ACT UP, Act Two
One blustery New York evening last week a little after seven, several generations of AIDS activists descended on a warm West Village classroom to plan an event marking ACT UP’s 20th anniversary in March. Founder Larry Kramer, 72, shuffled through the door in a bright orange hunting cap and coat. Kim Sue, a 22-year-old Columbia University grad much newer to AIDS activism, took a seat toward the back of the room...
Where’d You Get Those Tats? A Prison Prevention Play Behind bars, a tattoo “needle” is a twist tie, paper clip or guitar string, slipped sometimes through the plastic casing of a Bic pen and heated up with the motor from a hair dryer or electric shaver. The same sharp point etches a gang symbol on an arm and a teardrop on a cheek; the ink is used again and again—and there’s a lot of blood.
January 17, 2007
Prison Ink: Can You Get HIV From a Tattoo? Behind bars, a tattoo “needle” is a twist tie, paper clip or guitar string, slipped perhaps through the plastic casing of a Bic pen and heated up with the motor from a hair dryer or electric shaver. The same sharp point etches a gang symbol on one arm and a spiderweb on another; the ink is used again and again—and there’s a lot of blood.
Ryan What? Chasing Down Federal AIDS Money Congress nearly came to blows in the final months of 2006 over who should get what part of the HIV money doled out every year through the Ryan White CARE Act. Lawmakers finally OK’d an annual $2.1 billion for three years—but our heads were spinning. What exactly is Ryan White, and why should we care?
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