HIV Positive? Maybe no
transplant for you
I
n a recent discussion on the ethicspf
giving liver transplants to alcoholics, a
broader question of who should be entitled to
get these valuable transplants brought up an
interesting comment.
The New York Times writer, Dr.
Lawrence Altman, wrote “while each
institution has its own standards for deciding
who is eligible, certain factors almost always
rule out a transplant: advanced kidney disease,
age greater than 60 years, active hepatitis and
a HIV-positive blood test”
If that is the case, then many thousands of
gay men face yet another wall of
discrimination in the medical world.
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They swapped their terrible Russian
cigarette for Salems and Mores. They even
toasted a couple of rounds to Glasnost or
Perestroika or whatever. And it was apparent
that these Soviet merchant marines were quite
aware that they were not sitting at Jake’s.
I think we’ll be seeing more of these fine
gentlemen in months to come.
Put those pantyhose down, Big
Brother is watching!
P
ark Tower in downtown Portland is home
for a number of people on Social
Security disability, and like most subsidized
housing there is sometimes a lack of freedom.
Park Tower’s Bob Lantz, who heads up a
residential “Civic Club,” warned tenants in a
newsletter that “It has been brought to my
attention that some party or parties have been
taking some\ items from the free table in the
basement that do not fit in with their particular
normal gender. This type of thing could result
in administrative disciplinary action if it
continues to occur. Yes, you have been
observed and are known. Thank you.”
Bob probably gets his kicks lurking around
the free table down in the basement.
Bookstores discover “gay
books” sell
ay and lesbian literature has become one
of the book industry’s hottest niches,
according to U.S. News and World Report.
hese big burly bears of men sat right off The magazine recently said gay books sell,
the dance floor at Flossie’s in broad
propelled by factors ranging from interest in
daylight. One in a sweatshirt, the other in an AIDS to growing acceptance of alternative
ill-fitting grey suit. They quaffed- no;
lifestyles.
slurped-straight double shots of vodka and
U.S. News mentioned recent hits such as
Armistead Maupins’s Sure of You and Randy
eyeballed the clientele.
A couple of Commies in a Queer bar?
Shilts’s And the Band Played On as examples
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of gay topics that get broad general appeal.
“The new gay literature is not the
homoerotic or psychiatric tomes favored by
select readers,” the magazine commented.
“Instead these books explore universal
themes; love and loss, the search for identity
and family relationships that appeal to a wide
audience.
Publishing executives accept the notion
that if 10 percent of the population is gay, that
means 24 million potential readers in America
alone. And, publishers also agree that gays
and lesbians tend to be better educated, have
more disposable income and are easier to
target through advertising than the general
book-buying public.
Universities hit ROTC anti-gay
policy
M
ajor universities are warning the
Pentagon that military policy barring
homosexuals from service could result in
ROTC units being kicked off campus.
A number of universities have strict
regulations of their own prohibiting
discrimination of any kind.
The growing concern over ROTC and the
anti-gay policy comes as a number of openly
gay ROTC students have been denied
commissions and ordered to repay thousands
of dollars in tuition.
The military argues that homosexuality is
incompatible with military service because of
the close quarters in which people of the same
sex must live and because of the security risk
posed by the chance that a gay officer could
be blackmailed.
Elsewhere on campus, a Hell Week
participant at a fraternity at the University of
Vermont was told that he couldn’t become a
brother because he was gay, and the uproar
has not subsided since.
Hundreds of students marched on the
Acacia Fraternity to protest the incident and
pink triangles were spray-painted on the front
of the fiat house — a reminder of forced ID
badges for homosexual prisoners of Nazi
Germany during World War II.
Again, the fraternity’s action violated anti-
discrimination regulations on that campus
involving all organizations, including the
Greek system.
A university board governing fraternities
ordered Acacia to apologized to the student, to
refund his pledge fee and to hold in-house
educational programs about homosexuality.
Samuel Walker McCall III:
Why did he self-destruct?
T
he drug overdose death of the son of
former Gov. Tom McCall closed a tragic
chapter for the McCall family, but it also
opened speculation as to what really happened
to the kid who could have had everything.
Sam’s headlong plunge into drug abuse
beginning at age 13 brought a lot of grief to
this prominent family. He entered methadone
treatment for heroin abuse in 1970 while his
father was governor. He was committed to
Dammasch State Hospital to treat his
addictions. Ten years ago he was accused of
stealing $3,126 worth of silverware from his
parents’ home. And in the last three days of
his 40-year-old life he had been “paling
around” with a 17-year-old male juvenile on
an amphetamine spree.
We know the outcome of his addictions,
but we know very little about what brought it
all about. An acute addition to drugs?
Pressures brought on because of his father’s
prominence?
Sam was described as “sensitive” and
“gregarious,” but was this thing on his back
that he couldn’t shake off (as former Gov.
Bob Straub commented) really little more than
his orientation? Could it be that the McCall
family could suffer his drug abuse problems,
but could not deal with Sam’s innermost
feelings?
Gay and lesbian journalists
comfortable, yet uncomfortable
A
groundbreaking survey of homosexual
journalist at established American
newspapers revealed that most are
comfortable on their jobs, but are largely
dissatisfied with how their papers are covering
gay issues.
The survey, conducted by the American
Society of Newspaper Editors revealed that:
-Nearly 60% of those surveyed admitted
their sexuality in the newsroom, but most
believed the bulk of gay and lesbian journalist
were in the closet.
-Two-thirds rated their papers’ coverage of
gay issues fair to poor. Over 80% said too
little space was devoted to covering those
issues.
-Only one-third said they were
comfortable about speaking out on gay issues.
There are about 5,000 estimated
professional gay and lesbian journalists
employed in traditional newspaper jobs,
including reporters, editors and columnist.
According to Robert Bray, a spokesman
for the National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce,
“The newsroom is one of the last bastions of
anti-gay stigmatization and intolerance....why
shouldn’t we end discrimination in an industry
that prides itself in uncovering unfairness and
injustice in our society?”
The task force advocates official anti-
discrimination policies to protect gay and
lesbian journalist as part of equal employment
opportunity provisions.
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