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GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

February 1, 1992

KWIR-Paks will keep in touch

KWIR Publications, publishers of the Chronicle, have announced that they will try to continue communication within the lesbian and gay citizens while the Chronicle is not being published, by sending to the Chronicle's mailing list a new product called KWIR-Pak.

KWIR-Pak will be a an envelope full of coupons, flyers and advertisements. Also included will be the Chronicle's personals. KWIR-Pak is intended to be a vehicle for community groups and businesses to continue to reach the lesbian and gay consumer. It will also allow community

members to stay in touch with the services they need.

To receive a KWIR-Pak each month free of charge and in a plain unmarked envelope, send your name and address to KWIR Publications, P.O. Box 5426, Cleveland, OH 44101. If you are a Center member, you will not automatically receive the KWIR-PAC, unless you are also a Chronicle subscriber. If you are interested in having your business or event included in the KWIR-Pak, please contact Betsy Marshall at 621-5280.

CSU prof calls for mandatory testing; says cities not ready

Ninety percent of local governments have not established plans to cope with the AIDS epidemic and are therefore not prepared to deal with the AIDS crisis in the workplace, according to a new book.

Calling for mandatory HIV testing and an independent AIDS czar to manage the crisis is Dr. James Slack, author of the recently released book, AIDS and the Public Work Force.

Slack, associate professor of public administration and director of the Master of Public Administration program at Cleveland State University's Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, surveyed 526 city managers and mayors across the United States and found that government officials underestimate the number of AIDS cases in the work force by a factor of six.

Slack's book gives insight to policies and problems in dealing with the AIDS epidemic in the public workforce. According to Slack. citv administrators are torn

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between the arguments favoring the confidentiality of the employee's health condition and those supporting the right of the citizen to know about the workings of government, including disclosure of AIDS-related information about city employees.

"Mandatory, periodic HIV antibody testing of all employees would provide managers with specific information about how the epidemic will affect the workplace," explains Slack.

"But to protect the civil rights of all employees," Slack cautions, "mandatory AIDS testing must also be accompanied by stronger federal laws prohibiting the use of test results in recruitment and promotion processes."

AIDS and the Public Work Force was funded with research support provided by Cleveland State University. The book is available for $17.95 through the University of Alabama Press at 205-348-5180. ▼

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The Radical Classicist compiled by W.A. Brooks

A new Chronicle column whose focusing on the Arts, but will journey through the whole world of Culture...

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In the lion's den with W.A. Brooks: Mr. Brooks as the ferocious animal; enraged as the virtuous David when confronted with the Goliaths of today's increasingly mercenary art-world... Gallery of Angels: the rare beauties in books, cinema, music, performance The whole cultural miasma, tout les corps, en effet... Mr. Brooks: I speak to you from captivity; here I am chained: they have made me promise to let no words out uncensored. "No stream-of-consciousness!" they screamed. And beat me down with their jargon, their authority, their seniority. Luckily, I have found an ally; a young man, who sometimes would come visit me, has broken into the PC system, and has found a way to print my unflinching views. Here is the first communiqué.

I went to the Cleveland Orchestra concert to hear Yo-Yo Ma play Dutilleux' quasi-cello Concerto. It was a ravishingly beautiful piece, which deserves repeated listening, along with his other oeuvre. After intermission, Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique, the justifiably popular, gorgeous work by this ninteenth-century revolutionary. The competent Dohnanyi conducted. He is to be thanked for a patient effort to bring contemporary music to the highly conservative Cleveland audience, alongside the classical top 40. After the performance, a mob scene; a hundred people there with cameras to get a photo alongside Mr. Ma, the greatest cellist of our day, and one of the nicest smiles

around.

If you have money, buy tickets; if not, sneak in or something; it's a great orchestra. Call the Severance Hall box office for ticket information: 231-1111.

Stay tuned for the movie "version" (is it possible?) of William S. Burroughs' novel Naked Lunch, originally banned, now a 20th century classic. The book is seemingly chaotic ("seemingly," because I may not have grasped its structure when I read it, some years ago), and full of extravagantly poetic, terrifying imagery. It was quite an exhausting experience, that book. So is life, these days, right? I might mention that Burroughs is a radical-type homosexual (but, like the closeted blacksheep NAMBLA, not a part of Our Gay Agenda, 'cept fer his famous name). If the movie were faithful to the book's imagery, would it ever be released (i.e. does Jesse think it has redeeming social value?) in this country? Well, let's just see what David Cronenberg's vision of Naked Lunch is like. I hope you can still see it by the time this gets into print. Let me know what you think... Opened January 17 at the CedarLee Theatre: 321-8232.

Mr. Brooks' scribe notes: Dr. Brooks suffers from frequent bouts of paranoia and grandiosity, as well as from occasional delusions (And excema, arthritis, and other ailments common to his age) which should not be difficult to separate from the profound observations which he sometimes makes. Therefore, I will try to present his remarks relatively intact.

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