The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) articles from March 2004

The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) archives from March 2004

General impressions.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
March 2, 2004... I was most impressed with The Advocate's cover story on Gen. Wesley Clark ["General's Orders," February 3]. I had the pleasure of meeting General Clark at a campaign event last fall, and he was articulate, sincere, and determined. He is a man...

Spotlighting AIDS.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
March 2, 2004... Over the years have enjoyed The Advocate's excellent reporting on HIV- and AIDS-related issues. However, I was disappointed that in all the pages examining the Democratic candidates' stances on gay political priorities ["Rating the Dems,"...

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.(The Advocate Poll)
March 2, 2004... * "The terminology is unimportant: the issue is having the same legal benefits as heterosexuals who are married." * "The term marriage is vital! We shouldn't accept anything lees. We've been conditioned to accept discrimination because for...

Marriage vs. unions.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
March 2, 2004... In your My Perspective column "Kicked Out of America" [February 3], I was aggrieved to hear of Denis Symington's predicament. At least his circumstances are such that he can avail himself of company benefits and opportunities that, alas, are...

Gay-straight alliance.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
March 2, 2004... Since I was a Toronto kid living around the corner from the real Degrassi Street, I have been a fan of every Degrassi series, from The Kids of Degrassi Street to the new incarnation ["Going Where No Two Boys Have Gone Before," February 3]. I am...

Correction.(reader forum)(Correction Notice)
March 2, 2004... In our February 3 story "Going Where No Two Boys Have Gone Before," it should have been clarified that the N, the network that airs Degrassi: The Next Generation, is a separate service that shares the same channel location as Nickelodeon's...

The state of our unions.(my perspective)
March 2, 2004... Like the president and first lady, my partner and I are blessed with twins, and we love our children with all of our hearts and want nothing but the best for them. So as I watched the State of the Union, it was unbelievable to me--as a parent,...

Rants & raves.
March 2, 2004... "His tight little butt? I heard that from a bunch of men too--that John [Leguizamo] was hot. But they didn't know what to do with those feelings." --Patrick Swayze, on what his costar in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Jule Newmar...

The domino effect: White House opposition to gay marriage in Massachusetts may have set off a cascade of antigay state laws.(Marriage Rights)
March 2, 2004... Did President Bush's State of the Union address produce a domino effect of state-level marriage bans? In the January 20 speech, Bush said that if "activist judges" push same-sex marriage against "the will of the people," the "only alternative...

Unfit parents?(Adoption)(gay couples)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2004... Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's June sodomy ruling ordering states out of gay bedrooms, Florida can still tell gay couple Steven Lofton and Roger Croteau that they are "morally" unacceptable parents, a federal appeals court has ruled. The...

Cautious victory.(Employment)(Cirque du Soleil)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2004... Openly gay gymnast Matthew Cusick's lifelong dream of working in the spotlight seemed all but lost last year when he was fired from Cirque du Soleil's Las Vegas show Mystere for being HIV-positive. But that dream may now come true. In response...

Pitcher, not catcher.(Athletics)(gay pore video)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2004... Minor-league baseball players rarely make the news, but in porn films everyone's a star. Maybe that's why the Internet lit up in late January when Cleveland Indians farmteam pitcher Kazuhito Tadano called a clubhouse press conference to discuss...

No drugs, just sex.(Prosecution)
March 2, 2004... Fort Lauderdale, Fla., police officer Mike Nahum may be too sexy for his badge. The undercover narcotics cop said he didn't intend to entrap a patron of a local gay bar with his good looks, but that's what happened when Nahum asked Julio Blanco...

Across the nation.(The Nation)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2004... Salt Lake City, Utah The Madstone Trolley Square Theaters on January 16 dropped plans to screen Latter Days, a movie about a gay hunk who seduces a Mormon missionary, because the film did not meet Madstone's level of "artistic quality and...

Out of the cabinet.(Canada)(British Columbia legislator)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2004... British Columbia legislator Ted Nebbeling says he's the first cabinet minister in the world to marry his same-sex partner, but contrary to widespread rumors, that's not why he was fired in January. Nebbeling, who was in charge of Vancouver's...

"Perverts," not gays.(Belgium)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2004... Belgium's Roman Catholic cardinal Gustaaf Joos thinks most lesbians and gays are not really gay at all, they're just "perverts." In an interview published by P-Magazine in January, the 80-year-old Joos, a close friend of the pope's, said he...

A maverick on gay marriage: former Massachusetts governor William Weld stands out in the Republican Party as a straight man arguing for same-sex marriage.(Behind the Headlines)
March 2, 2004... As Massachusetts's governor in 1996, William Weld not only appointed to the state supreme judicial court eventual chief justice Margaret. Marshall--who authored last November's ruling in favor of same-sex marriage--the maverick Republican also...

Herpes threat no less for lesbians.(Disease)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2004... Lesbians are just as likely as straight women to have herpes, a new study shows, but it's probably not because of their same-sex activities: Most of those testing positive for the virus also report having had sex with men, Researchers at...

Debunking Darwin.(Evolution)(homosexuality)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2004... The birds and the bees are a lot more gay than Charles Darwin let on, argues one transgendered biology professor at Stanford University. Unlike the 19th-century biologist's work, Joan Roughgarden's research, published in a January issue of New...

The peril of online polling.(Far Right)(Same-sex marriage)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2004... The American Family Association was planning to use results of an Internet poll to show Congress that most Americans oppose same-sex marriage, but after several gay bloggers got involved, the far-right group nixed its plans. "It's obvious that...

Transitions.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2004... DIED: Wallace Palmer Rusterholtz, 94, a gay Chicago history professor and author of My Not-So-Gay Life, after a long illness, January 15, APPOINTED: Jacquelyn Clymore, a psychologist, as acting executive director for the Alliance of AIDS...

Young and dating in Utah.(Generation Q)
March 2, 2004... In my experience, being young, gay, and living in Utah is not all that different from being young and gay in other places. While my family is one of those typical Mormon families--strong in their beliefs--they have accepted me, as have my...

Inside Showgirls.(Hollywood)
March 2, 2004... In an excerpt from his new memoir, Hollywood Animal, Joe Eszterhas shares diary entries from when he was writing Showgirls. "Cristal will be a hot part for somebody," he writes of the bi bombshell Gina Gershon later played. "Sharon [Stone]? Can...

Losing mom.(First Person)
March 2, 2004... "Of course gay men love their mothers more," writes Karel. "We speak their language." Read his moving story of his mother's passing, exclusively on Advocate.com.

The goodbye guy.(Book Excerpts)
March 2, 2004... Cyrus M. Copeland's anthology Farewell, Godspeed: The Greatest Eulogies of Our Time includes goodbyes to everyone from Amelia Earhart to Andy Warhol. Find exclusive excerpts--including Madonna on Gianni Versace--only at www.advocate.com.

Gay rights go national: November 7, 1973.(From the Advocate Archives)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2004... While The Advocate honors the work of long-time lesbian activist Jean O'Leary in the current issue, 31 years ago the magazine covered the founding of the National Gay Task Force (which later added and Lesbian), where O'Leary worked as a...

Out at Sundance.(The Buzz)
March 2, 2004... Yes, it's true: This year has to be the queerest Sundance on record, with the best batch of new queer films in years, the offscreen action of the packed eighth annual Queer Brunch, and the Queer Lounge, a drop-in canter with snacks and fast...

A Tad naked.(The Buzz)(Gorman's 2000 collection )(Brief Article)
March 2, 2004... Sharp-eyed collectors of the photos of out artist Greg Gorman noticed that hottie Josh Duhamel of Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! And NBC's Las Vegas appears in the altogether in Gorman's 2000 collection As I See It. Let The Buzz go on record as...

A portrait of pain: a movie about a gay teen artist's suicide is making a powerful mark--from high schools to Capitol Hill. Can it ease the harassment?(Activism)
March 2, 2004... When Susan Wheeler read the headline in her hometown paper--"Board OK's Cedar Crest Gay-Tolerance Club"--she looked toward heaven and spoke to her son. "'You did it, Jim," she remembers saying. "Jim would have wanted this fair treatment,...

A one-man gay rights movement: Ruslan Sharipov, an openly gay journalist and dissident in Muslim Uzbekistan, gains international attention after his conviction under a Soviet-era sodomy law.(Human Rights)
March 2, 2004... Before he was thrown in prison, Ruslan Sharipov was infamous for taking risks. In his native Uzbekistan, a predominantly Muslim country that places strict limits on freedom of speech, the openly gay journalist and political activist wrote many...

Unveiling Islam: out Irshad Manji takes on the faith's treatment of women, gays, and Jews in a brave new book.(Books)
March 2, 2004... Irshad Manji says one question reverberated in her mind as she sat down to write The Trouble With Islam: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith (St. Martin's Press, $22.95): Am I a self-hating Muslim? The out author, who is also a Toronto TV...

O'Leary's toughest fight: Jean O'Leary isn't letting her diagnosis of terminal lung cancer dampen her renowned passion for politics and gay rights.(Activism)
March 2, 2004... When Jean O'Leary received a diagnosis of stage 4 lung cancer last September, she was shocked. An MRI scan revealed metastasized cancer of her lung, and the Los Angeles resident, who turns 56 on March 4, was given six to 18 months to live. "I'd...

Blog from the future: what follows are excerpts from the recently discover ed blogs of Adrian Blue, a young actor-writer-director-waiter caught in the midst of World War IV in 2008. These items remained in Adrian's "mail to be sent" box until his body was found, PDA in hand, his Starbucks.com e-mail account still active.(final cut)
March 2, 2004... January 1, 2008--I wanted to start the year off' with something positive, but it's hard. How much things have changed since 2004. I look up and see the remains of the Hollywood sign, only the WOOD still legible, the rest burned to a heap after...

The Advocate bulletin: our essential guide to events+promotions.
March 2, 2004... WINTER PARTY From March 11 through 15, South Beach will host the 12th Annual Winter Party. Produced by the Gay & Lesbian Foundation of South Florida, Winter Party will raise funds to benefit programs at community organizations in...

The making of a Monster: for Charlize Theron, the love scenes with Christina Ricci were the easy part. Every other aspect of playing homeless serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the film Monster was "extremely hard." Just days from a likely Oscar win, she opens up about her journey with Aileen, nearly breaking down on the set, and what her mother thought.(Hollywood Issue)(Cover Story)
March 2, 2004... Charlize Theron is not what she appears. A tall, slim blond whose Olympian beauty has served her well in an evolution from small own South African girl to Jeffrey Bailer dancer to fashion model to Oscar nominee, Theron is more big sister than...

Oscar = death? The heroes of Boys Don't Cry, Philadelphia, and Kiss of the Spider Woman won Oscars for their actors but were doomed by the final reel. Why is it that when it comes to queer characters ...(Hollywood Issue)
March 2, 2004... Oscar smiles on those who suffer. The Academy's 76 years of doling out nominations and gold statuettes is littered with examples of voters going gaga whenever actors harness an arsenal of tics, stammers, and other agonies to play the mentally...

Gay guide to the Oscars: this year's race looks as straight as can be, but there's queerness if you dig for it.(Hollywood Issue)
March 2, 2004... Given how blatantly heterosexual this year's Oscar-nominated movies are--not counting cover girl Charlize Theron's turn as Monster's lady-loving murderer--it would have been much easier to write the Gay Guide to the Independent Spirit Awards....

4 to watch in 2004: young Hollywood's idols are discovering their gay sides in challenging new movies.(Hollywood Issue)
March 2, 2004... In John Wayne's West--hell, even in Kevin Costner's--a man would rather sleep with his cow pony than with another cowboy. But hold it right there, pilgrim: This year some of young Hollywood's smartest leading men are getting ready to shoot down...

Causing effects: meet the gay and lesbian digital artists behind Hollywood's splashiest special effects.(Hollywood Issue)
March 2, 2004... The world of movie visual effects is, like most artistic arenas, peopled by a high percentage of gay men and lesbians, but that doesn't mean some aspects of this multifaceted profession are any more welcoming. "In some positions in production...

Oscar bait: Ellen DeGeneres isn't the only queer artist who helped make Finding Nemo the biggest hit of 2003.(Hollywood Issue)
March 2, 2004... When Marlin the clown fish sets out to find his missing son, Nemo--and his way to $340 million at the U.S. box office and four Oscar nods--he had some help from the gay and lesbian artists at Pixar, the powerhouse Bay Area computer animation...

Gay, straight, man, woman: now on DOVD: the creator of Queer as Folk brings us Bob & Rose, about a gay man who falls in love with the last person he would have expected.(Television Program Review)
March 2, 2004... Bob & Rose * Written by Russell T. Davies * Directed by Julian Farino and Joe Wright * Starring Alan Davies and Lesley Sharp * Shout! Factory "I'm not changing--I'm just adding a bit on top." That's how Bob (Alan Davies), a shlubby gay...

Take this, America! With a sultry new record, the Aussie dance goddess seals her hold on us.
March 2, 2004... There's more than one official history of Kylie Minogue. In fact, there are a few. The one that most Americans don't really know much about is file one in which the cute young Australian soap opera star appears on the European music scene in...

Flying high: Five Flights is breathless fun--and bravura art too.(Theater Review)
March 2, 2004... Five Flights * Written by Adam Bock * Directed by Kent Nicholson * Starring Jason Butler Harner, Matthew Montelongo, and Alice Ripley * Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, New York City (through February 22) Adam Bock's Five Flights features...

Valley of the doll: in a gloriously kitschy new picture book, Barbie finally gets the Hollywood glamour treatment she deserves.(books)
March 2, 2004... Her white cat-eye sunglasses set off her snug Pucci sundress. She pauses next to her convertible, soaking up the SoCal sun as the world-famous Hollywood sign beckons in the background. It is a classic Los Angeles moment, even if the model is...

Mother and child reunion.(r family)
March 2, 2004... The very thing that defined my return to life is in fact responsible for his deepest wound. My 8-year-old boy cried last night--in the backseat of the Suburban. He has as many memories of me sitting next to him as he does in front of. I don't...

The word on Leisha.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
March 16, 2004... It's so refreshing to read about (a) an actress who is humble, (b) an actress who is humble and talented, (c) an actress who is humble and talented and out ["L Is for Leisha," February 17]! The L Word's Leisha Harley seems to be handling her...

Family reunion.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
March 16, 2004... I just wanted to thank Kate Nielsen for not only mentioning my favorite teen drama actress of all time, Kristy McNichol--the two-time Emmy award-winning actress from the 1976-1980 show Family--but also referring to her as a dyke-in-training, in...

My big Italian wedding.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
March 16, 2004... Thank you so much for your stories about the readers who have taken the plunge into wedlock or versions thereof ["Our Readers Get Married," February 17]. My pincher of 20 years and I were married in Toronto in December, and to our surprise the...

Bugged by pretty ads.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
March 16, 2004... Media coverage of "bug chasers" does have an impact on how we respond ["Return of the Bug Chasers," February 17]. The print media should display advertisements for AIDS drugs depicting patients in the deepest throes of the disease rather than...

School days.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
March 16, 2004... I was so happy to read "A Victory for Gay Students" [The Nation, February 17], about the lawsuit against a California school district concerning antigay harassment. The suit was just settled, with the Morgan Hill Unified School District...

Desert oasis.(reader forum)
March 16, 2004... May I add my congratulations to Ron Oden upon his election as mayor of Palm Springs [Behind the Headlines, February 17]. I have enjoyed many vacation trips there and now will find this very gay-friendly city even a little bit more special. I...

Reader comments from www.advocate.com.(The Advocate Poll)
March 16, 2004... * "Information, if presented honestly, is nearly always a good thing. While the bug-chaser stories probably overstate the extent to which some gay men seek HIV, they do give guys an added reason to be careful." * "The depths of such...

Buddhist eye.(reader forum)(Letter to the Editor)
March 16, 2004... I read your interview with Taro Gold with great delight ["Love, Buddhist Style," February 17]. Gold's inspirational books of wisdom are the best in rite business, and I just love that he's an out and proud young gay man. I enjoy even more that...

Papal power.(reader forum)(religious aspects of same-sex marriage)(Brief Article)
March 16, 2004... Andrew Sullivan rightly calls on the religious right and politicians to use the same standards for gays and straights to preserve the "sanctity of marriage" [Against the Current, February 17]. However, he avoids including the most powerful...

Beyond marriage.(reader forum)
March 16, 2004... As someone who is deeply ambivalent about all the recent emphasis on gay marriage, primarily became I object to the institution of marriage itself, I applaud Richard Goldstein's column "Civil Unions: The Radical Choice" [Left Hook, February 3]....

Correction.(reader forum)(Correction Notice)
March 16, 2004... In our February 17 story "The Two Nijinskys," Afternoon of a Faun was incorrectly listed as inspiring a riot upon its premiere in 1913; "The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky was the actual production.

Barred from the games.(my perspective)
March 16, 2004... For me, the most moving moment of the Sydney Gay Games in 2002 was during the opening ceremony, when the participants from India and Pakistan--two nations long at war--decided to walk together, hand in hand, into the stadium. This gesture...

Rants & raves.
March 16, 2004... "We are very tired of each other, and it's no fun playing lesbians anymore." --Lena Katina (left) of the pop-dance teen duo Tatu, as quoted In the U.K. tabloid The Sun, January 9 "I find it hornier looking at women than men. Sorry, I...

A family fight: will the battle for adoption rights get more difficult as same-sex marriage advances?(Adoption)
March 16, 2004... Now more than ever, the battles for marriage and adoption rights for gays and lesbians are intimately interconnected. Three gay couples--from New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland--were dealt a major setback on February 4 when a Richmond, Va.,...

Valentines for marriage.(Equality)
March 16, 2004... For six years, gay and lesbian couple Have used national Freedom to Marry Week to demonstrate for marriage equality. But at this year's events from Seattle to Atlanta, there was also a lot of rallying against the gay marriage backlash. "The...

Lesbian golfers fight handicap.(Benefits)
March 16, 2004... San Diego's Bernardo Heights Country Club may regret getting in between B. Brigit Koebke and her golf. Koebke, a lesbian member of the club, has been relentless in her nine year" pursuit of spousal privileges for her partner, Kendall French,...

A minister's vindication.(Church)
March 16, 2004... The Reverend Stephen Van Kuiken said his career as a minister was irreparably damaged when he was kicked out of the Presbyterian Church (USA) last June for marrying same-sex couples. But since his reinstatement on February 10, he says the...

Victory in Kentucky.(Education)(Brief Article)
March 16, 2004... After two years of high-profile resistance by religious leaders and school officials, gay students at Boyd County High School in Ashland, Ky., will finally have a place to meet and talk about the harassment they face every day. The February 3...

Across the nation.(The Advocate Report)(Brief Article)
March 16, 2004... Spokane, Wash. The state court of appeals on February 3 upheld a lower court ruling that same-sex couples are subject to the same principles as married couples in disputes over joint assets when they separate. Salt Lake City, Utah ...

Bringing marriage Down Under.(Australia)(Same-sex marriage)(Brief Article)
March 16, 2004... Jason McCheyne and Adrian Tuazon are hoping to become the first same-sex couple in Australia to have their marriage recognized by law, but not because they're "radical political activists." The Brunswick couple are mounting a court challenge in...

"All the requirements of marriage": a Long Island man continues his fight to have his Vermont civil union recognized in New York two years after his partner died in a hospital.(Behind the Headlines)
March 16, 2004... Neal Conrad Spicehandler and John Langan cherished their 15-year partnership, sanctioned in a civil union ceremony in Vermont in November 2000, celebrated by 40 friends and relatives. Then tragedy struck. In February 2002, Spicehandler, 41, was...

Gay style boosts straight spending.(Retail)(Brief Article)
March 16, 2004... Forget what you know about the power of the gay dollar--it's the straight dollar under the power of gay men that's making a splash in retail. According to a November study by Jericho Communications, men--many of whom are presumably...

The politics of gay bashing.(Religion)(Brief Article)
March 16, 2004... Democratic state representative Karla Lea Drenner has always welcomed the local ministers who preach in the Georgia statehouse, but lately she's concerned that their remarks are sounding a lot like gay brushing. Several lawmakers, who can...

Lack of marriage taxes seniors.(Retirement)(Brief Article)
March 16, 2004... For many gay seniors, being kept out of the legal institution of marriage leads to being left out in the cold, according to a study published in February by the Human Rights Campaign. In contrast to the situation for married seniors in the...

Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition.(Hired)(Brief Article)
March 16, 2004... HIRED: Scott Conlan, a Philadelphia musician and AIDS activist, as the first-ever executive director for the gay rights creep Statewide Pennsylvania Bights Coalition, January 5.

Al-Fatiha.(Honored)
March 16, 2004... HONORED: The Reverend Troy Perry, founder of the Metropolitan Community Churches, and gay rights leader Kerry Label, at the North American Conference of the gay Muslim group Al-Fatiha, in Los Angeles, February 15.

Military Community Services Network.(Launched)
March 16, 2004... LAUNCHED: The Military Community Services Network, a Virginia-based social support system for gay and lesbian troops and their families, January 28.

Islamic Society of North America.(Withdrew)
March 16, 2004... WITHDREW: From the antigay Alliance for Marriage the Islamic Society of North America, after allegations of terrorist ties, in January.

Reason enough to be out.(Generation Q)
March 16, 2004... When people meet me they can't tell that I am a lesbian. They know me before they know my sexual orientation; thus I show them that those who are "different" are really quite the same. Because of this, I originally decided to attend ray...

Flashback in Africa.(First Person)
March 16, 2004... After visiting a mother dying of AIDS in South Africa, a shaken Kevin Winge asks, "Don't we as gay Americans have a responsibility to help people living with HIV/AIDS in other parts of the world?"

L is for liberating.(Commentary)
March 16, 2004... What's the most involving, realistic show on TV for gay male viewers? Los Angeles native and New York TV newsman Jeremy Blacklow Argues that it's Showtime's lesbian drama, The L Word. Read his enthusiastic review only on www.advocate.com.

The next gay plague.(Health)
March 16, 2004... Overshadowed by AIDS and drug abuse, another scourge is quietly growing: syphilis. Find out what you need to know from Howard Grossman, MD, on Advocate.com.

June 24, 1986: the gay struggle with drugs.(From the Advocate Archives)(Brief Article)
March 16, 2004... Eighteen years ago gays and lesbians were struggling with drug abuse for many of the same reasons as are reported in the story on crystal methamphetamine in tiffs issue of The Advocate. Depression, low self-esteem, compulsion 'all were issues...

Still a WILD Thing.(the Buzz)(Performances of Neve Campbell )(Brief Article)
March 16, 2004... IN 1998'S WILD Things, Neve Campbell made our hearts sing with her lusty lesbian turn opposite Denise Richards (inset). She's also shared same-sex smooches in Parry of Five, Drowning Mona, and Panic. Now it appears that Campbell's Wild side...

Starsky loves Hutch?(the Buzz)(Brief Article)
March 16, 2004... WRITER-DIRECTOR Todd Phillips knows from male bonding. The guy who shepherded Starrsky & Hutch from the small screen to the really big big screen has made his name with movies featuring men uncomfortably close to one another, like Frat House,...

Straight cops' gay 101: a Canadian police force asks heterosexual recruits to take a crash course in being out and proud.(Tolerance)
March 16, 2004... Last December, two men held hands and walked down bustling Whyte Avenue in Edmonton, Canada. Never mind that they were in a liberal-minded neighborhood; onlookers still stared and whispered nasty comments. The couple sauntered past a...

Crystal's destructive path: gay men continue to be systematically ravaged by the deadly drug as officials try to stop an epidemic.(Health)
March 16, 2004... "It is hard for me to address this now, after the four years of hell it wreaked on my life," says Charles, 34, who was nearly killed by one of the most inexpensive and addictive chugs known to humanity. "I did not understand the science of...

The outlook for HIV meds: a whole new class of anti-HIV drugs is on the horizon, but some patients are running out of time.(Health)(tipranavir)
March 16, 2004... For Jeff Getty, 45, lime is of the essence. The Joshua Tree, Calif., man was diagnosed with HIV 20 years ago and has tried every drug combination available since. But in his case, the virus eventually has become resistant to new treatment mad...

Snuffing out the butts: campaigns to convince gay men and lesbians to ditch cigarettes try to cut through a long-held addiction.(Health)
March 16, 2004... In the past year antismoking campaigns have grabbed attention in gay bars, coffee shops, and community centers throughout California's Orange and Santa Clara counties. One features a reformed smoker proclaiming, "I didn't survive gay bashing so...