POZ August 2004
POZ August 2004
In every issue, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
Feature
Don’t Mess With These Girls
Many transgendereds face the double whammy of HIV and a hostile health-care system. But watch out docs--they’re finally fighting back.
Inside the Issue
Boiling Point
Scores of activists stage the biggest AIDS demo in a decade-but big-time ASOs are missing in action
You Go, Uganda
In April, researchers rocked the prevention world with news about Uganda, formerly Africa’s hardest-hit country.
Miami Vice
In April 2002, Miami’s Angie Lee, 34, dubbed the “Condom Lady,” was arrested outside a hip-hop club while passing out free condoms.
Mighty Avengers
Can HIV positive superheroes fight alongside Spidey and X-Men?
Firing Squad for Docs?
Libya’s leader plays Russian roulette with nation’s revamped rep by sentencing AIDS medics
Earthwatch
Mexico’s Democratic Revolution Party wants to bar the armed forces from terminating HIVer personnel, saying the policy is discriminatory...
Risky Business
A porn primer on unsafe sex
Pos & Neg
On May 13, New Jersey’s attorney general nixed Atlantic City’s proposed mobile needle exchange.
Blog Rollin’
HIVers’ online diaries feed viral voyeurism
Briefs
Medical privacy lapsed into critical condition on April 16 when Wisconsin’s Jim Doyle became the first governor to sign legislation giving..
Milestones
President Bush named Carol J. Thompson director of the Office of National AIDS Policy.
The Normal Heartache
Reviving-and reliving-Larry Kramer’s landmark production
Film Review: Monkey Business
Did the race for an oral polio vaccine lead to the AIDS pandemic?
Carb Your Enthusiasm
Should HIVers join the fad-diet frenzy?
Partner Briefs
A Florida man is suing the Atkins estate, claiming the diet boosted his cholesterol and clogged his arteries, requiring surgery.
The Tao of Toe
Fat redistribution can torment toenails, too
Read My Lipo
Here’s the skinny on body-morphing side effects whose four-letter prefix is short for “lipid,” or fat. Stretch your vocabulary.
His ’n’ Her Hormones
Too Much Estrogen for Him?
Budding Romance
I couldn’t live without my indoor garden. I find abandoned plants that need a little loving care—it’s my life-affirming therapy.
The Multidrug-Resistance Challenge
Houston is home to the Astros and Rockets, but in April it hosted nearly 50 high-flying stars in HIV research and activism who gathered...
Growing Pains
Shari Margolese’s son understands HIV. So why can’t they talk sex?
Check, Please
After a decade on disability, Joe Westmoreland is stuck between a buck and and a hard place.
Founder’s Letter
In May, for the second time, I was arrested at an AIDS demo in Washington, DC In one of the best organized actions I can remember, nearly...
Mailbox
POZ’s 10th-anniversary cover speaks volumes about who we are and how we feel about our bodies and sexualities.
With Honors
A college-bound HIVer scores a noble scholarship
