18 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE JULY 23, 1993

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Getting to know you. getting to know all about you"

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The Survey results will be very helpful to our editorial and sales staff. If you receive a survey please take a few minutes to fill it out and send it back in the enclosed, stamped envelope.

SPORTS

Gay Games IV is less than a year away

by Bill Podojil

The Gay Games are scheduled to take place June 18-25, 1994 in New York City. They will coincide with the New York Pride Festival and Stonewall 25. The week promises to be one of fun, pride, excitement and celebration.

The Gay Games expects to draw over 20,000 athletes from around to world to compete in this international gay and lesbian event. Along with the athletic competition, there will be a cultural festival celebrating the artistic achievements of the international gay-lésbian community.

Athletic Events include: Aerobics, Badminton, Basketball, Billiards, Bowling, Cycling, Diving, Figure Skating, Flag Football, Golf, Ice Hockey, In-Line Skating, Judo, Marathon, Martial Arts, Physique, Powerlifting, Racquetball, Soccer, Softballslow pitch, Softball-women's fast pitch,

Sport Climbing, Squash, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Track & Field, Triathlon, Volleyball, Water Polo, and Wrestling.

Cultural Events include: Architecture & Design, Cabaret, Classical Music, Comedy, Dance, Drag, Film, Folk Art & Crafts, Gay History & Cultural Heritage, Literature, Painting & Sculpture, Performance Art, Photography, Pop Music, Theater and Video.

With all of these events, both athletic and non-athletic, nearly everyone will be able to find something of interest.

We are currently in the process of organizing Team Cleveland, the athletic team representing the Cleveland area. We are in need of both athletes and volunteers that will help us plan a strong showing in New York. Please contact either myself or Michelle at 651-1621. Watch for further information on this exciting event!

ACT UP

CLEVELAND

by Joe Carroccio

The war on AIDS is lost. We are now left with nothing, no treatment; AZT, ddI, and ddC don't work. There is no vaccine or cure and we continue to die in masses. A wave of death is about to hit our city, and we are no more prepared for it than we were twelve years ago. Everybody who was taking the poison that they called treatment has run out of time and will start dying off.

THESE ARE YOUR FRIENDS who have kept their diagnosis a secret from you, and still you lay down and do nothing. How many more have to die before you join the fight?

Burroughs Wellcome is scrambling to do damage control because their AZT, that made them hundreds of millions of dollars, has been exposed for the shit that it really is, and now the mental giants that make the decisions have discovered a new AIDS drug, thalidomide. I had to laugh out loud when I read that one.

President Clinton has named a buffoon as an AIDS czar: Christine Gebbie. This is a woman who, in her own state of Washington, wanted to report all infections to the health department and monitor behavior.

She also was favorable to the idea of internment. (No, the threat of concentration camps did not end with Guantanamo Bay, we may even be threatened with detention right here in the city of Cleveland. ACT UP is watching.)

Let me tell you about this AIDS czar. First the position has been reduced to AIDS Coordinator. She does not report to the president, and she is not a cabinet member. She reports to the chief of staff. This woman, this AIDS czar, this savior of the HIV-

challenged community, has a staff of exactly five people. We all know it takes a staff of 100 just to mail a letter in Washington. Is it because they don't want to create another bureaucracy, or is it that they don't feel the issue warrants more staff than five? I guess we will have to wait and see, but my money is on the latter.

Too many members of our community still don't care about AIDS. They would rather PWAs not go to the bars or health clubs so they don't have to look at it. It is their future. Why is it that faggots are so passive about this genocide that is being thrust upon them? Why do we have to convince people that it's way past time to join the fight?

When this plague is over, if you're still left standing, do you want to have to ask yourself: Did I do enough? Could I have done more? By then, your friends will all be dead and it will be too late.

To those of you who are HIV positive, you have one option left: FIGHT! Get in the streets with ACT UP. We're doing this for all of us. ACT UP is going to be demonstrating more, not less. We will be making more noise, not less. We will be raising hell wherever we can. We have to, and so do you. We strongly urge you to come to our meetings and find out what you can do right now to fight for your life and the lives of your friends. We meet every Monday at 7 pm in the conference room at the Ohio City Oasis. ✓

This space has been provided to ACT UP by the Chronicle, and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Chronicle staff or management.

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