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ing laws including the Americans with Disabili­
ties Act, which forbids job discrimination based
on HIV or other disability status.
A lower court dismissed Waddell’s claims in
August with the erroneous conclusion that his
practice as a hygienist posed a significant risk of
HIV transmission to patients—something that
never has happened in the history of the epi­
demic. In its appeal, Lambda cites the 1998
U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Bragdon v.
Abbott, which requires that decisions about
whether health care professionals pose a signif­
icant risk of transmitting HIV to patients be
scientifically based.
OHIO
A
pproximately 100 HIV and AIDS patients
were denied the opportunity to attend a
January retreat at a Cincinnati-area Christian
camp because of concerns about promoting
homosexuality, the Columbus Dispatch reports
Nov. 29. Woodland Lakes Christian Camp and
Retreat Center in Amelia later asked for the
Ohio AIDS Coalition’s forgiveness.
of incarceration when sentenced in March for
one count each of malicious wounding,
felony wounding and misdemeanor assault.
His lawyers were planning a temporary insan­
ity defense— claiming the attack resulted
from an “irresistible impulse” that resulted
from post-traumatic stress that resulted from
being molested a couple of years ago— hut
changed their minds just before the trial got
under way.
According to prosecutor Eric Olsen,
Rivers first encountered the 16-year-old vic­
tim when they humped into each other in a
hallway during summer school last year. A
classmate had told Rivers the victim thought
he was good-looking, so he told him, “I don’t
like faggots” and later spat on him while they
were riding a bus.
The attack occurred several months later
when Rivers and three other teens spotted
the victim on their way to a theme park.
Rivers, wearing a hat pulled down over his
face, approached the victim from behind and
struck him in the head with a metal pole as
the hoy crouched near a pond
while looking for tadpoles.
The victim underwent
brain surgery, and doctors
placed a permanent metal
plate in his head. As a result of
the injury, he is more prone to
have seizures and headaches.
WISCONSIN
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Executive director Kim Jackson accepted the
apology but said the retreat would not be
rescheduled. "It’s not in our mission to be in a
facility that discriminates.”
Jackson said the center offered to play host to
the campers on the condition that they refrain
from acting on homosexual urges. "They say
they do not have hatred for them; they just can’t
have people acting that way.”
The center issued a news release saying,
“There may have been a miscommunication”
about cancellation of the retreat. "Woodland
Lakes Christian Camp loves all people and
strives to minister to them in a Christlike
manner.”
The camp’s Web site indicated mixed
reactions ranging from “Thank you” to
“Shame on you” and "What would Jesus do?”
The cancellation outraged Perry Slone, direc­
tor of Beacon Fellowship, an interfaith gay
advocacy group.
"This is hatred of the worst kind," he said.
"What part of ‘Love thy neighbor’ do those
camp officials not understand.7”
VIRGINIA
A
n 18-year-old pleaded guilty Dec. 6 to
three charges stemming from the near-fatal
attack of a gay teen-ager, the Richmond Times -
Dispatch reports.
Thomas Rivers faces a maximum 26 years
any gay and bisexual men
lack key information
about syphilis, including how
to identify signs and symptoms
of the sexually transmitted dis­
ease, according to a study pre­
sented during the National
ST D Prevention Conference
held from Dec. 4 to 7 in Mil­
waukee. The study comes as
increasing evidence indicates
the annual incidence of
syphilis and other STDs is ris­
ing among gay men in a num­
ber of U.S. cities.
“Syphilis and other STDs
that many have long forgot­
ten continue to pose a signifi­
cant health risk to gay men,”
said Helene Gayle, Centers for Disease C on­
trol and Prevention National Center for HIV,
ST D and T B Prevention director. “Efforts to
prevent sexually transmitted diseases must be
revitalized and reshaped to stop this increas­
ing toll.”
Based on a survey of 683 men who have
sex with men attending a gay event in Chica­
go, researchers found that 42.5 percent did
not know syphilis facilitates HIV transmis­
sion and that 52.3 percent were unaware
syphilis is increasing among gay men in some
communities. The study was led by Carol
Ciesielski of the Chicago Department of
Health.
Only 26 percent of respondents correctly
identified rash as a sign of syphilis, while 61.5
percent incorrectly identified urethral discharge
as a symptom. The majority of those surveyed
knew that penile, oral and anal ulcers are signs
of the disease.
“Prevention has to begin with awareness
and basic education,” the C D C ’s Ronald O.
Valdiserri said. "Together with other recent
reports of upswings in risk behavior and STD
rates, this survey underscores an urgent need for
syphilis education appropriately tailored to the
gay community.’ • j n
Compiled by Copy Editor JlM RADOSTA, who
can be reached at jim@justout.corh.
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