British Columbia Persons With AIDS Society Newsletter Issue #76 March 1994

COPING WITH HIV Preliminary report on the UBC Psychology Coping with HIV Study. This study looked at the experience of gay men with HIV with the goal to collect information that may be used to improve the quality of life among people living with HIV. Detailed reports of the data and findings are forthcoming; LIBERTY NET HATE TRIAL. AIDS Phobia Rears its Ugly Head. Canadian Human Rights Commission rules that Liberty Net contravenes the Canadian Human Rights Act sexual orientation provisions; STRYKERNEWS. TAX RETURNS ON-THE-SPOT Free tax return preparation. ALTERNATE MEDICINE Consumer Reports (Jan, 94) looks at alternative medicine. THE RORY SCOTT STORY 1960 - 1993. A young man's battle with AIDS and the criminal justice system where a well meaning medical parole policy is vindictive and cruel in its application; PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TAKE THEIR ISSUE TO COURT The Canadian Disability Rights Council is a national, non-profit, legal advocacy organization formed to assist disabled Canadians to bring legal challenges under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and human rights statutes; BILLY'S CORNER Commentary on depression; "POSITIVE" Personal reflection on the impact on a family when a man's brother tests positive; YOUNG GAY MENT NOT HEEDING AIDS MESSAGE Rates of Infection Remain High. Report on research findings in San Francisco on infection rates in different groups of men; POSITIVELY HAPPENING. PROVINCIAL, SERVICES, EVENTS, VANCOUVER, VICTORIA, RESOURCES CLASSIFIEDS, ANNOUNCEMENTS; TREATMENT INFORMATION. THALIDOMIDE AND HIV. CANDIDIASIS. PROPHYLAXIS New One-Day Sulfa Desensitization Procedure. ACUPUNCTURE TRIAL. FLU SHOT WARNING. ASPIRIN ACETAMINOPHEN AND AIDS; POETRY. JOHNNY JAN 19, 1994. SUE. IN MEMORY OF A GREAT UNCLE DAN POOLE; MHAC (MULTICULTURAL HIV/AIDS COALITION) IS BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS IN THE HIV COMMUNITY. MHAC is comprised of ATISH, Grupo VIDA, Black AIDS Network and Asian Support - AIDS Project which recently held a strategic planning retreat to refine its mission and goals and objectives; WAYNE MORGENSON NOVEMBER 24M 1993; FRANCIS RANDOLPH NASH DECEMBER 24, 1993; MICHAEL F. LADOUX SEPTEMBER 8, 1993; LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letter writer takes Elizabeth Kubler-Ross to task over her position against doctor-assisted suicide accusing her of a frightening level of contempt for humanity;