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MAIN ·SANANTONIO·f.210.225.7330 We care about your health @G)2J [U]C9m\]0 GQ~D~w ~[!][ill[ill~~ Wellness, Community Building & Multi-Issue Advocacy ~ everal hundred gay men are expected of color have learned from HIV/AIDS that and your financial health <:::J to converge on Boulder, Colorado, can inform broader work on health promo- from July 29-August 1 for the Gay Men's tion, and the specific health agendas of Health Summit to launch a multi-issue, mul- Latino, African American, Asian and Pacific if you are HIV+ and considering selling your life ticultural gay men's health movement.The Islander, Native American, and Bi-Ra- summit aims to broaden gay men's health cialiMulti-Racial gay and bisexual men. U insurance policy, consider this... efforts beyond its recent narrow focus on Presenters will include David Velez of HIV prevention to include a wide array of Boston's Latino Health Institute, A. Billy S. As one of the oldest and most knowledgeable health issues that gay men encounter. Jones, longtime health activist from Wash- "We are determined to transform health ington, D.C., and Martin Ornelas-Quintero viatica I settlement brokers, we have the experience to promotion for gay men from HIV prevention of LLEGO. to a broader focus on well ness, community The National Gay and Lesbian Task get you the highest cash settlement possible building, and multi-issue health advocacy," Force's Policy Institute will be hosting a said Eric Rofes, long-time San Francisco special forum titled "Constructing a public through a proven competitive bidding process. We community organizer and the summit's policy agenda for gay men's health: What M. Bryan Freeman work for you, not the buyer. We are your advocate. coordinator. "To bring down the level of HIV should our priorities be?" on Thursday, July Founder & Chief Client Advocate among gay men, we've got to develop new 29 from 2:00-5:00 p. m. The forum will ex- approaches to substance use, societal amine how activists can incorporate these Return your completed homophobia, and sexual health. HIV can- concerns into advocacy at the local and One quick, simple application. not continue as an all-encompassing national levels, and how a policy agenda "* application and receive metaphor for gay men's health. We've got may be moved forward. Sean Cahill, Re- No cost or obligation at any time. to build a gay men's health movement as search and Policy Director for the NGLTF * a free videotape: powerful as the movement to fight AIDS in Policy Institute, will moderate the forum. Up to 85% of face value. the 1980s." While the three-day summit's program is *- Exercises for The summit will address a range of chal- still evolving, organizers have announced a lenges to gay men's health and safety, range of events, cutting-edge research, and *' Confidentiality, now and always. People with HIV including anti-gay violence, substance presentations. A series of key sessions will abuse, smoking, childhood sexual abuse, focus on gay men in their teens and 20's *' May qualify up to 1,000 T-cells. by People With HIV. and eating disorders, as well as cancer, and explore this generation's relationship to heart disease, hepatitis and HIV/AIDS. sexual health and HIV, interactions with May be tax-free '- ask us. While the Boulder County AIDS Project is older generations, and relationship to gay hosting the summit and offering logistical identity and community. Sessions on "* Free brochure: 14 Questions You Must Ask Before Selling Your Life support, organizers describe the summit as "Empowering Young Fags," "Mobilizing Insurance Policy. a grassroots effort beholden to no organi- Young Gay Men as Health Activists," and zations, government officials, or major cor- "Gay Youth as Health-Resilient Men," are in ~*All policies: group (employer or association), individual (term, whole porations. "The Boulder Summit is quickly preparation, as will an experiential work- evolving into a huge, independent grass- shop confronting ageism, aging and gener- life, universal), FEGLI,SGLI, VGLI and policies less than two years old. roots effort to spur community-based orga- ation gaps. nizing and activism around gay men's A plenary session exploring the relation- health," said Matt Brown of Boulder and ship between masculinity and health in var- -- one of the summit's organizers. ious gay male communities and cultures --- Two pre-conference meetings are will break open discussion related to power, -- BENEFITS planned. On Thursday, July 29, an all-day - ... misogyny, sexual practices, and disease. - ... session coordinated by Philadelphia's An evening forum will tackle emerging sub- ---, AMERICA David Acosta of Gay and Lesbian Latino/a cultures of "barebackers," men who eroti- -- AIDS Education Initiative will focus on cize unprotected sex and debate ways in 800-777 -8878 www.benefitsameric:a.c:om health challenges facing men of color.