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Memorial Day Weekend agazine - Volume 3, Number 3 "" July 1999 - www.cukque.ccm - 9 ver the past few months many Oof you have sent letters and emails commenting on our covers. While the majority of the com- ments were favorable, there were a few of you that have grown increasingly disturbed about how our community is being represent- ed in this magazine. PUBLISHER I CEO Some ot your comments suggests that the covers are too suggestive, Dwight Powell anil only sells sex. Further, you also suggested that we shun the beau- "tiful bodies and faces, and replace them with people that truly repre- CO-EDITOR sents our community, ... even if it's a big fat queen! (not my words) Lewis Nicholson I would be the first to acknowledge that our covers are often some- OFFICE MANAGER what suggestive and provocative. They however, are always present- COVER CO-ORDINATOR ed in a tasteful manner. With that said, please keep in mind that this Nestor Zapata is a business, and we here at Clikque Magazine are in the business of staying in business. This magazine survives on the advertisements ART DIRECTOR I GRAPHIC ARTIST Dwight Powell ' . ,.:' placed by business and individuals in our community. These folks that " 'I, advertise often like to know that what they are advertising will be seen HIV I AIDS EDITORIALS by a great deal of potential customers. If the magazine isn't being Don Sneed - Dallas, Tx. picked-up, our advertisers won't get any business. As you can imag- ine, if my advertisers aren't getting any business, Clikque won't get MONTHLY COMMENTARY their business. And if Clikque doesn't get their business, who will pay Craig Washington - Atlanta, Ga. our huge printing and distribution bills? Certainly not I, those days are gone. MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Anthony Rucker - Gainesville, FI. Please excuse me if I am coming across a little too defensive. I am just tired of having to deal with this issue. Other issues BOOK EDITOR that I am tired of addressing are: why aren't there any lesbians on the cover, and why aren't there any lesbian articles? Roger Sneed- Atlanta, Ga. Well those are issues that I will address next month. Remember! boys should not address lesbian issues; lesbians should! SENIOR STAFF WRITER Thanks for your continued support. See you next month. Bianca- New York, NY Scott Bogan - Atlanta, Ga. Todd Edwards - Austin, Tx. STAFF WRITERS Candie Coopa - Atlanta, Ga. Danny Chislom - Atlanta, Ga. Nikki-Ann Spence- Houston, Tx. www. Rodney McCoy, Jr. - New York, NY. Victor J. Stewart- Atlanta, Ga. ~~-.-- .. ~~ ~. .+ --•.•e_to"•.""'.o..•••• > ... ~•• •• • ClikQUe. CONTRIBUTING WRITER . Queshan Hayes - Atlanta, Ga. 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Researchers identified about 231,400 American adults with HIV who were receiving at least some medical care. outside the military or prison, in all states except Alaska and Hawaii . .•.....•.•....•......•..........................••••....•........•••••....•................ From this group, a random sample of more than 2,000 patients was chosen for interviews beginning Minorities, drug users less likely to in early 1996 and again in early 1998. Researchers measured six components of care - three relating AI to use of medication and three related to use of doc- get crucial DS treatments tors and hospitals. Overall, care improved from 1996 to 1998 ..At-first, WASHINGTON (AP) American Medical Association. just 29 percent of all patients' were receiving care Revolutionary AIDS drugs that have that met all six standards. That jumped to 47 percent prolonged Iife for thousands of peo- Disparities in access to health care exist throughout the health two years later. ple are less likely to reach an entire system, not just in AIDS treatment. But unlike other diseases, class of victims - those who con- most people with the AIDS virus can trace their infection to one But the care differed widely among groups. tracted the virus through drug use, of two sources: homosexual men or intravenous drug users. the first national study of AIDS treat- For instance, in 1998, 88 percent of whites were ment found. Part of the explanation is simple economics. People infected receiving powerful protease inhibitors, but just 80 through intravenous drug use, or sex with a drug user, general- percent of blacks were. Blacks, Latinos, people with ly have less money, less education and more life problems - all Medicaid and those without health of which keep them from getting effective care. Someone who Similarly, 87 percent of men infected through sex insurance were all less . can't pay the rent or buy groceries or who is with other men were taking these drugs in 1998, likely to get the new addicted to drugs may find getting medical care a compared with 81 percent of those infected through drugs and other impor- low priority.