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As he told The Washington Post, “I really believe I will be in the first generation to survive HIV.” He did not speak earlier of his own HIV status because he felt it would become the defining prism through which many readers would view the magazine. And he confessed to feeling greatly relieved at having the secrecy lifted, comparing it to a second coming out. Sullivan’s next book will be on the subject of “friendship,” also from Knopf, the house which published Virtually Normal last fall to excellent reviews and sales. It seems likely that, relieved of editorial burdens, he will in fact be writing more often for TNR and other magazines. Bob Roe hr Hur wi t z , TABOR PLORISI Serving Portland and its suburban areas with unsurpassed quality and service 4848 SE Division St. Portland, OR 97206 7819 SE Stark St. Portland, OR 97215 236-4119 256-2920 chairman of the Family Defense Council, an anti gay and a n ti abortion group based in Queens, said on a local radio show , “This is not a re vision of history but a total falsi fication. The Third Reich and the Nazi Party were founded by homosexuals.” The perception of Nazi persecution of homo sexuals, according to Hurwitz, comes from a conflict between Adolph Hitler and Ernst Roehn, head of the “Sturmabteilung,” or storm troopers. Hurwitz calls Roehn “a notorious homosexual” who became too powerful. Hitler had Roehn and many of his associates killed in a 1934 purge known as the Night of the Long Knives. ‘They were killed not because they were ho mosexuals but because they were enemies of the state,” Hurwitz said. Michael Berenbaum, director of the Research Institute of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Mu seum in Washington, D.C., said there is “undeni able evidence that German male homosexuals were [persecuted]. Thousands were put in con centration camps.” Berenbaum cited the 1994 book Hidden Holo caust by Gunther Grau, which lists 104 German documents showing the evolution of Nazi perse cution of homosexuals, including the closure of public bath houses and the banning of “indecent” publications and behavior. Kristine Chatwood Sullivan resigns, says he is HIV positive Whether they need a fleet of one or one hundred vehicles, more people buy from Damerow than from any other fleet source in the entire Northwest. • Prompt, Courteous Service • High Trade-In Allowances • T h e Northwests Lowest Fleet Pricing • No Broker’s Fees • Below Market Finance Rates • Largest Ford Inventory in the Northwest For an appointment or plume (¡note util: Roger Shelby Direct Line: 627-9555 Shelley Shelby Direct Line: 627-9552 I B E A V E R T ON F ORD Fleet Sales 4070 S.W. Hall Blvd. • (503) 643-5555 • (800) 871-3673 Andrew Sullivan stunned both his own staff and official Washington, D.C., on April 12 with the twin announcements that he is stepping down as editor of The New Republic at the end of May, and that he is HIV positive. He will continue writing for the magazine as a senior editor and will work on a second book. First as a writer, then as editor, Sullivan be came one of the most influential voices on gay and AIDS issues in the mainstream press. Among his most notable efforts for TNR were “Here Comes the Groom: A (Conservative) Case for Gay Mar riage” in ¡989; “Gay Life, Gay Death” in 1990, and “ ja y America, Straight America” in 1994. Heads turned five years ago when he was named editor of TNR, the venerable and perhaps most influential magazine of political thought in the nation. Sullivan was 28, openly gay, doggedly Catholic and conservative. He is stepping down after 250 issues. ‘T v e done it longer, continuously, than either of my predecessors, and it just seemed right,” he told The New York Times. Sullivan maintains that his HIV infection has nothing to do with the decision. He has known his serostatus for three years and says it is the result Gay journalists hire first executive director The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association has become the latest group to evolve into a full-time professionally staffed national organization. Michael L. Frederickson, 39, was introduced as NLGJ A’s first executive director at a reception for members and the press on April 17. The event was hosted by Tom Curley, publisher of USA Today, at the newspaper’s television studio. Frederickson worked as a journalist in Wash ington state before moving on to administrative jobs at Shanti Project, the NAMES Project, the Gay Games in New York, and the AIDSWalk of the Whitman-Walker Clinic in Washington, D.C. He is “quite excited” by the prospect of combin ing his experiences in journalism and community activism. NLGJA has grown to 1,200 members with chapters in 17 American cities and also in Canada. Its fifth convention takes place in September in Miami. Contact NLGJA at PO Box 425, 1718 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. Bob Roe hr AIDS Memorial Grove proposed as monument U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) introduced a bill in March that would designate San Francisco’s The AIDS Memorial Grove a na tional monument. The grove is a 15-acre wooded basin in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. It is the country’s first living memorial to people who have died of AIDS. It is also a retreat for those living with HIV and their loved ones. Development of The AIDS Memorial Grove began in 1991. It is supported by private dona tions and receives no government funds. A 99- year renewable agreement was signed with the City of San Francisco and the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department to maintain the grove in perpetuity. The memorial is a project of the Tides Center, a nonprofit corporation dedi cated to social justice and stewardship of the natural environment. Kristine Chatwood South Asian group selects new co-chair Dyanthe McDougal has been elected co-chair of Trikone, an international organization for les bians, gay men and bisexuals of South Asian heritage. McDougal shares leadership of the group with Tinku Ali Ishtiaq; they will serve together until the end of 1996. McDougal is of mixed Sri Lankan and Ameri can descent. She has been active in women’s health issues through projects with the San Francisco Department of Public Health. She replaces Dipti Ghosh, who was Trikone’s first woman co-chair. Kristine Chatwood