new federal report that 30 percent
of twentysomething black gay men have HIV. Donald Suggs gets the
lowdown from Rufus Milliam on his days with the boys on the down low.
What the World Needs Now
by Gregg Bordowitz
South African HIVers counter doomsday images with profiles in radical courage. Gregg Bordowitz reports.
OI Vey!
by Bob Lederer
With their brave new immune systems, HAART-takers are eager to toss
their prevention pills. Bob Lederer reports that the sky isn't falling.
Fertility Rights
by Stacie Stukin
Being positive means never being papa, right? Wrong. Meet Larry and
Carol Madeiros, the serodiverse couple next door, who put sperm washing
on the PWA bill of rites.
Shawn Decker tunes in to reality-based TV series The Real World only to find that with HIV, the reception he gets is all static.
Second Coming
by River Huston
AIDS never kept River Huston out of other people's beds, but it took
an adventure in abstinence to bring her to orgasm on her own couch of
self-acceptance.