Vancouver Persons With AIDS Society Newsletter Issue #47 May 1991

OUR HOUSING SUBSIDY IS INCREASED! The British Columbia Housing Management Commission at the request of the Ministry of Health has awarded the Vancouver PWA Society an additional 19 units to be subsidized for persons with HIV/AIDS, five of which are to be allocated to women; AIDS VANCOUVER AGM Annual General Meeting of AIDS Vancouver Society announced; HELMCKEN HOUSE New residence for people with HIV/AIDS opening; PENTOSAN POLYSULPHATE THROUGH ERDP Promising treatment for Kaposi's Sarcoma available through the Emergency Drug Release Program; ACTING UP AT CONFERENCE Opening of the 2nd Canadian AIDS Conference disrupted by members of ACT UP Vancouver chanting "Peanuts from Perrin" and questioning then Federal Heath Minister Perrin Beatty on lack of depth of his policies, Provincial Health Minister John Jansen accused of electioneering and "too little, too late"; DAPSONE/ddI ALERT ddI and Dapsone must be taken at least 2 hours apart; 1991 AIDS CANDLELIGHT VIGIL Event announcement; TDD READY Vancouver PWA now has a TDD machine; AIDS TREATMENT HIGHLIGHTS. HIV INFECTION IN WOMEN. SKIN CELLS MAY BE HIV RESERVOIR. MYCOPLASMA IN "AIDS". ANTIBIOTICS USED IN CLINICAL TRIAL AGAINST MYCOPLASMA. TIPS TO HELP MAINTAIN YOUR WEIGHT; WE'RE OPEN Office hours and programs/services available; ONGOING EVENTS; THIS IS NOT A ONE NIGHT STAND: ARTISTS TO STOP AIDS Benefit Art Show at the Pitt Gallery; BENEFIT AT D&P'S Fundraiser at Doll & Penny's Restaurant; LESBIAN AND GAY CHOIR DEBUT The Vancouver Lesbian and Gay Choir in Concert, tickets available; VOLUNTEERS THANK YVONNE! for organizing volunteer appreciation; KUDOS OF THE MONTH; BOOK REVIEWS. Surviving AIDS by Michael Callen. Losing Uncle Tom by Jordan/Friedman. AIDS by Niki de Sante Phalle. Dancing Against the Darkness by Steven Petrow, Lexington Books. FUNDRAISING EVENTS CALENDAR; KYBOR DANCER Memorial; DON COCKS - APRIL 1991; PLANNING A FUNDRAISER? Assistance available; LANGLEY NON DENOMINATIONAL PWA SUPPORT GROUP; SURREY HIV+ SUPPORT MEETING; LIVING WITH AIDS GROUP Eight session therapy group; HIV RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES Vancouver Women and AIDS Awareness Campaign: A Consideration of Knowledge, Acceptance and Attitudes; HEALING OUR SPIRIT Newly organized AIDS prevention society for aboriginal people concerned with HIV/AIDS focused on traditional healing practices; THE NORTH SHORE SUPPORT GROUP; HELPLINE Volunteers needed; NOTICEBOARD;