June 1986

LETTERS

VOLUNTEERS

To the Editor:

Ray Schultz and Chuck Mossberger recently announced their resignation from the Board of Trustees of the Gay Educational and Awareness Resources Foundation. These two men have served the community arduously, and with dedication. As Hotline Coordinator Ray devoted hundreds of hours to direct service, training, and outreach.

It is through the unselfish giving of Ray, Chuck, and hundreds of volunteers over the past ten years that the lesbian/gay community has found security and "safe harbor" in northeastern Ohio. We wish to thank all the volunteers publicly and hope the community will join us in the simple recognition of those who share their time and talent.

To all of you involved with the Hotlines, the Community Center, the Rap Groups, and Focus Counselling; and to those of you who do public speaking, fundraising, and whatever else is needed to keep_the Lesbian/Gay Community Service Center alive--we salute you!

The Board of Trustees of the GEAR Foundation

VIOLENCE

To the Editor:

After reading the article in last month's issue, "Lakewood Gays Assaulted," I found myself in touch with several different feelings. The two outstanding emotions were fear and anger. The fear is a very real feeling. Incidents like these bring to light just how targetable gay individuals can be for doing nothing but loving one another.

As a Lakewood citizen I feel concerned to hear my police department was unhelpful and slow to respond. I'm angry to hear of two people being subjected to harassment and violence simply because they are gay or suspected of being gay. I lend my compassion and empathy to the Lakewood couple las I'm sure many others do also) and know that your fear and anger will pass to strength be replaced with and hope.

Tim Thomas

Gay Peoples Chronicle

AIDS SURVIVORS

To the Editor:

Statistics on AIDS show that more than 80 per cent of people diagnosed two years ago have died. Yet little attention is paid to the 20 per cent of cases who survive longer. In particular, there has been no systematic study of people who continue to live in a stable state of health for much longer periods.

The Boston AIDS Action Committee is planning a stuAIDS to try to identify facdy of long term survivors of tors which may have contributed to their long survival. We hope that this information will be useful to other people with AIDS and to our scientific understanding of AIDS.

The Boston AIDS Action Committee study is divided into two phases. In phase I we hope to establish informbers of long term survivors al contacts with large numof AIDS to gather impressions regarding the aspects of medical care, nutrition lifestyle, medication and coping styles which may have contributed to their success in battling the disease. In phase II, we will use the information gathered in phase I to prepare a more systematic questionnaire for distribution.

If you have AIDS which was diagnosed more than two years ago, we would appreciate hearing from you. The following information would be most helpful:

--Name, address and telephone number, and date of diagnosis. --Părticular

AIDS related condition you have had (i.e. KS, PCP, or other infections).

--Any experimental treatment protocols in which you have participated.

--Any special modifications in diet, drugs, lifestyle, non-traditional medications which you believe may have contributed to your survi-

val.

All information will be kept strictly confidential. We wil contact some respondents for further information.

Please mail your responses

to:L

Survival Study c/o John Whyte MD, Ph D Boston AIDS Action Committee 661 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02116 If you would like more information before deciding to participate, please call Larry Kessler at (617) 4376200.

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I have no interest whatsoever in closing gay businesses. I value and appreciate the cooperation of most gay establishments in educating people about AIDS and promoting safe sex, and I'm most interested in working with the Ohio AIDS Coalition and bathhouse ownership and management in creating a healthy environment for their patrons.

Buck Harris

IN THIS ISSUE

On page 13 we are carrying a guest editorial about Hands Across America by Shana Blessing.

We are receptive to guest editorials by people outside our regular writing staff. It will not usually be possible to include them on this page, but they will be clearly labeled as editorials. And they will be wel-

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AND NOT IN THIS ISSUE

The very rational Plain Dealer editorial on the very irrational proposals for an AIDS policy by the public schools came out June 2, too late to include a reference to it in our own editorial... Ten Years Ago in Cleveland is missing because there wasn't anything to report. May 1976 was a very active month, but June of that year seems to have been dead. Perhaps most people followed Matt Phillips example and left town to take in Gay Pride celebrations. We planned to say that Phil Arula's Cat was out on the tiles, but Tabitha threatened to leave the Chronicle if we did. She wants it understood that she is resting this month before forcing herself into another unsavoury [her spelling] writing session. Also missing are any letters from readers outraged by our April 1 page, which they assumed was dishonest reporting. Well, that's Cleveland. Fortunate for them they don't live in Columbus where News of the Gay and Lesbian Community ran an interview in which the President and the First Lady both came out of the closet:

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