25 years of advocacy: a sampling of a quarter century of this magazine's coverage of the AIDS epidemic, from poppers to barebacking.August 20, 1981 New Viral Cancer Stirs Gay Fears Cover line: A "Gay" Cancer? Foresight: "The bright light at the end of the dark Kaposi's [sarcoma sarcoma (särkō`mə), highly malignant tumor arising in connective- and muscle-cell tissue. It is the result of oncogenes (the cancer causing genes of some viruses) and proto-oncogenes (cancer causing genes in human cells). ] tunnel is that if the disease is in fact sexually transmitted, a vaccine could theoretically be developed against it, as is currently happening with hepatitis. 'In the long run, this may be the biggest thing ever in cancer research,' says [NYU's] Dr. [Alvin] Friedman-Kien." Hindsight: "Researchers seem to agree that butyl nitrite butyl nitrite n. A colorless, volatile liquid, C4H9NO2, that is marketed in some household room deodorizers and used illicitly to induce euphoria and enhance sexual stimulation. Noun 1. , the principal ingredient in most over-the-counter poppers poppers Drug slang A regional street term for amyl nitrate or isobutyl nitrite , may be a culprit." February 17,1983 Coping With a Crisis: AIDS and the Issues It Raises The first time the word AIDS appeared on the cover. Foresight: "These illnesses are not 'gay' illnesses," said Steve Peskind, head of Project Shanti's AIDS Program in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . "The media, both gay and straight, have been very irresponsible in representing it as a gay plague or an exclusively gay disease." Hindsight: "There's absolutely no proof that what has hit gay men and Haitians and drug addicts ... is the same disease. No proof at all. It's a scandal," said pioneering New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of AIDS activist and physician Joseph Sonnabend Joseph Sonnabend (born 1932 in South Africa) is a distinguished retired physician, scientist and AIDS researcher, notable for pioneering community-based research, the propagation of "safe sex" to prevent infection, and an early and unconventional "multifactorial" model of AIDS. . November 26, 1985 Etiquette for an Epidemic: What to Say and Who to Tell When Someone Has AIDS Foresight: "If a friend tells you that he has AIDS, keep the information to yourself, unless he specifically asks you to pass it on. Let him be the judge of who has a 'right to know.' Shocked by the news himself, at first, he may have blurted it to you. Don't make him regret it," wrote advice columnist Robert Boucheron. April 1,1986 The Call for Quarantine July 8,1986 Sex in the Age of AIDS July 7,1987 Special Report: Your HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. Status, Should You Take the Test? Foresight: "The Advocate presents a careful review of three questions faced by most gay men today: whether to take the HIV antibody HIV antibody A self antibody specifically directed against one or more proteins or antigens on the surface of HIV, which may be minimally protective against HIV test; what the future holds for those who test positive; how those who test negative can stay that way." Hindsight: "A San Francisco gay man remarked that he felt a ceiling had descended over him when he received his antibody positive result. 'I can no longer presume that I have a future beyond many months, or a few years.'" July 31, 1990 The Politics of Death: A New Coalition for the War Zones of the '90s January 15, 1991 Cities in Crisis: As the AIDS Toll Soars, America's Urban Centers Crumble July 30, 1992 In the Dark About AIDS Foresight: Jonathan Mann
June 15, 1993 The Life and Times of Randy Shilts Randy Shilts (August 8 1951 – February 17 1994) was a highly acclaimed, pioneering gay American journalist and author. He worked as a reporter for both The Advocate and the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as for San Francisco Bay Area television stations. Profiling the legendary AIDS journalist. May 31, 1994 AIDS Education: Why It's Not Working Foresight: "I remember my morn, who has always been really cool about my being gay saying, 'How could you have been so stupid?' I was asking myself the same question." September 6, 1994 Portrait of a Centerfold cen·ter·fold n. 1. A magazine center spread, especially a foldout of an oversize photograph or feature. 2. a. The subject of a photograph used as a centerfold, often a nude model. b. : The Bare Facts About HIV-positive Lesbian Playboy Playmate Rebekka Armstrong May 16, 1995 The Real Patient Zero? Why Scientists Don't Care Whether a Man Died of AIDS-Related Causes in 1959 April 13, 1999 Barebacking: Are We Turning Our Backs on Reality? Hindsight: "Those in AIDS prevention can get sidetracked into a fury over barebacking even though they know that most men aren't barebackers making a conscious choice but get blindsided by desire into doing something in the moment," said Sex Panic! activist Jim Eigo--an observation that this issue's sex-party investigation undermines. April 12, 2005 The New Sex Police --Compiled by Will Birnie For a longer version of this timeline, click on ISSUE ARCHIVES at Advocate.com |
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