December 1985

Gay Peoples Chronicle

CONFERENCE

Page 9

In order to protect the blood supply, in April 1985 the Red Cross began testing all donated blood for the AIDS antibody. They planned to inform donors when the test result was positive for the antibody.

their blood. Results typically take two weeks to return. After that time, the person presents his or her ID and is given the results and is counselled on the meaning of those results.

"The test has been destructive in some peoples lives. They leave the site shell-shocked and don't hear a word you say." Scott Walton,

HTLV-III Counselor, Columbus, Ohio (pictured above)

In May, 1985, major local health departments across Ohio established the Alternative Education/Testing Sites to prevent people from donating blood for the sole purpose of determining their virus status. Unlike the Red Cross, the Alternative Sites do not record names of those involved in testing. Participants are given a number ID that matches a number on

'Tis the season for giving a book

EIGHT DAYS A WEEK

Can Johnnie Ray Rousseau, a 22-year-old black gay aspiring nightclub singer, find happiness with Keith Keller, a six-foot-two blond bisexual football jock who works in a bank? Will Johnnie Ray's manager ever get him on the Merv Griffin show? Who was the lead singer of the Shangri-las? And what about Snookie?

Somewhere among the answers to these and other silly questions, Larry Duplechan has written the story of a couple as different as well, as black and

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white. And it's as funny, and

sexy, and memorable, as any

love story you'll ever read.

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EIGHT DAYS A WEEK

by Larry Duplechan

$6.95 in bookstores, or use this coupon to order by mail.

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Enclosed is $7.50 (includes postage and handling) for one copy of Eight Days a Week, by Larry Duplechan.

In northeast Ohio the Alternative Site is located at the McCafferty Health Clinic, 4242 Lorain Avenue. Testing is available from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and from 1 to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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Sites throughout Ohio report that about one in three gay men tested at the sites have positive test sults.

Lillian Halegua The Pearl Bastard

"A mesmeric novel full of poetry."

-Judith Neville, Sunday Times

A haunting novel of a girl's journey from childhood into sudden adulthood, from the suffocation of city and family to the brutal indifference of the sea.... This short, forceful novel, written over two decades ago, is now becoming a wordof-mouth classic. Carol Seajay, in Feminist Bookstore News, writes: "I picked up this book to glance through it for a few minutes one day, and ZAP, I was gone. The quick concise sentence structure? The compelling story line? ... I read this as the story of a young dyke-to-be setting off into the world to make her fortune. And encountering incredible – but all too common obstacles."

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Lillian Halegua The Pearl Bastard

The Pearl Bastard

by Lillian Halegua

$3.95 in bookstores, or use this coupon to order by mail.

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Enclosed is $4.50 (includes postage and handling) for one copy of The Pearl Bastard.

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