Bay Area Reporter, Volume 33, Number 3, 16 January 2003

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Effort to close housing loophole Gay 90! That ’70s show
Gay HIV-positive couple afraid of SF track team racks up (P.S. Your Cat Is Dead9
eviction if they accept Section 8 voucher. medals at Gay Games VI. finally comes to the screen.
page 14 page 18 see Arts section
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Vol. 33 • No. 3 • 16 January 2003
Serving the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities since 1971
Gays, No fireworks but plenty of
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debate at Pride meeting
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by Joe Dignan
most of
hile there were no verbal fireworks
city's AIDS/ at a meeting Tuesday, January 14
to discuss moving Pride to the
Fourth of July in 2004, one senti¬
HIV cases ment rang true, “The message, clear and
loud, is that the community wants the com¬
mittee to be more politically engaged,” said
Pride President Joey Cain.
by Matthew S. Bajko About 70 people gathered at the LGBT
A
Community Center to debate the idea of
changing the date of San Francisco’s Pride
s the city’s AIDS care providers Parade - for one year only - from the last
and prevention officials brace for Sunday in June 2004 to Sunday the Fourth of
likely funding cuts this year, the July.
HIV virus continues to ravage San Proponents of the idea argued that hold¬
Francisco’s homeless, black commu¬ ing Pride on July Fourth would permit the
nity, and gay men in their late 20s and LGBT community to send a message to the
early 30s. country that the words “patriot” and “Amer¬
So was the message during the first ican” should celebrate the diversity of the na¬ Knitting while listening, Owen Edwards joins some 70 other interested participants at the
HIV Prevention Planning Council tion not just the values of a few. Pride Committee meeting Tuesday.
meeting of 2003 on Thursday, January “The intent is to put gay Pride into a new
9. According to the latest statistics from and unexpected context, which will highlight
the Department of Public Health, end¬ the political aspects of the parade. Throwing to, especially that day, will be like walking We’d be daring anyone to tell us that we
ing for the year 2001,8,303.people are our party on a day that we’re not supposed down the street holding hands in Lubbock, can’t,” said Jim DeVinney.
living with AIDS and nearly 14 percent Texas, only on a much, much larger scale. “Who owns words like ‘patriot’?” asked
are homeless. In Brian McConnell, another proponent. “We
1998,9 percent of need to take these words and define them
the city’s AIDS Governor Davis names ourselves. It’s about flag-waving versus liber¬
cases were home¬ ty, equality and individualism.”
less. Jon Ginoli, lead singer for the band Pansy
“I think it is Division, said, “A lot of the criticism Pride has
too high. It is gay man to Cabinet post gotten over the years is that it started as a po¬
problematic that litical demonstration and is now just a party.
we have that If you have issues with the way we’ve been
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sions in gay men is mid-20s to mid- nior adviser on legislation and the of Zingale, a long¬ page 19 ►
30s. It is 25-, 26- to 32-year-olds, not budget, Zingale will share his du¬ time AIDS advo¬
younger gay men,” said Schwarcz. ties as Cabinet secretary with cate, is viewed as a 11MI1
proSbylepmhi liasm aolsnog cgoanyt imnueens, wtoi thb e9 3a rDise pauntyd CNhiaenfc oyf SMtacffF Vaidndceenn,t Hwahr¬o Cabinet Secretary Daniel Zingale mmeanjot rf or aAdIvDanSc eis¬¬ BAR Talk 40
percent of the city’s cases in 2002 at¬ worked for Vice President A1 Gore’s sues in the state as Classifieds 20
tributed to men who have sex with presidential campaign and joined Davis’s ad¬ many organizations brace for funding cuts
men, according to Schwarcz. In 2002, ministration in 2001 during the energy crisis. and face continued threats from Republicans Generation Q 16
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pared to less than 50 cases in 1996. and am counting on your continued support healthcare activist and advocate as well as a Mailstrom 7
crea“Is ea. mIt ailsa ram perde caut rtshoer styop hwilhisa ti ni¬s aahneda df,r”i eZnidnsghailpe winr otteh ei n cahna llee-nmgainilg tod ahyiss ysmeaarsr ta sa danm iinnniostvraattiovre, lbeaudt emr worheo shoa si nth ree gcoevn¬t Mister Marcus 38
coming down the road,” said HPPC friends and colleagues announcing his ap¬ ernor’s ear and can get things done in Cali¬ Obituaries 17
member Ken Pearce. pointment. fornia,” said Michael Weinstein, president of
In 2001, the city continued to see State Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in a state¬ Open Forum 6
higher rates of AIDS among African Francisco) said the appointment is “great ment heralding the governor’s decision. Our Man Friday 9
American men and women than their news for California and great news for the “Governor Davis has wisely tapped a trusted
white counterparts, with more than LGBT community to have Daniel in his new and talented leader who proved his mettle in Out There 26
A1,I3D0S0. ABfuritc mano sAt mdiesrtiucrabnisn gli vtion gh ewalitthh posLiteionno.,” o ne of the first openly gay men to saugcecnecsys ofuvlelry t hlaeu lnascth fienwg yae amrs.a”j or new state Out & About 36
officials is that less than 70 percent of serve in the Statehouse, met Zingale 15 years Zingale, 42, is credited with overhauling Past Out 10
HIV-positive blacks survive more than ago as a member of the board of governors patients’ rights in California as director of the
page 19 ► for the Human Rights Campaign, where Zin¬ state’s Department of Managed Health Care, Personals 41
gale was on staff. page 17 ► Sports Complex 18
2 BAY AREA REPORTER 16 January 2003
Donation campaign begins
YOU’LL LOVE IT
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For
PERMANENT
HAIR REMOVAL by Cynthia Laird
CALL
I lanked by former aides and
JOHN FRIZZELL 1 friends of murdered gay Su¬
REGISTERED ELECTROLDGIST pervisor Harvey Milk, San
Francisco Board of Supervisors
626-2729 President Matt Gonzalez last week
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formally unveiled a donation
campaign to raise funds for a bust
of Milk to be commissioned for
placement in City Hall.
At the Thursday, January 9
news conference, Gonzalez point¬
&ASSOCIATES
ed out that 25 years ago, on Janu¬
ary 9, 1978, Milk was sworn in as
a supervisor, representing then-
Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez spoke of the need for a
Cleanings done District 5, which included the memorial to slain Supervisor Harvey Milk. Looking on from left are
Castro. Milk was assassinated,
by the dentist Supervisors Bevan Dufty and Tom Ammiano and activist Jim Rivaldo.
along with Mayor George
Moscone, on November 27, 1978
Simple to full by ex-Supervisor Dan White. not to exceed $500 per person, “He was an inspiration to peo¬
mouth recons truetion “We thought it would be a would be held in a special fund in ple, not just gays and lesbians,”
good occasion to announce the the controller’s office on behalf of Hennessey said. “It’s only fitting
campaign to raise dollars for the the San Francisco Arts Commis¬ that City Hall would have a
Over 40 years memorial,” Gonzalez said. sion. He estimated that between memorial to Harvey Milk.”
combined experience The memorial envisioned $50,000 and $100,000 in contri¬ Retired Teamster Allan Baird
would be a bust of Milk, similar to butions needed to be raised for recalled how Milk was instrumen¬
the busts in City Hall honoring the project. tal in working with the gay com¬
Michael W. Blevins. D.D.S. past mayors, including Moscone; The Board of Supervisors in munity to launch the successful
Dianne Feinstein, who’s now a October 2001 unanimously boycott of Coors Beer in the 1970s.
U.S. senator; George Christopher; passed a resolution urging the “He had Coors Beer removed
and John Shelley. Arts Commission to solicit and from every [gay] bar and restau¬
450 Sutter Street • Suite 1233 Gonzalez said that donations, the City Hall building manager to rant from here to Los Angeles.”
determine an appropriate location Gay labor official Howard Wal¬
for the installation of a bust of lace used the occasion to announce
San Francisco, CA Milk in City Hall. that a new boycott of Coors by the
No artist has yet been chosen, AFL-CIO was under way. He
415 • 986 • 6223 according to Gonzalez’s office. added that Milk’s assassination
Many of the speakers at last took place on the heels of Jon¬
Sedation, MdAlsa. AMEX, Insurance week’s event recalled working estown, where more than 900 peo¬
with Milk, and many said that a ple died after drinking spiked
Cosmetic, Preventive & General Dentistry memorial bust is long overdue. punch. Most of them were poor
“It took eight years of struggle and people of color, Wallace added.
to get a school named after Har¬ “We know his assassin used
vey Milk,” noted Supervisor Tom rhetoric [like] ‘clean up this
Ammiano, who added that he’s town,”’ Wallace said, referring to
working with the Arts Commis¬ White’s homophobia. “He [Milk]
* »l * ft sion to redo Harvey Milk Plaza at lived life dramatically and he be¬
Street Address: Castro and Market streets. lieved in using the powers of per¬
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www.freedominchrist-sf.org talked about how Milk loved taking tion builder.”
lay Worship the front steps into City Hall. Donations can be sent to: Har¬
“He was a drama queen,” Kro¬ vey Milk City Hall Memorial
nenberg said, adding that he was Fund, Office of the Controller,
unofficially sworn in on the steps City Hall, Room 300, 1 Dr. Carl¬
Dr. Christopher Amore before being officially sworn in in¬ ton B. Goodlett Place, San Fran¬
CHIROPRACTOR side. cisco, CA 94102. Checks should be
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Call, email or visit my website 415.203.8449 Dean was considered the likely economy goes south we’re affected
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cially taken on the title and re¬ ing Henry House, a six-person “Fifty percent of our budget
sponsibilities of executive director. residence for people with AIDS comes from government sources.
He began his new job in Decem¬ and the first such licensed resi¬ Were really challenged at this
ber at a salary of $63,000 a year. dential care facility in the state. point,” said Dean. “We’re looking
“I came to this agency driven From his multiple roles at Face at how to deliver more with less,
by a desire to do something about to Face, Dean has cultivated an un¬ because our caseload is at the
this horrific disease that was dev¬ derstanding of service delivery and highest point it’s ever been.”
astating our community, leaving fundraising from many different There are no immediate plans
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Santa Rosa resident for the past 28 with the organization and the AIDS little restructuring - including not
years. “My experience of losing a epidemic, said former board mem¬ filling the associate director posi¬
partner to AIDS, and receiving ber Mert Preston, that makes Dean tion he left behind - “that should
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“Part of my first month is to Barcelona, DDS
|| he Shanti Board of Directors meet with as many of my col¬
has named former London leagues in San Francisco as possi¬
resident Hywel W. Sims as its ble and learn what they are doing
new executive director after a six- and see what Shanti can collabo¬ Porcelain Veneers
month search to replace Bob Ry- rate in to manage what will likely
bicki, who stepped down last July. be a difficult 12 months for peo¬
Sims, 44, will receive $130,000 ple with HIV,” he said.
a year as he helps the nonprofit Between 1989 and 1999, Sims, Tooth Colored Fillings
agency maintain its local services originally from Wales, worked in
as it expands its national training HIV and harm reduction services 450 Sutter, Suite 1229
program and LIFE Institute. At a with the homeless in Los Angeles, San Francisco, CA
time when nonprofits face fund¬ Shanti's Hywel Sims serving as executive director both [phone] Teeth Whitening
ing worries due to governmental of the Chris Brownlie Hospice and VBDDS@pad>ellnet
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culty, anybody running a nonprof¬ expansion of Shanti’s LIFE pro¬ the problem of substance use. Investment Management & Financial Planning
it should be concerned about their gram this year and said he wants to He also served as an adviser on
organization’s future,” said Sims, ensure the agency continues to advocacy and fundraising for two
who has been on the job about a provide transportation services to HIV clinics in sub-Saharan Africa. It
month. “Shanti has no reserves and its clients who need rides to doctor is both his international experience Daniel J. Neumann, CFA
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6 BAY AREA REPORTER 16 January 2003
Keep the parade in June
BayArfaReporter
Volume 33, Number 3 T
16 January 2003
he San Francisco Pride Committee “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” one day we can celebrate who we are.
PUBLISHER should resist an effort to move the as stated in the Declaration of Indepen¬ There are practical concerns. Traffic of¬
Bob Ross 2004 LGBT Pride Parade from its tra¬ dence. A Pride Parade held on July 4 ficials have already sounded the alarm that
NEWS EDITOR ditional date in June to Sunday, July 4. wouldn’t change that, it would just a Pride Parade and July 4 fireworks events
Cynthia Laird The committee should be commended muddle the message on a day could stretch city resources. Typically,
ARoRbTeSrt oE FDriIeTdOmRa n ftoopr ich,a avsi nhga phpeelnde da Tpuuebsldiacy .f oErxuemcu toivne Dthi¬e tthioant’asl irsemdo. lent with extreme na¬ mafatenry tihne tPheri dceo mPmaruadneit yi nl elaavtee tJouwnne
rector Teddy Witherington, Pride President As Lisa Roth, an organizer of and celebrate July 4 elsewhere, rais¬
POLITICAL EDITOR Joey Cain, and the other board members the Dyke March, told us last ing the possibility that safety and
Wayne Friday did the right thing in giving residents who week, even in the best of times, July other volunteers would not be avail¬
ASSISTANT EDITORS are concerned about the plan a chance to 4 is a “patriotic jamboree.” able for participating organizations
Matthew S. Bajko sound off and be heard. It is also com¬ While some in the community have ^ and the Pride Committee itself.
Mark Mardon mendable that no decision was immediate¬ questioned the need for Pride Proponents of a July 4 pa¬
Zak Szymanski ly made, but the board should bear several parades in general, we believe rade point out that for too
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS things in mind as it deliberates the matter. they are an integral part of the long, patriotism has been de¬
Dan Aiello • Tavo Amador • Heidi Beeler Moving the parade to July 4,2004 sends LGBT experience, and San fined by mainstream (read:
John Blanco • Dan Blue • Victoria A. Brownworth a confusing message. For one thing, Pride Francisco’s is one of the most unique events straight) America. They want to reclaim
Philip Campbell • Dale Carpenter • Joe Dignan has always been a time for the community around. People of all ages take part in the patriotism. Holding San Francisco’s Pride
Richard Dodds • Glen Helfand • Liz Highleyman to come together to celebrate its diversity, parade or watch from the sidelines. People Parade on July 4 would not accomplish
JJoohen E F. .J eKffarrery •s M• Batrtahnedwo nK Jeunndeedlly •• RDoabviedr t LJaumlibanle its politics, and its community. For one come out, they feel liberated, and it’s the that goal. T
Mister Marcus • Paula Martinac Sunday in June for the past 30-plus years,
Michael McDonagh • Gary Morris • Jim Nawrocki San Francisco has thrown a party that has
Lois Pearlman • Deborah Peifer • Jim Piechota become one of the largest parades in the
Jim Provenzano • Mary Richards • Bob Roehr
Adam Sandel • Jason Serinus • Will Shank state and one of the largest LGBT celebra¬
Gregg Shapiro • Michael Wade Simpson tions in the world.
Gwendolyn Smith • Alex Robertson Textor Moving our celebration to a day that’s a
Paul Thomason • Stephanie von Buchau national American holiday - and the most
Helen Vozenilek • Ed Walsh • Dick Walters patriotic one at that - sends a message -
implied or not - that we also support many
ART DIRECTION & LAYOUT of the domestic and foreign policies of the
Adrian Roberts U.S., when, in fact, many in the communi¬
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bration of America’s independence is not
ILLUSTRATORS & CARTOONISTS warranted. Yes, we’re glad to live in the
Christine Smith U.S., and yes, the gay and lesbian commu¬
Ron Williams nities have made significant strides in the
fight for equality in the last several decades.
GENERAL MANAGER (Transgenders, however, still have a long
Michael M. Yamashita way to go particularly outside of San Fran¬
ADVERTISING MANAGER cisco).
David McBrayer And it’s clear that the federal govern¬
ment doesn’t recognize that all are created
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT equal, or that LGBT citizens are entitled to
Elsa Lee
Where’s Pelosi on global AIDS?
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LEGAL COUNSEL his past summer, about a million peo¬ Yes, she has signed on to letters, bills, and ple who need treatment are dying without
Thomas E. Horn, Esq. ple died of AIDS while Congress de¬ legislative amendments to support global it. Desperately needed prevention and vac¬
MEMBER bated how much money to give the AIDS, and she has supported limited AIDS cine programs go unfunded. By the time
National Gay Newspaper Guild United Nations Global Fund for AIDS, TB, funding through the U.S. Agency for Inter¬ you read this, another million men, women,
United Press International and Malaria - an international fund that national Development (the group that fa¬ and children will have died since last sum¬
fun was the best hope for saving their lives. mously opposed antiviral AIDS treatment mer. Twenty million people have died so far.
While estimates of the U.S. fair share by claiming that Africans can’t tell time). If Bono, the lead singer of an Irish rock
begin $2 billion annually, the U.S. has given But we need more from Nancy band, can crisscross the country to push for
only $200 million per year, one-tenth the Pelosi than that. We need to see a global AIDS funding, the leader of the De¬
amount needed. Two hundred million dol¬ clear and visionary plan from her mocratic Party in the House of Representa¬
Bay Area Reporter lars is just one-fifth of San Francisco’s health office for fighting the global AIDS tives can point the way as well. If
395 Ninth Street budget for 700,000 people. The Global epidemic. \ Senator Bill Frist, a Republican,
San Francisco, CA 94103 Fund, meanwhile, is meant to care for 42 In the next two weeks, George ' can lead the charge (until he
415.861.5019 • 415.861.7230 million people with AIDS, and millions Bush is deliberating about the size caved into White House pres¬
more with other diseases. of his next contribution to the sure earlier this year), Pelosi can
http://www.ebar.com In August, President Bush blocked at¬ Global Fund. Now is the surely step up. If even a
News Editor • [email protected] tempts to increase the U.S. contribution. At time for Congresswoman remorseful Jesse Helms
Arts Editor • [email protected] this writing, the Global Fund is broke. Pelosi to publicly advo¬ campaigned for global
Advertising • [email protected] Mirroring the early days of the epidem¬ cate for money for the AIDS money, Pelosi can
ic, when Ronald Reagan turned away as Global Fund. And in the new legislative ses¬ surely lead. Nancy Pelosi must distinguish
A division of Benro Enterprises, Inc. © 2003 thousands of us died, our government sion, we call on her to introduce a bill that her party by articulating its most funda¬
Published weekly. Bay Area Reporter reserves seems poised to repeat this tragedy, this time would provide $3 billion to the Global Fund mental values. She must stand up against
the right to edit or reject any advertisement on the global stage. - especially money for HIV treatment. global AIDS.
worh wichhi cthhe a pduvberlitsisheesr ibleleligeavle sit eism isn wphoiocrh taste Back then, gutsy and relentless members Finally, we need her to campaign for this Days ago, I attended an AIDS memorial
might result in legal action against of Congress, including Democrats Henry funding relentlessly and to make it a cor¬ service for David Fox, who was a San Fran¬
Bay Area Reporter. Ads will not be rejected Waxman, Ted Weiss, Barbara Boxer, and nerstone of her new public role. We know cisco AIDS activist for 20 years. It was heart¬
solely on the basis of politics, philosophy, Nancy Pelosi, hammered home the message she can do this; she’s done it before. ening to have Nancy Pelosi there, with 600
religion, race, age, or sexual orientation. that people with AIDS here needed help, The Clinton administration, in its final of us, to remember David’s life and contri¬
Advertising rates are available upon request. challenging the president and U.S. health months, recognized the global AIDS epi¬ butions in the fight against AIDS. Now we
Our list of subscribers and advertisers is bureaucrats. They pushed for more money demic as a threat to national security. Even need her to stand with us again, to lead us,
coorinefnidtaetniotina l oafn add vise rntoiste srosl,d p. hTohteo gsreaxpuhael rs, and than the White House was initially willing with a downsized economy and greater de¬ in fact. In describing David’s life, one speak¬
writers published herein is neither inferred nor to give through legislation, public hearings, mands on national spending, this is more er recalled Dr. Martin Luther King’s words
implied. We are not responsible for unsolicited reports, and press conferences. Their work true now, not less. Americans support more that the ultimate measure of a person is not
manuscripts or artwork. culminated in the Ryan White CARE Act of funding for foreign aid, especially if it will where they stand in moments of comfort
Vi VERIFIED 1990, which continues to save lives in this help build national security. But less than 1 and convenience, but where they stand at
AUDIT CIRCULATION country today. percent of the U.S. budget goes to foreign times of challenge and controversy.
These Democrats were out in front then, aid, and we are dead last among donor na¬ Now is that time for Nancy Pelosi. ▼
leading nationally. Far fewer are leading tions in our contributions as a percentage of
now when it comes to the global AIDS dis¬ the gross national product.
aster. And sadly, Congresswoman Pelosi, If Americans are concerned about terror¬ Michael Lauro is a founding member of the
Trehcey cBleady Aparpeae rR uespinogr tesor yi-sb parsiendt eidn kosn. 100% now the Democratic leader in the House of ism in Yemen and Somalia, what will hap¬ AIDS Policy Project and of Survive AIDS.
16 January 2003 BAY AREA REPORTER 7
Memo to Democrats who would be prez sume that they have the right to abuse other gay men. AN EARTH-BASED APPROACH TO PSYCHOLGICAL & SPIRITUAL HEALING
So now that you’ve set up an “exploratory com¬ These gay men want to see that other group of gay Gay Men's Jungian
mmiottneeey,” f rito’sm t irmiceh tcoo nsptreibnudt othres tnoe rxut ny eyaoru hr ucsatmlinpagi gfonr. mtheenm f adiile i nin l itfhee. Tiro o lwivne oflnu itdhse. street as hermits and see Shamanic Group Forming
It will take a lot of money to compete against George San Francisco’s gay community is the worst gay This weekly long-term group stresses a nature-
Bush, and we know that the office often goes to the community in America. Can you smell the coffee, based approach to psychological and spiritual
highest bidder. folks? Worst gay community in America because of all healing. Traditional healing processes include
May I suggest an alternative approach - go out into that damn gym bunny bullshit. dream work, otherworld journeying, drum¬
the streets and present a program to We the People. There are millions of gay men out there through¬ ming, myth and ritual. Join others in an
Show us you really stand for something, that you de¬ out the world, but the city’s gym bunnies think and ongoing process to facilitate the connected-
serve to be president through your vision and leader¬ assume that they are it. But fuck-ups, you are just one, Rodney Karr, PH.D. ncss between self, community and nature.
ship, not just how much money you can raise. There so get over your body and your attitude, and when Licensed Psychologist #PSY6906
are so many issues to address: the blood for oil war you get older, don’t come running to the “other gays.” Offices in San Francisco & the East Bay
against Iraq, corporate corruption, a woman’s right to Your attitude and ego trips will haunt you until your
choose, the environment, AIDS, universal healthcare, death.
tax and trade policies for the rich, a national defense Doug Christoff
that protects civil liberties, a complete, independent Dallas, Texas Experienced Attorney
investigation of 9/11. What is the real agenda?
Commit this country to rejoining the world com¬
munity. Tell us you will sign the Kyoto Protocol on cli¬ As the drums beat louder and louder calling out Barry Schneider, Esq.
mate change and conventions to ban land mines and for war against Iraq the reasons for this war are more
establish the international war crimes tribunal. Stop muddled than ever. The verbiage and the intended
telling other countries they can’t produce weapons of goals used to justify this war change almost daily. Ini¬ Wills and Probate
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and burn agenda and lead our country away from the change. While still proclaiming war is not unavoid¬ Criminal Offenses
brink of war, poverty, ecological devastation, and in¬ able, the Bush administration continues to deploy
ternational condemnation. hundreds of thousands of troops in the Gulf region,
You will win. You will win with your heart, your to join the hundreds of thousands that are already Barry Schneider 400 Montgomery St.
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to elect someone who will talk to us hon¬ our own CIA stated that Saddam Hussein [phone] San Francisco
estly and promote policies that protect I could be dealt with by isolating him and
our families and the planet. We’re sick of that dropping bombs was not the best
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campaign nas set out to present. In my opinion this prove its human rights policies. ND
alone makes the campaign a success because dialogue One thing that does remains consistent is this fact: S
is the first step toward finding solutions. Iraq sits on the second largest oil producing area in
We are all aware of the realities. As the mortality the world and when you couple that with a president-
rate from HIV has dropped there has become an in¬ select whose heavy-fisted energy policies encourage
creased propensity towards unsafe sex. As a result the the further development of fossil fuels and discour¬
infection rate has gone up and it can be seen in every age development of alternative energy resources you
age range. Other campaigns have been less hard hit¬ have the underlying reasons for a war.
ting and as the gray area of safe sex has taken on new U.S. foreign policies are filled with hypocrisy and
proportions, many individuals are finding themselves contribute much to anti-American sentiments around • Personal Injury
newly infected. Misguided notions of living with HIV the globe. A war on Iraq would only fan the flames of
have given some people the idea that infection is just these sentiments and likely lead to further terrorist ac¬ • Medical Malpractice
not a big deal. tivity within our own borders. If war is what this gov¬ • Discrimination
A campaign with shock value has done just that - ernment pushes and the body bags return home, we
shocked us, angered us, and scared us. We stop in our can only hope that the American public will vent its •Wrongful Eviction
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ages are being used to keep HIV-negative men nega¬ rather the Bush administration for waging an unnec¬
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here an ad campaign any less hard hitting would fail.
This campaign is making people think. I wish to call your attention to an omission, which
The individuals who posed for these ads did so affects two articles in the January 2 issue of the Bay
bravely of their own free will. They have bared their Area Reporter. The articles involved are “2003 brings
bodies and souls for the benefit of others. What they new approaches to HIV prevention,” and “Commu¬
represent overall is that life with HIV is much harder nity groups launch African American AIDS cam¬
than life without it. The intensity of the message is paign.” Unfortunately, neither article mentioned the
only an offset to a situation where extreme behavior rather unique funding collaboration that funds these
and a brazen attitude towards a chronic illness can projects.
The initial support for these two projects, in addi¬
sometimes seem like the norm.,
I applaud the Stop AIDS Project for its bold and tion to several others, comes from a $2 million match¬
reality-based efforts. This campaign has a painful edge ing grant between Bristol-Myers Squibb Virology and
the mayor’s office via the San Francisco Department
as does living with HIV at any stage of the disease.
Whether it is facial wasting, diarrhea, or social stig¬ of Public Health.
The grant, which is to be disbursed over a five-year
ma, nothing about living with HIV is a picnic.
period (1999-2003), resulted in the formation of the
Paul Kunsberg Joint Initiative for HIV Prevention and is managed by
San Francisco the AIDS Research Institute of the University of Cal¬
ifornia, San Francisco. The focus of the initiative is to
Down on ‘gym bunnies’ encourage innovative approaches in HIV prevention
in San Francisco. The funds and attendant projects,
I just visited friends in San Francisco for 11 days
made possible by the initiative, are prioritized
during the holidays.
through the iterative processes of the San Francisco
Now living here in Bubbaland (Texas), where hate
HIV Prevention Planning Council.
is tolerated by the religious cults of the Southern Bap¬
tist and other right-wing groups, it saddens me that
Stephan Oxendine, Grants Coordinator
gay men in the city are still self-centered. Most of BMSV/SFDPH/ARI
these fucked up individuals are “gym bunnies” who Joint Initiative for HIV Prevention
are so absorbed with their own lives and think and as¬
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Queer as smoke
Cigarettes frequently accompany ful of studies that
by Paula Martinac
drinking, and a lot of lesbian and were done on
gay socializing has traditionally smoking among
II lcohol abuse among LGBT taken place in bars, especially in gay people from
people has garnered a lot smaller communities without al¬ 1987 to 2000.
Wm of attention in recent 2 ternative spaces for meeting The article ac¬
years, with many communi¬ % friends and lovers. Ironi¬ knowledged the
ty-run programs now helping cally, smoking also goes difficulty of
people to get and stay sober. hand in hand with getting drawing hard-
Yet there hasn’t been a simi¬ sober. And because alco¬ and-fast conclu¬
lar focus on smoking cessa¬ 4m ■ holism is often seen as a sions - very few
tion and prevention in our greater threat to physical studies have ac¬
community, even and mental health, many tually included
though smoking is 12-steppers continue to sexuality when
also a life-threatening smoke long after getting collecting data,
addictive be¬ sober. and even when
hmaavyi obr e mtohraet Lesbian Notions seemSt utdoi ecso n¬ sthoemye tihmaevse b, eerne srpelouncdtaenntt sto ihdeanv¬e cpeeronp lfeo, rb eevcaeurysoe niet , inncorte ajusests gthaey bPiaatnri cMiae Ddiucanln A osfs tohcei aGtiaoyn a tnodld L tehs¬e
common firm that tify as gay. But comparing what risk of heart attack, lung cancer, Washington Post, when it comes to
among queers than heterosexuals. smoking is a major problem in figures exist for gay people with and emphysema. But it may pre¬ lesbian and gay health matters,
For years, anecdotal evidence our community. An article in the those for the general population, sent a different, even larger prob¬ “the big problem with the Bush
has pointed to the pervasiveness 2001 American Journal of Preven¬ researchers found that smoking lem for LGBT people than it does administration is ... that they’ve
of smoking in the gay community. tive Medicine surveyed the hand¬ rates for queer youth and adults for heterosexuals. Lesbians and been completely silent.” Just last
seem to be well above national gay men, for example, may face ei¬ fall, Health and Human Services
smoking rates - in some locales as ther insensitivity or outright ho¬ rescinded a promised $75,000
much as double. mophobia from health-care grant for a lesbian health confer¬
It’s not surprising, then, that providers, prompting us to re¬ ence, citing “technical problems”
there’s been a sharp increase in the main closeted with our doctors with the application - despite a re¬
marketing of cigarettes to gay about our specific health-care is¬ port under the Clinton adminis¬
people in recent years. Indeed, the sues, like addictive behaviors and tration that listed sexual orienta¬
American Lung Association has the emotional problems that may tion as one of six factors causing
uncovered evidence of an R.J. cause them. disparities in people’s health.
Reynolds “diverse marketing” ini¬
tiative unbelievably called Project Lesbians may be at even
SCUM (Sub-Culture Urban Mar¬
keting), aimed at gay people in greater risk for smoking-related
San Francisco’s Castro district.
Many gay papers and magazines diseases than gay men.
have felt the need to accept tobac¬
co-related ads, along with liquor
and beer ads, because the revenue
helps them bring news and infor¬ Lesbians may be at even greater Already, however, there’ve been
mation to the lesbian and gay risk for smoking-related diseases some notable community projects
community - a classic Catch-22. than gay men. A study published addressing the problem of smok¬
Obviously, smoking is a con¬ in 2001 in the American Journal of ing, like a first-ever LGBT tobacco-
Public Health found that fewer les¬ control summit in San Francisco
bians have health insurance than and a Gay American Smokeout,
straight women - who, if married, both held this past fall. The Lesbian
may be covered under spousal Community Cancer Project in
plans - and therefore seem to have Chicago runs a series of local clinics
less preventive care and seek treat¬ and workshops to help women kick
ment for illnesses only at more ad¬ the habit (with an amusingly titled
vanced stages. Web site, www.bitchtoquit.com), a
And the concern isn’t just for program that could be replicated in
older dykes. A recent study aimed other cities.
specifically at college-aged LGBT But LGBT social service
students found that young lesbian, providers nationwide will also
bisexual, and transgender women need to seek the cooperation of
are more often smokers than are gay-run businesses - for example,
their gay male counterparts. That’s by encouraging gay bars to host
pretty alarming, since smoking-re¬ smokefree nights. Bars were, after
lated heart attacks among women all, enlisted in the AIDS crisis to
in their 30s are on the rise, and make condoms available. In addi¬
health-care providers still often tion, gay publications that accept
misdiagnose heart disease in advertising for cigarettes may be
women because they’re looking for called on by their readers to in¬
warning signs that occur primari¬ clude free ads for smoking cessa¬
ly in men. A woman having a heart tion programs. T
attack, for example, may experi¬
ence upper back pain or light¬
headedness instead of the chest Paula Martinac is a Lambda
pains that men usually encounter. Literary Award-winning author
It’s clear, then, that smoking is of seven books and editor in
a problem our community itself chief of Q Syndicate. She can
needs to tackle - and, at least in be reached care of this
the current political climate in publication or at
Washington, probably alone. As [email protected].
Grand marshal site, including the recent posting
of forms for potential “communi¬
◄ page 3 ty partner” organizations, which
provide Pride with volunteers in
has contributed significantly.” exchange for a share of beverage
And giving a vote to the Pride proceeds.
general membership, said Wither- Also online is a full description
ington, is meant to provide the of the grand marshal voting poli¬
membership with a greater role in cy change.
the organization, and to boost And finally, nomination forms
membership enrollment. are available through an easily ac¬
“Members of SF Pride will now cessible link. Although voting may
have multiple ways in which they be different, the nominations
are needed in a decision-making process remains unchanged; all
capacity,” said Witherington. “And voting bodies will be choosing
anyone can become a member. If from the list of nominees suggest¬
anything we hope this provides a ed by the public, so identify your
strong reason to become a mem¬ heroes and submit their names
ber of SF Pride. Just go to the Web before the deadline.
page and sign up.” For nomination forms, rules,
There are many things current¬ and more information, visit
ly happening on the SF Pride Web www.sfpride.org. T
16 January 2003 BAY AREA REPORTER 9
SF Dems see red as
Having
board votes Green eautiful
should
easy
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the boring board and wants to get held at the State Building where
round City Hall this week back to the legal profession. Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-
there was still plenty of Does Gonzalez as board presi¬ San Francisco) and his supporters Michael J. Perona, D.D.S.
buzz about why an 11- dent mean that the city is going to pulled out nearly 300 of the party
member Board of Supervisors hell in a hand basket and will end faithful to elect a slate of 12 dele¬
with nine registered Democratic up as a hotbed for Green Party gates (six women, six men) to the Comprehensive Dentistry 120 Howard Street, Suite A
members couldn’t get its act to¬ politics? Hardly. It does, however, upcoming state Demo convention between Spear and Main Streets
gether long enough to elect one of probably mean that the chair of in Sacramento. Leno’s slate easily Cosmetic m San Francisco
their own as the new board pres¬ the local Democratic Party should won the 12 seats and even state
ident. probably hang it up and hand party chair Art Torres, a resident
Some of Supervisor Sophie over the job to someone who can of the 13th District, was im¬ Preventive call now for an appointment
Maxwell’s political allies were organize the party, but then again pressed with the turnout, telling 415.546.7990
subtly denying it, but it appears wasn’t it Will Rogers who said he me he understood it was the Restorative www.sfteeth.com
that the San Francisco Chronicles wasn’t a member of any orga¬ largest of any district caucus in
Matier & Ross column pretty nized party in that he was a De¬ the state, making it clear that VISA, MC, AND MOST INSURANCE ACCEPTED
much had it right Sunday when mocrat? Never could that be more Leno is not only a party leader to
they reported that Maxwell ap¬ obvious than in the recent Board be dealt with in the city but
parently outsmarted herself in the of Supes election process. around the state as well. The Anglican Church
vthoet ilnogc,a lm Daenmagoicnrgat itco Peamrtyb ainrr athses Race for mayor pinOg nuep q uaebsotiuotn tthhea t rkueneopsf fp olaps¬t of St. Savior
process. When four Democratic With Treasurer Susan Leal’s month for supervisor in District A Congregation for the
members of the board voted with high-profile entry into the race 8 where Bevan Dufty bested L/G/B/T Community
maverick Supervisor Tony Hall for mayor last week there are now Eileen Hansen is whether the re¬
and Matt Gonzalez to elect four big-name candidates sults signal a shift in the San Fran¬ Services: Sunday 6:00pm
Gonzalez, the lone Green in the contest to re¬ cisco political landscape away at First United Lutheran church
Party member, as its new place outgoing Mayor from the far left. There are, in my Geary at 30th Avenue
president, more than one Willie Brown. Most opinion, three major reasons that the Rev, Rusty Clyma - Vicar
local Democratic official political observers Dufty defeated Hansen in that WWW.STSAV1QR.ORG 415-452-3110
hit the roof in disgust. would likely agree election. Dufty, was, in my opin¬
How could it hap¬ that this race is cur¬ ion, the better candidate, and
pen in this, one of the rently Gavin New¬ clearly ran the best campaign;
nation’s most over¬ som’s to lose, but An¬ Hansen’s constant bashing of ROBERT JOHN DERN
whelmingly gela Alioto Willie Brown, hoping to link
Democratic appears ready Dufty to the mayor, just didn’t Certified Public Accountant
cities, you ask? to lock up the work; and Dufty was in favor of
Well, after support of the Proposition N (Gavin Newsom’s Tax and Accounting Services
making a few phone calls myself I city’s sometimes influential labor Care Not Cash initiative) which
learned the same thing that the community (ask Harry Britt and passed in November in the dis¬ QuickbooksAssistance
Chronicle reported: Maxwell and Eileen Hansen just how much trict with 60 percent approval,
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(that both knew would result in a doval, so she could end up as the ate position politically? Possibly. www.bobdern.com
stalemate since Peskin and Gon¬ ultimate candidate of the city’s New York City will host next
zalez had four votes each and liberal left, particularly, if as some year’s GOP nominating conven¬
Maxwell had three), Maxwell ap¬ are quietly predicting, Supervisor tion in Madison Square Garden,
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Gavin Newsom, and her own) ical battles recently, eventually candidate in Boston earlier that
with the understanding that they sees the writing on the wall and year beginning July 26.
would go to fellow Democrat Pe¬ drops out of the race altogether. One reader noted that the COUNTY
skin, thus giving him the presi¬ In that case, Ammiano would Bush White House will counter 1-877-767-6465 www.msminfo.org
dency. Before the day of the vot¬ likely endorse Alioto, as would the recent Trent Lott race issue
ing, however, Maxwell started to probably Board of Equalization flap by dropping Vice President Resources for Solano County Men who have Sex with Men (MSM)
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had with Peskin and after six under way with Alioto heading Examiner's Warren Hinckle, an
rounds of voting, she was sitting the march. Just musing here, old and dear friend, is surely one
tough. folks, but I’m betting that as we of the city’s more interesting writ¬ We want to be your
After a half dozen votes, Peskin get six or eight months into this ers, I tried, but couldn’t deter¬
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Fiona Ma, Jake McGoldrick, Leal, and Alioto. With the possi¬ busy on the phone to S.F. super¬
and his own). Two of them, Ma bility of instant runoff voting visors the day they elected Matt
and Ammiano, voted for who knows what could happen, Gonzalez board president - gotta ANIMAL
Maxwell, giving her five votes, but but more and more of those believe that Pelosi, the most pow¬
the other two, McGoldrick and whose judgment I respect are erful woman on Capitol Hill, had HEALTH
Peskin, voted for Green Party telling me that Leal is the one to a few more important things on
member Gonzalez, handing him watch in that event. Leal, 53, is an her plate that day. NETWORK,
the minimum six votes he needed attorney in her second term as There is growing talk about a
to win the job. So much for hav¬ treasurer, was appointed to the possible entry by Art Agnos into
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Democratic San Francisco. friends, and is a very respected San Francisco) next year, setting Dr. Chris Hummel, Jr.
Actually, it is my understand¬ lesbian Latina who has become a up a possible Democratic Party D.V.M.
ing that the agreement Peskin and most astute politician. And re¬ dogfight between Agnos, Carole Dr. Rebecca Johnson,
Maxwell had was that if either of member, you read it here first. MJoieg dNena taionnd. Marin Assemblyman ANIMAL health NETWORK, INC. D.V.M.
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in the race, not for Gonzalez. At Deputy City Attorney Kamala make special mention of the pass¬ individualized care you would expect
any rate, the plan obviously back¬ Harris, also one of the brightest ing of a longtime friend, David for any member of your family.
fired and Gonzalez, probably the people on the local political scene, Smith Fox and to offer personal You'll feel good knowing in a world of volume and bargain pet care,
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figures in modern poetry, Yemen), working as a trader and
Paul Verlaine and Arthur gunrunner. He developed cancer
Rimbaud, were 19th century of the knee that required ampu-
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Paul Verlaine was born in ness, Verlaine abandoned him in
Metz, France, in 1844. The son of London and fled to Brussels. Pen¬
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a beautiful and wealthy with me?” he wrote. “It is Paul Verlaine in 1891
young woman he did not only with me that you can
find intellectually compati¬ be free.” tation of his right leg and died in
EXPERIENCE. IN DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF CONSTRUCTION & RENT CONTROL ISSUES. ble. By 1871 Verlaine had be¬ Together again in Marseille in November 1891.
come a poet of some Brussels in the summer of As originators of the Symbol¬
renown within that year, Verlaine ist school of poetry, which fo¬
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Arthur Rimbaud, drunken argument. Verlaine and Rimbaud greatly in¬
10 years Verlaine’s junior, was During his trial for the shooting, fluenced modern literature. Al¬
born in Charleville, France, in Verlaine was examined by court though commonly thought to be
1854. Also the son of an army of¬ physicians who pronounced that the less talented of the two, Ver¬
ficer, he was raised by his stern he “bears on his person the signs laine had become a celebrated
mother after his father deserted of active and passive pederastic poet by the time.of his death, and*
the family when he was a boy. habits.” Verlaine spent two years thousands joined his funeral pro¬
Rimbaud excelled in school and in prison, where he reclaimed the cession. Rimbaud - who Andre
was regarded as a prodigy; his po¬ Catholic faith of his youth. In Breton called the “God of Adoles¬
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