GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE NOVEMBER 11, 1994

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Keeping In Touch is a Men's Social Group for Men In Touch graduates.

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Theresa A. Cahill, 33, died on November 3 after a long hard-fought battle with AIDS. Terry's fierce determination and pride put her at the forefront of everything she attempted. From her days as one of "Cleveland's finest" for the Regional Transit Authority, rising to the status of detective until her retirement on May 21, 1993, her strong Irish eyes were a beacon of light, strength, hope, and laughter to all who were touched by her.

Terry especially loved singing, fishing, and speaking her mind. She loved animals, camping and nature. Even

Terry Cahill

when there was a slow cash flow, she never hesitated in her generosity to others. She marched in the forefront at Pride, spoke to women's groups about the dangers of HIV, and most importantly, lived as though through her police nature, she could investigate and ultimately arrest this greatest of all villains, AIDS.

Terry is survived by her parents, John and Bonnie Cahill; brothers Dennis (Sue); Michael (Vicky) and niece, Dawn. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 12 at Our Lady of Grace Church in Hinckley at 1 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to the AIDS Task Force, The Open House, or Stopping AIDS is My Mission. A special thank you to all the beautiful people at the Special Immunology Unit of University Hospitals.

As her partner and loving friend, I would like to share our final communication:

I'm sitting here in the din of infusion pumps running, wondering where you are. Illness can take you to very strange places one can only go alone. I fear that you may never come back; never know how important and special you are to so many people. You have become the master teacher showing us

the precariousness of life and the danger of taking anything for granted. You have people questioning their own status of mortality which is terrifying to most of them. Our egos and libidos send so many down detours that we have a hard time finding our way back home.

If there was only one thing I could say to you right now it would be thank you. I've come so far in such a short time that I fear it will take me many years to unravel it all. I'm not trying to understand any of the events of these past few months. I'm finished with "why-oh-why." There is and never will be any rhyme or reason to the situation we find ourselves in. I have learned acceptance and surrender. I still believe in rainbows and sunsets; I still believe in you. If you choose to come back to us, I shall rejoice; if it's time to move on, I will try to let you go. I don't know if I wrote this for you or me. Again it all seems so intertwined that I'd be a fool to suggest that my loving you doesn't actually heal me. Soon I envision that I will be able to walk on water; however, first comes the agony and tears. May I have permission to call you angel now?

David Feinberg

New York-David Feinberg, a writer and AIDS activist, has died at age 37. Feinberg died on November 2 at his home in Manhattan of AIDS related causes.

His two fictional works, Eighty-Sixed and Spontaneous Combustion documented the devastation of gay life in New York City by the AIDS epidemic. A collection of essays, Queer and Loathing: Rants and Raves of a Raging AIDS Clone, is to be published in three weeks by Viking.

Feinberg joined ACT UP in 1987 and was arrested half a dozen times at demonstrations sponsored by the group, including the disrup-

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tion of Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in 1989. But in a speech delivered last month, he complained that ACT UP "wastes precious time bickering" and "indulges its obsession with the Catholic Church" at a time when he wanted "every argument and action to help save my life."

Feinberg was born in Lynn, Mass. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978 and received a master's degree in linguistics from New York University in 1981. That year, he began working for the Modern Language Association in New York.

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