2 ▼ d e e e m b e r 1, I M S ▼ j u s t o u t just out sin ce steppin 1 out 1983 PUBLISHER A N D EDITOR contents VOL. 13 NO. 3 DECEMBER 1,1995 Renée LaChancc COPY EDITORS Kelly M. Bryan Jeff Boswell FEATURE REPORTERS Lifting the veil on love Inga Sorensen Bob Roehr Rex Wockner CALENDAR EDITOR A new book on families is a photo album to cherish Kristine Chatwood (p- 21) PHOTOGRAPHER Linda Kliewer DEPARTMENTS OFFICE MANAGER World news Teri Ventura China begins to educate its youth about HIV/A1DS ADVERTISING DIRECTOR (P- 5) Meg Grace National news ADVERTISING REPS United Airlines grounds HIV positive pilots; queers plan to “ welcome ” the Olympic torch E. Ann Hinds C. Jay Wilson Jr. (pp. 6-13) CREATIVE DIRECTOR E. Ann Hinds Local news GRAPHIC DESIGN Is RTF ignoring transsexual rights?; Corvallis group After 8 has sign trouble Rupert Kinnard “Bids, Banter and Basic Rights, ” a Nov. 18 benefit auction fo r Basic Rights Oregon, raised nearly $60,000 in bids for items such as weekend getaways, dinners, unique gifts, art and professional services. FORMATTER Rachel Ebora (pp. 14-19) TYPESETTER CO LU M NS Jann Gilbert guest editorial DISTRIBUTION Ambling Bear CONTRIBUTORS Poet Essex Hemphill dies (p. 29) Peach buzz Chns Brady Kristine Chatwood Cathay Che Stephen Chrysler Rachel Ebora Kevin Isom Al Kielwasser Lee Lynch Richard Shumate Floreid Walker C. Jay Wilson Jr. A bitter milestone Dec. I, 1995—World AIDS Day—finds a global village reeling from tragic losses and the grim realization that there are more to come ▼ by B ob Roehr juat out K published on the U ni and third Friday of rach month. Copyright O I W by half million people in the United States have been diagnosed with AIDS— not HIV infection, but full blown AIDS. The Centers for Disease Control an nounced that bitter milestone in a routine, and largely ignored. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report issued the day after Thanksgiving. More than 60 percent of people infected have already died. While the rate of increase among heterosexuals and injection drug users continues to rise most rapidly, the single largest group o f those infected continues to be men who have sex with men. Philip Rosenberg, a researcher with the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute, noted that one in every 92 young people in this country (ages 27 to 39) may be infected with HIV. He worried that "the threat of AIDS may become a rite of passage" for young people. The report was published in the journal Science. Cornelius Baker of the National Association of People with AIDS put the data in chilling perspective, "I don’t think most young people really understand the potential for infection. We have to make it very clear to them: If you contract HIV in your 20s, you are likely to die before 40.” Thomas J. Coates, director of the Center for AIDS Preven tion Studies at the University of California San Francisco, worries that “unless action is taken quickly, we will lose a new generation o f gay men." He cited a recent study in San Francisco of gay men aged 17 to 22 that found a 9.4 percent rate of infection. That number Ju s t o u t No part of Ju s t o u t may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher The subm ission of w ritten and graphic materials is welcomrd. 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(M)»i 2 '6 1252 The phone number for the advertising department is 234-1253 Our fax number is 236-1257 Our e • *rraaf address it JSslOdi?te*r4 erwt 4 Tribute A f soared to 21.2 percent among African American participants studied. “It is now clear that the AIDS epidemic never went away in the gay male population,” warns Gabriel Rotello, New York activist and columnist. ‘Transmission is continuing at levels that guarantee what is called a saturation point, that virtually all men who can be infected will be infected.” He says the gay community “put all of its eggs in the basket of the condom code" for safer sex, but he believes that approach is flawed because of less than 100 percent compliance. Rotello feels the refusal of the community to deal with issues of multiple partners, anal sex and unprotected oral sex is respon sible for "continuation of this catastrophe." Ralph Bolton, a researcher at Pomona College, cites data comparing men who go to bathhouses with those who do not. The patrons “engage in less risky sex, are more knowledgeable about AIDS, and have reduced their risky behavior to a greater extent than men who do not go to bathhouses.” Bolton places the blame for continued high rates of infec tion at the feet of "failed strategies that emphasized monogamy and bedroom sex over the simple message: Use a condom every time, everywhere, and with every partner.” While activists and scientists argue over where the blame for the continued high rates of infection should fall, the trans mission of infection continues because people do not heed that message: Use a condom every time, everywhere, and with every partner. It’s a matter of life-or-death importance. Columnist Kevin Isom plays the name game (p. 36) Amazon trail Activists join in an effort to save Sugarloaf from the saws (p. 37) Finance Act now to save that ’95 income (p. 38) ARTS Theater Christmas gay L.A. style (P- 31) Music Corigliano 's first symphony remembers lost friends (P- 32) Tongue in groove The Bleached One does ballads like a virgin (p. 33) Cinema When Night Is Falling is hot and cold (p. 34) Media Seventeen gives fair advice (P- 35)