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Elizabeth Birch (with Mayor Anthony Williamson at the dedication of the Human Rights
Campaign’s new home in Washington, D.C.) announced she was stepping down after eight
years at the helm of one of the world’s largest queer organizations
Bush, affirm their belief in marriage as being
between a man and a woman. However, they
all oppose the amendment.
Program, where 10 states already have waiting
lists to join and California is likely to cap entry
to its program in January.
T he big news on the drug development
front was federal approval of Fuzeon (T-20) in
March, the first in a new class of drugs known
as entry inhibitors.
nother symbol of
changing attitudes
toward gays and lesbians
was the election of
V. G ene Robinson as
Episcopal bishop of New
Hampshire in June, his
confirmation by that
church’s convention in
August and his installa
tion in November. Arch-
V. Gene Robinson
conservatives within the
church, both domestically and especially inter
nationally, were apoplectic about the develop
ment and continue to threaten schism.
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy became the sur
prise hit of the summer tube and made waves far
beyond its limited cable distribution, even
morphing over into an edited version on NBC.
Reichen Lehmkuhl and Chip Arndt showed that
gays could be buff, cooperative hunks and win
The Amazing Race. All of that was reinforced by
news coverage, demonstrating that gays and les
bians are everywhere and increasingly are becom
ing part of the mainstream of American life. J D
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Terje Anderson, National Association of
People with AIDS executive director, praises
political leaders for their international initiative
but questions the White House’s commitment
to abstinence-only prevention programs and its
willingness to devote more dollars to care
he international story dominated media
coverage of the AIDS pandemic, thanks in
part to a surprise announcement by Bush in his
State of the Union address Jan. 28. He proposed
the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a combi
nation of prevention and therapy that will "treat
at least 2 million people.” Bush asked Congress
“to commit $15 billion over the next five years,
including nearly $10 billion in new money, to
turn the tide against AIDS in the most affected
natioas in Africa and the Caribbean.”
Domestic advocates are growing increasingly
frustrated that not enough attention or resources
are being given to problems here at home, and
prevention activities continue to be a flash
point of contention. The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention announced a program
shift that many interpreted as away from a
community-based approach to more of a med
ical model ftx:using on those already infected.
Another source of frustration has been the
assault that social and congressional coaservatives
have made on community prevention activities
and research. Agencies from coast to coast have
been audited in detail, programs have been told to
exclude sexual content, and some researchers
have complained of “a McCarthy-like atmos
phere" surrounding any studies that deal with sex.
Neither the administration nor Congress
seems inclined to appropriate the money neces
sary for services for the growing caseload as
more people learn their serostatus and therapy
is keeping more of them alive. T he problem is
most visible with the AIDS Drug Assistance
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