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Ho's & Hypes Vol.1, No. 3

Publication type: 
Newsletter
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Agency: 
Street Outreach Services, AIDS Vancouver Island
Date: 
1998-07
Pages: 
16
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Summary: 
A quarterly zine produced for and by current or past drug users and sex trade workers with the goal of sharing information and building community among people who use Street Outreach Services (SOS), a program of AIDS Vancouver Island. This issue includes: a letter and poem from Patrick Rafferty, an inmate at William Head; Dear Kate answers a question about testing dope for strength and the link between yeast infections and condoms; an article about prostitute's rights activists; "Top 48 Reasons Why Whores are My Heros" by Megan Lewis; an interview with Brian from the Methadone Clinic; crazy-ass crossword puzzle; two pages of poems by various authors; info about steroid use; info about the acupuncture clinic; a list of the things street nurses do and the street nurse schedule; good numbers to know for all kinds of services.
Keywords: 
AIDS service organization (ASO); harm reduction; injection drug use (IDU); HIV/AIDS; sex trade workers