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January 9.2004 » Ju st out g nTTTTnrW^nnewsbriefs Continued from P age 7 AIDS. As a result, Medicaid is their single largest source of insurance, providing access to physician visits, hospitalization, prescription drugs, home health care and long-term care. More than half of all people with AIDS and 90 percent of children with AIDS rely on Medicaid benefits for their health care. Current Medicaid eligibility requirements are st) strict that thousands of low-income people living with HIV are unable to qualify for the pro gram until they become disabled by AIDS. Childless adults living with HIV typically only qualify for Medicaid coverage once they become eligible for Social Security. Because people are not eligible for Social Security until they become disabled, those with asymptotic HIV infections are not eligible for Medicaid until their condi tions have progressed to full-blown AIDS. Since these people do not qualify for Medic aid, they lack the critical ability to receive med ical care and medicine to help slow the progres sion of the disease and prevent the onset of oppor tunistic infections. Smiths legislation would give them early access to care and treatment. Treating people with HIV early in the pro gression of the disease has numerous benefits, according to HRC. By providing therapeutics earlier, costs will decrease and the number of new HIV infections will decline because of lower viral loads. In addition, the AID S Drug Assistance Program will he able to provide care to more people with HIV because of savings. Most importantly, the quality of life for count less HIV-positive people will improve. In a report titled AIDS— No Time to Spare, the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS supported expansion of Medicaid for those living with HIV. It called on the Bush administration to remove harriers that states encounter in efforts to expand eligibility. HRC suggests people send letters urging members of Congress to co-sponsor the act. It recommends that supporters include personal stories about how HIV/AIDS has directly affect ed their lives to make the correspondence more compelling. K lub Z C loses lub Z, the only all-ages queer nightclub in I \. Portland, unexpectedly closed its doors Dec. 18. The venue, located at 333 S.W. Park Ave., was a popular place where gay, lesbian, hi, trans and questioning youth could dance, watch go-go hoys and enjoy events such as drag queen wrestling and, every March, the Rosebud and Thom Pageant, the longest-running teen drag celebra tion in the world. The good news is that owner Zig Tognietti promises that the change is not per manent and that the cluh will reopen someday. “The tmth he told, it was time to move. Tune for a change. I didn’t plan on making that change until after Jan. 1, hut my hand was forced to do so earlier. While I regret doing so in such fashion and without warning, I think that when Z comes hack, everyone will like it much better,” Togniet ti announced on the club’s Web site. “There will be a lot of changes at the new Z, hut I am confi dent that.. .Klub Z will live on and continue to be a fun safe place where Oregon and Washington youth can hang out and just be themselves." Tognietti says he has received a large amount of correspondence from queer kids who believe they would have committed suicide if they hadn’t discovered his cluh. “Klub Z was and is about the gay youth, not about me,” he wrote on the Web sire. "It is a gtxxl feeling to know that because of Klub Z and a lot of its patrons.. .some of these kids that have written to me are still alive.” CELIA LYON TERRI POPEJOY ( 503) 345-9253 ( 503) 345-9252 Buying or selling your home is cm important choice. Let Celia & Terri guide you through the process! Bella Casa Realty Inc. 1 5 2 3 S E Ankeny, Portland, O R 9 7 2 1 4 • 5 0 3 -2 3 1 -S E L L ( 7 3 5 5 ) Bridge City Family Medical Clinic, PC Teri Bunker, FN P Board Certified Family [\urse Practitioner A reveler strikes a pose during Lane County Pride 2 0 0 2 ; this year’s celebration will be held Aug. 1 at Alton Baker Park Chronic and Acute Health Care Needs Family Practice/Primary Health Care for Women. Men and Children of All Ages Most Insurance Accepted E u g e n e P r id e P l a n n e d I ane County Pride 2004 might be seven months away, but organizers already are get ting together to make sure the event goes off without a hitch. Committee meetings will he held from 1 to 3 p.m. on the first Sunday of the month through June 6 at the Eugene Water & Electric Board Community Room, 500 E. Fourth Ave. The group will then take a two-month break and resume the schedule Sept. 5. Lane County Pride will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 1 at Alton Baker Park. More details will he announced as the date approaches. For more information e-mail vendor coordinator Jerem iah Megowan at jer_l 28@yahtx).com. 503 / 460-0405 2821 NE 58th Avenue • Portland, OR 97213 Cross street at Sandy Blvd. cW tU re n w o r V VsacJ To s e n s e o-€ TV\e w o c\J v a h T T o ccea Te co*o*nu/V»Ty a T school Ov/r open e o J e J erW»ro*V'OftnT M arch for a llo w s yoctog cW»\<Jren P ea c e , J ustice isters of the Road Café will hold its 12th annual Martin Luther King Day March for Peace and Justice on Jan. 19. As in past years, participants will gather 5:30 p.m.* in two sepa rate neighhorhcxxls and convene into one uni fied group at the Oregon Convention Center’s statue of King. T he Northwest march will begin at Sisters of the Road Café, 133 N.W. Sixth Ave., head over the Burnside Bridge and then turn north on Northeast Grand Avenue. T he Northeast route will begin at Legacy Emanuel Hospital’s Lorenzen Conference Center, 301 N. G ra ham Ave., march through the neighborhood and head south on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Both of the marches are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., connecting at the King memorial and jointly continuing to the Portland Conference Center, 300 N.E. Multnomah St., for a celebra tion of King’s-life, snacks and an opportunity to meet new friends. Drawing on the slain civil rights leader’s attention to issues of poverty and inequality, as well as his fervent anti-war activism, this event celebrates the persistence of those who advocate for peace and social change through nonviolent activism. Sisters of the Road is a nonprofit restaurant open to the public that encourages all customers, staff, volunteers and donors to get to know each T o wiaKe ^ r i e o i s a*yè wiaVe S servse o*€ TV\e w o rlá . Open 9 -1 pm Mon-Thurs Rainbow Preschool l244 NE39(iut5Ô3^ m9 W e are cu rre n tly en ro llin g 3, 4 and 5 y e a r olds. 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