Volume 44, Issue 29 - July 20, 2012

Holy Finale
A review of the summers most

anticipated lm, Dark Knight Rises.
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Building a Platform
Will DNC follow Obamas lead and
endorse marriage in party platform?
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XIX International AIDS
Conference. Visit us in
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Global Village for a special
exhibit, A Photographic
History of HIV in D.C. The
exhibit is free and open to
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See PAGE 58 for a preview.
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Preview of scientic studies . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 14
Graying of the disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 16
Obama v. Bush on AIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 17
Truvada approval makes splash . . . . . . . PAGE 22
Obama to skip conference . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 22
U.S. govt touts progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 30
Commentary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PAGES 26-41
AIDS in the arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 43
Schedule of events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 58
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KEYNOTE
Jeanne White-Ginder, mother of Ryan White
PANELI STS
A. Cornelius Baker, Senior Communications Advisor & Project
Director, FHI 360
Regan Hofmann, Editor in Chief, POZ magazine
JoAnne Keatley, Director of the Center of Excellence for
Transgender Health, University of California-SF
Robert Redeld, Chief of Infectious Diseases & Director
of the HIV program, University of Maryland
Adam Tenner, Executive Director, Metro Teen AIDS
Phill Wilson, President & CEO, Black AIDS Institute
Jose Zuniga, President, International Association
of Physicians in AIDS Care
WASHI NGTONBLADE. COM JULY 20, 2012 03
Gray names Levin
interim director, as
Akhter takes leave
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
In a surprise development, Mayor
Vincent Gray on Tuesday announced
he had appointed Dr. Saul Levin, a
psychiatrist and senior deputy director at
the D.C. Department of Health, as interim
director of the DOH, making him the rst
known out gay person to serve as head of
a city department of that size.
Gray said Levin would ll in for DOH
Director Dr. Mohammad Akhter, who
the mayor said is taking an unpaid leave
of absence to become a member of the
executive board of the citys newly created
Health Benet Exchange Authority.
The Exchange Authority, created
earlier this year by legislation passed by
the City Council, is one of similar entities
expected to be created by all 50 states
under the federal Affordable Care Act,
President Obamas health insurance
reform measure.
The appointment of Dr. Akhter to the
Health Benet Exchange Authority was a
strategic decision by my administration,
Gray said in a statement released Tuesday.
Implementing the Affordable Care
Act is one of my top priorities, and I am
condent Dr. Akhter can lead the way in
that effort.
Levin could not be immediately
reached for comment. The statement
released by the mayors ofce announcing
his appointment as interim director of
the DOH makes no mention of his sexual
orientation.
However, gay D.C. Council member
Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) told the Blade
he has known Levin for more than 20
years and that Levin has been involved
in LGBT-related AIDS work in various
positions, including a stint as an ofcial at
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA), which
is an arm of the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services.
At SAMHSA, Dr. Levin led the initiative
to integrate primary care, substance abuse,
mental health and HIV/AIDS response,
the statement from the mayors ofce said.
Graham said Levin also did volunteer
work for the then Whitman-Walker Clinic
at the time Graham served as the Clinics
executive director in the 1980s and 1990s.
A native of South Africa, Levin
received his medical degree in 1992
from the University of the Witwatersrand
in Johannesburg, according to the
statement from the mayors ofce. It says
he completed his residency in psychiatry
at the University of Californias Davis
Medical Center. He received a Masters
in Public Administration (MPA) from
Harvard Universitys Kennedy School of
Government in 1994, the statement says.
Prior to beginning his tenure at the
D.C. DOH earlier this year, Levin served as
Vice President for Science, Medicine, and
Public Health at the American Medical
Association, the mayors statement says.
Hes extremely intelligent and he
knows a lot about health policy, Graham
said. My rst reaction when I heard
he was named to this position was I
hate to see him leave APRA [the DOHs
Addiction, Prevention and Recovery
Administration] because his expertise
is in that area, said Graham. But Saul
Levin has superb qualities to be the
interim director of Health.
LGBT and AIDS activists have praised
Akhter for his record of support for HIV/
AIDS-related services in the gay and
transgender communities, which are
among the groups hardest hit by HIV in
the city.
Akhter, with Grays approval, appointed
Dr. Gregory Pappas last year as head of
the DOHs HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, Sexually
Transmitted Disease, and Tuberculosis
Administration. Pappas is also gay.
washingtonblade.com
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Mayor VINCENT GRAY on Tuesday
announced he had appointed Dr. Saul
Levin as interim director of the DOH, the
rst known out gay person to serve as
head of a city department of that size.
WASHINGTON BLADE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
Gay doctor to lead D.C. Dept. of Health
Prominent locals raise
money for Maine effort
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
mlavers@washblade.com
Will D.C. gays support efforts to
defend neighboring Marylands same-sex
marriage law?
Some observers are asking just that after
Freedom to Marry hosted a fundraiser in
the nations capital for the group seeking
to secure marriage rights for same-sex
couples in Maine. Baltimore native Ken
Mehlman, who is the gay former chair of the
Republican National Committee, Winnie
Stachelberg of the Center for American
Progress, Ken Crerar and Joel Kopperud
of the Council of Insurance Agents and
Brokers and Kirk Fordham of the Gill Action
Fund are among those who were on the
host committee for the Mainers United
for Marriage fundraiser at Robert Rabens
Northeast Washington home on July 11.
Matt McTighe, campaign director for
Mainers United for Marriage, told the Blade
that he personally asked former colleagues
and friends in D.C. to join the fundraisers
host committee. He said it raised slightly
more than $20,000 as of deadline.
Were doing fundraisers all over the
country, said McTighe, who noted Mainers
United for Marriage has held events in 15
states. Were going to continue to do
more wherever we can do them.
Stachelberg, who hired McTighe when
she was at the Human Rights Campaign,
stressed that CAP has worked extensively
to defend Marylands same-sex marriage
law. These efforts include what she
described as conversations with LGBT
lawmakers in Annapolis and strengthening
support for marriage rights for gays and
lesbians among religious Marylanders.
Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler
predicted during a CAP forum last fall
that state lawmakers would pass a same-
sex marriage bill this year Gov. Martin
OMalley signed the measure into law in
March.
We at CAP have done a lot in terms
of content and work probably more in
Maryland than other state initiatives,
said Stachelberg. I certainly helped with
strategic in kind help over the last year and
a half as have a number of other people at
CAP. The Maryland effort hasnt asked me
and Im sure when they do Ill gure out
how to help.
Crerar and his partner Peter Garrett,
who attended Bowdoin College, have
owned a house in Maine since 1992. The
couple hosted a fundraiser at their D.C.
home in support of the campaign that
ultimately failed to defend the Pine Tree
States same-sex marriage law during a
2009 referendum. Crerar told the Blade
that he and Garrett decided to co-host the
July 11 fundraiser after Mainers United for
Marriage asked them.
From spending time up there, we
know that the atmosphere is very different,
and positive so we are glad to help, said
Crerar. Regarding Maryland, the simple
answer is that no one has asked.
Gay Democratic lobbyist Steve
Elmendorf said that McTighe also asked
him to join the fundraisers host committee.
He, like Crerar, said that Marylanders for
Marriage Equality has yet to approach
him to help the campaign raise money.
Elmendorf stressed, however, that he plans
to attend an upcoming Marylanders for
Marriage Equality fundraiser in Bethesda.
As long as there is a winning campaign
and I think Maryland has a winning
campaign as does Maine, were going to
help, he said.
Marylanders for Marriage Equality has
faced increased scrutiny in recent weeks
from those who feel the campaign has
not raised enough money to effectively
defend the states same-sex marriage law.
Josh Levin, campaign director of
Marylanders for Marriage Equality, told
the Blade during a June 13 fundraiser in
Baltimore that he remains condent that he
can run what he described as a winning
campaign with between $5 and $7 million.
Will D.C. gays help in Md. marriage ght?
JOSH LEVIN, campaign director of
Marylanders for Marriage Equality, said
he can run a winning campaign with
between $5 and $7 million.
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Va. anti-gay adoption law
takes effect
LGBT activists remain concerned that
a new Virginia law that allows private
adoption and foster care agencies to
reject prospective parents based on
religious or moral beliefs could subject
gays and lesbians to what they describe as
unnecessary discrimination.
Senate Bill 349, which became known as
the conscience clause, took effect on July
1 after Gov. Bob McDonnell signed it into law
earlier this year. Gay state Sen. Adam Ebbin
(D-Alexandria) told the Blade that SB 349 only
reinforces current regulations that made it
easier to discriminate against prospective
parents based on their sexual orientation.
Equality Virginia still believes this
constitutes state-supported discrimination,
as these agencies are using state funding to
perform a public function, added James
Parrish, executive director of Equality Virginia.
We are most concerned about LGBTQ youth
in the foster care system, since agencies can
place these children in harmful situations such
as ex-gay therapy, as long as doing so is in
accordance with the agencies beliefs.
North Dakota is the only other state with a
so-called conscience clause adoption law.
Catholic Charities of Boston in 2006
ceased adoptions after it refused to comply
with Massachusetts anti-discrimination
law that includes sexual orientation (and
now gender identity and expression.)
Catholic Charities of Illinois followed suit
late last year after lawmakers directed the
agency, which received public funds, to
place children with same-sex couples after
the states civil unions law took effect.
State Sen. Jeff McWaters (R-Virginia Beach,)
who sponsored SB 349, did not return the Blades
request for comment. McDonnell spokesperson
Taylor Thonrley defended the law.
This legislation just codies existing
regulations that prohibit religious
discrimination, she told the Blade. Private,
religious-based adoption agencies are a
major asset to our communities as they work
diligently to nd loving, caring, stable homes
for children in need of care. This legislation
will help ensure that these adoption
agencies remain active in nding homes for
these children without being mandated by
government to violate the tenets of their
deeply held religious beliefs in the process.
This is a bill that reafrms religious liberty and
freedom, a hallmark of this great nation.
Jennifer Chrisler, executive director
of the Family Equality Council, told the
Blade that her organization has not heard
directly from gay Virginians who may have
been directly impacted by the statute. She
stressed that she feels its just a matter of
time before we see it play out.
MICHAEL K. LAVERS
LGBT Asian conference
expected to draw 300
More than 300 people are expected to
attend the National Queer Asian Pacic
Islander Alliances annual conference in
Arlington from July 19-22.
California Rep. Mike Honda; Hawaii
Supreme Court Justice Sabrina McKenna;
Glee actress Tamlyn Tomita; Gautam
Raghavan of the White House Ofce of
Public Engagement and Mara Keisling,
executive director of the National Center for
Transgender Equality are among those who
are scheduled to speak at the three-day
gathering at the Crystal Gateway Marriott.
The conference will also feature more than
70 workshops, plenaries and caucuses
on a range of topics that include political
representation, immigration, HIV/AIDS,
professional development and networking.
There are all sorts of activities
happening, Alliance executive director
Ben de Guzman told the Blade. Obviously
with the International AIDS Conference
and our national partners with the Asian
Pacic and Islander community, we really
are looking at this week as a conuence of
all these activities and were really excited
to carve out our own niche in this mix.
MICHAEL K. LAVERS
Events to focus on gay
mens health, sex workers
With about 30,000 people expected in
D.C. for the International AIDS Conference;
a number of panels and other events are
scheduled to take place in D.C. before
AIDS 2012 ofcially opens on Sunday.
The Gay Mens Health Summit will take
place at George Washington University
on Friday and Saturday. Whitman-Walker
Health, Us Helping Us, the D.C. LGBT
Community Center, The GWU School
of Medicine and Health Sciences, the
National Coalition for LGBT Health
and Master Tainos Leather Family co-
sponsored the two-day gathering that
will feature more than 40 workshops on
a range of topics. These include coming
out as an older adult, mental health and
addiction among gay and bisexual men.
Activist and researcher Dan ONeill and
Brant Miller of the D.C. Center on Friday
will present a workshop on the D.C. FUK!T
campaign that uses sexually explicit
messages to promote condom and lube
use among men who have sex with men.
HIV/AIDS activists in Seattle launched a
similar initiative last year, but ONeill told
the Blade that he is optimistic that service
providers in other cities will create their
own FUK!T-inspired safer-sex campaigns.
Hopefully with the diverse audience
that will be there, they can recreate similar
programs where they are if they arent
already there, he said.
Latino GLBT History Project President David
Prez and others on Saturday will present
a workshop on the impact of HIV/AIDS on
gay Hispanics. Frank Walker and DeAndre
Roberts of Youth Pride Services and DeAndre
Preston of Code Red will moderate a panel on
young black gay men in the United States on
Friday. This workshop will also coincide with
the release of a national study that details
the experiences of roughly 2,000 black LGBT
youth from across the country and Puerto Rico.
Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive will
host a pre-conference strategy session at its
Northeast Washington ofces on Saturday
in support of sex-workers rights. The goal
is to really get sex workers together to talk
about our plans for the conference itself
and moving our agenda forward, said
HIPS executive director Cyndee Clay.
U.S. immigration policy prohibits sex
workers and drug users from entering
the country thousands of sex workers
and their allies are expected to gather in
Kolkata, India, for a conference that will
take place during AIDS 2012. HIPS plans
to live-stream this gathering at its Global
Village exhibit during the D.C. conference.
MICHAEL K. LAVERS
washingtonblade.com
0 JULY 20, 2012 LOCAL NEWS
Police Log
The D.C. Metropolitan Police Departments Gay & Lesbian Liaison Unit participated in the following investigations:
n July , in rhe 100 Llock ol Srreer, N.W., rwo men were havin a
conversation about another person nding one of the men attractive. The suspect
became upset and struck the victim on the left side of his face and pushed him
twice against a tree, causing bruising to the left side of his face and abrasions to
the right side of his back and right arm. The suspect ed the scene westbound on
Q Street, N.W. The two are in a domestic relationship. The suspect was arrested.
n July 7, in rhe 200 Llock ol F Srreer, S.E., a woman was involvec in a verLal
altercation with her girlfriend. The suspect then assaulted the victim. The case was
closed with arrest.

n July 7, in rhe 1400 Llock ol Channin Srreer, N.E., memLers ol rhe 5rh
district requested GLLU for notication for a pending investigation that involves
an alleged bias element.

n July 7, in rhe 3100 Llock ol 14rh Srreer, N.W., a man was workin rhe lronr
desk at the listed location. The suspect tried to take a basketball and the victim
told him he had to sign it out rst. The suspect threatened the victim with bodily
harm and used homophobic and racist language toward him then reached over
the desk and slapped his hand. The case remains open.

n July 7, in rhe 3500 Llock ol 18rh Srreer, S.E., a woman reporrec rhar she
broke up a ght between two neighbors. The woman then reported that a suspect
turned on her and began ghting her. She then retreated to her apartment at
which time the attacker kicked at her door, yelled at her to come back outside,
and threw a chair and broke her kitchen window. The suspect was placed under
arrest for destruction of property.
n July 8, in rhe 200 Llock ol 14rh Srreer, S.E., a man reporrec rhar unknown
suspect(s) spraypainted homophobic slurs on his vehicle and his front right
passenger tire had been slashed as well. The case remains open.

n July 8, in rhe nir Llock ol Chesapeake Srreer, S.W., a complainanr reporrec
that a suspect pushed out the window A/C unit to enter the victims apartment
and struck the victim with a stick. The suspect ed the scene. The two have a prior
domestic relationship. The case remains open.

Virginia Gov. BOB MCDONNELL signed the so-called conscience clause measure into law earlier this year.
PHOTO BY GAGE SKIDMORE VIA WIKIMEDIA
TIMOTHY LAURENCE LIPKA, 25
Timothy Laurence Lipka died suddenly
of a heart attack in Washington on July
1. He was 25, according to an obituary
published in the Charlotte Observer.
Lipka was born in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.,
on Oct. 24, 1986. He was a 2005 graduate
of Providence High School and earned a
bachelors degree in political science from
North Carolina State University in 2010.
He was working on a masters degree
at the time of his death. He worked as
an administrator at the Caesar Chavez
Preparatory Charter School in Washington.
Lipka enjoyed politics and worked on
several local, state and national campaigns. He
enjoyed living in Washington and frequented
its museums and historic sites. Lipka enjoyed
following the Washington Nationals, classical
music, music, cooking and dogs. Lipka was
gay and had played two seasons with the D.C.
Gay Flag Football League, according to his
friend, Jeffrey Johnson.
Hes survived by his maternal
grandparents Laurence and Irma Jean
Campbell of the Isle of Palms, S.C.;
his parents David and Janice Lipka of
Matthews, N.C.; and his younger brother
Eric Lipka of Matthews, N.C. Preceding
him in death are his paternal grandparents
Samuel and Jerry Lipka of Annapolis, Md.
A memorial service was held July 7.
Memorial donations may be made to the
Providence High School Band Boosters Club
(1800 Pineville-Matthews Rd., Charlotte, N.C.,
28270) or the Alzheimers Association (alz.org).
WILLIAM ABBOTT, 67
William C. (Bill) Abbott, who retired
from the Internal Revenue Service in 2006,
died at home in Washington on May 22
from a heart condition. He was 67.
Abbott was born in Knoxville, Tenn., on Nov.
13, 1944. He graduated from the University of
Tennessee at Knoxville in 1965, where he also
earned a masters degree. Abbott did some
post-graduate work in political science at the
University of Tennessee. He taught political
science for several years at East Tennessee
State University.
Abbott had 35 years of federal
government service, including in the
U.S. Army Aviation System Command,
St. Louis, Mo.,; U.S. Army Computer
Systems Support & Evaluation Command,
Washington; U.S. Geological Survey,
Reston, Va.; and the Social Security
Administration, Woodlawn, Md.
Abbott also worked at the IRS
Headquarters from 1981 to 2006 where
he was well known in the Procurement
Division. He was highly valued at the IRS for
his ability to recall contracting regulations
and the ne details of contracts.
Abbott was known for his ability to
remember historical names and facts. He kept
meticulous records of American politicians
and British royalty and was an avid collector
of antiques. He enjoyed playing bridge.
He was preceded in death by his
partner, Steve Crick, who died in 1988.
He is survived by his brother, Edward
Abbott and several friends.
A memorial event is planned. Those
interested in attending should call Gerry
Woods at 202-494-2131.
WILLIAM BRADLEY COOK, 41
Funeral services for William Bradley Brad
Cook, 41, who died July 6 in Grand Forks,
N.D., were held July 14 according to the
Coffee County Funeral Chapel in Manchester,
Tenn., where Cook formerly resided.
Cook was born Aug. 13, 1970 in Coffee
County, Tenn., the son of Sue Harner Cook
and the late W.H. Cook, Jr. Cook grew up in
Manchester and graduated from Manchester
Central High School. He attended Belmont
University in Nashville where he graduated
with a bachelors degree in journalism and
English. He then attended the University of
Vermont where he obtained a masters degree
in English. He later earned a law degree from
Catholic University in Washington.
Cook was employed with the federal
government as an attorney. He specialized
in patents and trademarks as well as
veterans appeals.
While living in Manchester, Brad worked
at the family business, Cook Neon Signs,
Inc. He was a member of the Forest Mill
United Methodist Church.
Cook was preceded in death by his
paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W.H.
Cook, Sr., and his maternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harner and also his
brother-in-law, David Reavis.
Survivors include his mother, Sue
Harner Cook of Manchester; his partner of
12 years, Frederick Redwine; two sisters,
Tammy Cook Jones and husband, Frank of
Manchester and Susan Cook Reavis also
of Manchester; ve nieces and nephews,
Haley Tomasek, Kelsey Tomasek, and
Elizabeth, Hannah and Alex Reavis.
Memorial contributions may be made
to the Trevor Project at trevorproject.org.
Online condolences may be made at
coffeecountyfuneralchapel.com.
JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
washingtonblade.com
LOCAL NEWS JULY 20, 2012 07
Obituaries
He was full of love for
everyone
Hundreds of friends, colleagues, patrons
and others gathered at JR.s on Sunday to
pay tribute to a Nellies bartender who
passed away earlier this month.
Mourners wore purple arm bands and
T-shirts as pictures of David Chung ashed
on television screens throughout the
bar. A memorial that contained purple
and white pompoms and owers and a
bottle of Jameson whiskey with his picture
stood near the bars entrancepatrons
toasted Chung with shots of the Irish spirit
throughout the afternoon.
He was full of love for everyone, Zachary
Wine, who rst met Chung when he applied
for a job at Nellies, told the Blade. He was
one of the most caring individuals Ive ever
had the grace to know. And he carried that
not just to the people he was close with, but
the people he didnt know.
JR.s manager Dave Perruzza said he will
always remember Chungs smile.
Every time I saw him there was always a
smile on his face, he said. Thats the one
thing people remember him by.
Chung, 26, was found dead early on July 8.
Beverly Fields of the D.C. Medical
Examiners ofce told the Blade that the
cause of death was asphyxia due to
hanging. She further conrmed that
Chung took his own life. Wine said during
the memorial service that Chung, who is
from Paramus, N.J., had struggled with
what he described as suicidal tendencies.
He told the Blade that he decided to
publicly discuss Chungs suicide as a way
to help others who may want to take their
own lives. If you care about someone, tell
them. If you cant tell them, show them,
said Wine. If you cant show them, make
yourself nd a way to let the people you
care about know, and never stop. I myself
am horrible about showing my emotions,
but its only through being there for
someone that we can try to make sure this
tragedy doesnt happen again.
A 2002 University of California San
Francisco study found that rates of suicide
attempts among urban gay and bisexual
men were three times higher than the
overall rate for adult men. The Trevor Project
further notes that LGBT youth are up to four
times more likely to try to take their own lives
than heterosexual teenagers.
Dr. Patricia Hawkins, a clinical
psychologist, told the Blade that
possible warning signs that someone is
contemplating suicide include lethargy, a
loss of interest in the future, giving away
favorite things and writing a long letter
to friends and family. She said the D.C.
Department of Public Health, Whitman-
Walker Health and the National Suicide
Prevention Lifeline are among agencies
that offer resources and other assistance to
those who may seek to take their own life.
If youre worried about somebody and
your gut tells you that something is terribly
wrong, trust your instincts, said Hawkins.
Youre much better to talk with the person
about it and bring it up. That little bit of
support can make a tremendous difference.
Chungs funeral took place on July
12 at the Metropolitan Wesley A.M.E.
Church in Northwest Washington. A
second memorial service is scheduled to
take place at Nellies on Thursday with
proceeds going to a fund that will help
Chungs sister and brother-in-law pay for
their childrens education.
The JR.s memorial service raised more
than $3,000 for the Wanda Alston House, a
D.C. organization that provides housing and
other services to homeless LGBT youth.
Hundreds pay tribute to Nellies bartender
DAVID CHUNG died July 8 at age 26
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HIV-1 infection, including opportunistic infections.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION:
Do not take REYATAZ if you are allergic to
REYATAZ or to any of its ingredients.
Do not take REYATAZ if you are taking the
following medicines due to potential for
serious, life-threatening side effects or death:
Versed
(midazolam) when taken by mouth,

Halcion
(triazolam), ergot medicines (dihydroergotamine,

ergonovine, ergotamine, and methylergonovine such
as Cafergot
, Migranal
, D.H.E. 45
, ergotrate maleate,
Methergine
, and others), Propulsid
(cisapride), or
Orap
(pimozide).
Do not take REYATAZ with the following
medicines due to potential for serious side
effects: Camptosar
(irinotecan), Crixivan
(indinavir),
Mevacor
(lovastatin), Zocor
(simvastatin),
Uroxatral
(alfuzosin), or Revatio
(sildenal).
Do not take REYATAZ with the following medicines
as they may lower the amount of REYATAZ in your
blood, which may lead to increased HIV viral load and
resistance to REYATAZ or other anti-HIV medicines:
rifampin (also known as Rimactane
, Rifadin
, Rifater
,
or Rifamate
), St. Johns wort (Hypericum perforatum)-

containing products, or Viramune
(nevirapine).
Serevent Diskus
(salmeterol) and Advair
(salmeterol
with uticasone) are not recommended with REYATAZ.
Do not take Vfend
(voriconazole) if you are taking

REYATAZ and Norvir
(ritonavir).
The above lists of medicines are not complete. Taking
REYATAZ with some other medicines may require
your therapy to be monitored more closely or
may require a change in dose or dose schedule of
REYATAZ or the other medicine. Discuss with your
healthcare provider all prescription and non-prescription
medicines, vitamin and herbal supplements, or other health
preparations you are taking or plan to take.
Tell your healthcare provider if you are pregnant
or plan to become pregnant. REYATAZ use during
pregnancy has not been associated with an increase in
birth defects. Pregnant women have experienced serious
side effects when taking REYATAZ with other HIV
medicines called nucleoside analogues. After your
baby is born, tell your healthcare provider if your
babys skin or the white part of his/her eyes turns yellow.
Do not breastfeed if you are HIV-positive.
Also tell your healthcare provider if you have
end-stage kidney disease managed with hemodialysis
or severe liver dysfunction.
Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any side
effects, symptoms, or conditions, including the following:
s -ILDRASH (redness and itching) without other symptoms
sometimes occurs in patients taking REYATAZ, most
often in the rst few weeks after the medicine is
started, and usually goes away within 2 weeks with
no change in treatment.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION (contd):
s 3EVERERASHmay develop with other symptoms that could
be serious and potentially cause death. If you develop a
rash with any of the following symptoms, stop using
REYATAZ (atazanavir sulfate) and call your healthcare
provider right away:
Shortness of breath
General ill-feeling or u-like symptoms
Fever
Muscle or joint aches
Conjunctivitis (red or inamed eyes, like pink-eye)
Blisters
Mouth sores
Swelling of your face
s Yellowing of the skin and/or eyes may occur due to
increases in bilirubin levels in the blood (bilirubin is made
by the liver).
s A change in the way your heart beats may occur.
You may feel dizzy or lightheaded. These could be symptoms
of a heart problem.
s Diabetes and high blood sugar may occur in patients taking
protease inhibitor medicines like REYATAZ. Some patients may
need changes in their diabetes medicine.
s If you have liver disease, including hepatitis B or C,
it may get worse when you take anti-HIV medicines like
REYATAZ.
s Kidney stones have been reported in patients taking
REYATAZ. Signs or symptoms of kidney stones include pain in
your side, blood in your urine, and pain when you urinate.
s Some patients with hemophilia have increased bleeding
problems with protease inhibitor medicines like REYATAZ.
s Changes in body fat have been seen in some patients taking
anti-HIV medicines. The cause and long-term effects are not
known at this time.
s Immune reconstitution syndrome has been seen in some
patients with advanced HIV infection (AIDS) and a history of
opportunistic infection. Signs and symptoms of inammation
from previous infections may occur soon after starting anti-HIV
treatment, including REYATAZ.
s Gallbladder disorders (including gallstones and gallbladder
inammation) have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ.
Other common side effects of REYATAZ taken with other
anti-HIV medicines include: nausea; headache; stomach pain;
vomiting; diarrhea; depression; fever; dizziness;
trouble sleeping; numbness, tingling, or burning
of hands or feet; and muscle pain.
You should take REYATAZ once daily with
food (a meal or snack). Swallow the capsules
whole; do not open the capsules. You
should take REYATAZ and your other
anti-HIV medicines exactly as
instructed by your healthcare provider.
You are encouraged to report
negative side effects of prescription
drugs to the FDA. Visit
www.fda.gov/medwatch or
call 1-800-FDA-1088.
REYATAZ is one of several
treatment options your doctor
may consider.
Please see Important
Patient Information
about REYATAZ on the
adjacent pages.
REYATAZ is a registered
trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb.
All other trademarks are the property
of their respective owners and not
of Bristol-Myers Squibb.
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help raise your T-cell (CD4+ cell) count
s (ASBEENPRESCRIBEDBYPHYSICIANSFORMORETHAN
200,000 HIV patients since 2003
s #ANBETAKENBYADULTSWHOARESTARTING()6
treatment for the rst time and adults who have
already been on HIV treatment
Do not take REYATAZ if you are allergic to REYATAZ
or to any of its ingredients.
REYATAZ does not cure HIV or AIDS and you may
continue to experience illnesses associated with
HIV-1 infection, including opportunistic infections.
Individual results may vary.
Ask your healthcare team how REYATAZ
in combination therapy can help get you
to undetectable.
DETERMINED
+
UNDETECTABLE
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TO UNDETECTABLE, SO YOU CAN
FIGHT HIV YOUR WAY.
Fight HIV your way.
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*Undetectable was dened as a viral load
of less than 400 copies/mL.
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Report. Total Patient Tracker;
November 2010.
REYATAZ
(atazanavir sulfate) Patient Information

REYATAZ
(RAY-ah-taz)
(generic name = atazanavir sulfate)
Capsules
ALERT: Find out about medicines that should NOT be taken with REYATAZ.
Read the section What important information should I know about taking REYATAZ
with other medicines?
Read the Patient Information that comes with REYATAZ before you start using it
and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. This leaflet provides
a summary about REYATAZ and does not include everything there is to know
about your medicine. This information does not take the place of talking with your
healthcare provider about your medical condition or treatment.
What is REYATAZ?
REYATAZ is a prescription medicine used with other anti-HIV medicines to treat
people 6 years of age and older who are infected with the human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV). HIV is the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
REYATAZ is a type of anti-HIV medicine called a protease inhibitor. HIV infection
destroys CD4+ (T) cells, which are important to the immune system. The immune
system helps fight infection. After a large number of (T) cells are destroyed, AIDS
develops. REYATAZ helps to block HIV protease, an enzyme that is needed for the
HIV virus to multiply. REYATAZ may lower the amount of HIV in your blood, help your
body keep its supply of CD4+ (T) cells, and reduce the risk of death and illness
associated with HIV.
Does REYATAZ cure HIV or AIDS?
REYATAZ does not cure HIV infection or AIDS and you may continue to experience
illnesses associated with HIV-1 infection, including opportunistic infections. You
should remain under the care of a doctor when using REYATAZ.
Avoid doing things that can spread HIV-1 infection.
Do not share needles or other injection equipment.
Do not share personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them,
like toothbrushes and razor blades.
Do not have any kind of sex without protection. Always practice safe
sex by using a latex or polyurethane condom to lower the chance of sexual
contact with semen, vaginal secretions, or blood.
Who should not take REYATAZ?
Do not take REYATAZ if you:
are taking certain medicines. (See What important information should I
know about taking REYATAZ with other medicines?) Serious life-threatening
side effects or death may happen. Before you take REYATAZ, tell your
healthcare provider about all medicines you are taking or planning to take.
These include other prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins,
and herbal supplements.
are allergic to REYATAZ or to any of its ingredients. The active ingredient is
atazanavir sulfate. See the end of this leaflet for a complete list of ingredients
in REYATAZ. Tell your healthcare provider if you think you have had an allergic
reaction to any of these ingredients.
What should I tell my healthcare provider before I take REYATAZ?
Tell your healthcare provider:
If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. REYATAZ use during
pregnancy has not been associated with an increase in birth defects. Pregnant
women have experienced serious side effects when taking REYATAZ with
other HIV medicines called nucleoside analogues. You and your healthcare
provider will need to decide if REYATAZ is right for you. If you use REYATAZ
while you are pregnant, talk to your healthcare provider about the Antiretroviral
Pregnancy Registry.
After your baby is born, tell your healthcare provider if your babys skin
or the white part of his/her eyes turns yellow.
If you are breastfeeding. Do not breastfeed. It is not known if REYATAZ can
be passed to your baby in your breast milk and whether it could harm your
baby. Also, mothers with HIV-1 should not breastfeed because HIV-1 can be
passed to the baby in the breast milk.
If you have liver problems or are infected with the hepatitis B or C virus.
See What are the possible side effects of REYATAZ?
If you have end stage kidney disease managed with hemodialysis.
If you have diabetes. See What are the possible side effects of REYATAZ?
If you have hemophilia. See What are the possible side effects of REYATAZ?
About all the medicines you take including prescription and nonprescription
medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Keep a list of your medicines
with you to show your healthcare provider. For more information, see What
important information should I know about taking REYATAZ with other
medicines? and Who should not take REYATAZ? Some medicines can
cause serious side effects if taken with REYATAZ.
How should I take REYATAZ?
Take REYATAZ once every day exactly as instructed by your healthcare
provider. Your healthcare provider will prescribe the amount of REYATAZ that
is right for you.
Always take REYATAZ with food (a meal or snack) to help it work better.
Swallow the capsules whole. Do not open the capsules. Take REYATAZ at
the same time each day.
If you are taking antacids or didanosine (VIDEX
or VIDEX
EC), take
REYATAZ 2 hours before or 1 hour after these medicines.
If you are taking medicines for indigestion, heartburn, or ulcers
such as AXID
(nizatidine), PEPCID AC
(famotidine), TAGAMET

(cimetidine), ZANTAC
(ranitidine), AcipHex
(rabeprazole), NEXIUM

(esomeprazole), PREVACID
(lansoprazole), PRILOSEC
(omeprazole),
or PROTONIX
(pantoprazole), talk to your healthcare provider.

Do not change your dose or stop taking REYATAZ without first talking
with your healthcare provider. It is important to stay under a healthcare
providers care while taking REYATAZ.
When your supply of REYATAZ starts to run low, get more from your
healthcare provider or pharmacy. It is important not to run out of REYATAZ. The
amount of HIV in your blood may increase if the medicine is stopped for even
a short time.
If you miss a dose of REYATAZ, take it as soon as possible and then take
your next scheduled dose at its regular time. If, however, it is within 6 hours
of your next dose, do not take the missed dose. Wait and take the next dose
at the regular time. Do not double the next dose. It is important that you do
not miss any doses of REYATAZ or your other anti-HIV medicines.
If you take more than the prescribed dose of REYATAZ, call your healthcare
provider or poison control center right away.
What are the possible side effects of REYATAZ?
The following list of side effects is not complete. Report any new or continuing
symptoms to your healthcare provider. If you have questions about side effects, ask
your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider may be able to help you manage
these side effects.
The following side effects have been reported with REYATAZ:
mild rash (redness and itching) without other symptoms sometimes occurs
in patients taking REYATAZ, most often in the first few weeks after the
medicine is started. Rashes usually go away within 2 weeks with no change
in treatment. Tell your healthcare provider if rash occurs.
severe rash: Rash may develop in association with other symptoms which
could be serious and potentially cause death.
If you develop a rash with any of the following symptoms stop using
REYATAZ and call your healthcare provider right away:
shortness of oreath
general ill feeling or "flu-like" s]mptoms
fever
muscle or joint aches
conjunctivitis (red or inflamed e]es, like "pink e]e"j
olisters
mouth sores
swelling of ]our face
yellowing of the skin or eyes. These effects may be due to increases in
bilirubin levels in the blood (bilirubin is made by the liver). Although these
effects may not be damaging to your liver, skin, or eyes, call your healthcare
provider promptly if your skin or the white part of your eyes turn yellow.
a change in the way your heart beats (heart rhythm change). Call your
healthcare provider right away if you get dizzy or lightheaded. These could be
symptoms of a heart problem.
diabetes and high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) sometimes happen in
patients taking protease inhibitor medicines like REYATAZ. Some patients had
diabetes before taking protease inhibitors while others did not. Some patients
may need changes in their diabetes medicine.
if you have liver disease including hepatitis B or C, your liver disease may
get worse when you take anti-HIV medicines like REYATAZ.
kidney stones have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ. If you develop
signs or symptoms of kidney stones (pain in your side, blood in your urine,
pain when you urinate) tell your healthcare provider promptly.
some patients with hemophilia have increased bleeding problems with
protease inhibitors like REYATAZ.
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REYATAZ
(atazanavir sulfate)
changes in body fat. These changes may include an increased amount of fat
in the upper back and neck (buffalo hump), breast, and around the trunk.
Loss of fat from the legs, arms, and face may also happen. The cause and
long-term health effects of these conditions are not known at this time.
immune reconstitution syndrome. In some patients with advanced HIV
infection (AIDS) and a history of opportunistic infection, signs and symptoms
of inflammation from previous infections may occur soon after anti-HIV
treatment, including REYATAZ, is started.
Other common side effects of REYATAZ taken with other anti-HIV medicines include
nausea; headache; stomach pain; vomiting; diarrhea; depression; fever; dizziness;
trouble sleeping; numbness, tingling, or burning of hands or feet; and muscle pain.
Gallbladder disorders (which may include gallstones and gallbladder inflammation)
have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ.
What important information should I know about taking REYATAZ with other
medicines?
Do not take REYATAZ if you take the following medicines (not all brands may
be listed; tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take).
REYATAZ may cause serious, life-threatening side effects or death when used
with these medicines.
Ergot medicines. dih]droergotamine, ergonovine, ergotamine, and
methylergonovine such as CAFERGOT
, MIGRANAL
, D.H.E. 45
, ergotrate
maleate, METHERGINE
, and others (used for migraine headaches).

0RAP
(pimozide, used for Tourettes disorder).

PR0PUl8lD
(cisapride, used for certain stomach problems).

Triazolam, also known as HAlCl0h
(used for insomnia).

Nidazolam, also known as VER8ED
(used for sedation), when taken by

mouth.
Do not take the following medicines with REYATAZ because of possible serious
side effects:
CANPT08AR
(irinotecan, used for cancer).

CRlXlVAh
(indinavir, used for HlV infectionj. Both REYATAZ and CRlXlVAh

sometimes cause increased levels of bilirubin in the blood.
Cholesterol-lowering medicines NEVAC0R
(lovastatin) or ZOCOR

(simvastatin).
UR0XATRAl
(alfuzosin, used to treat benign enlargement of the prostate).

REVATl0
(sildenafil, used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension).

Do not take the following medicines with REYATAZ because they may lower
the amount of REYATAZ in your blood. This may lead to an increased HIV viral load.
Resistance to REYATAZ or cross-resistance to other HlV medicines ma] develop.
Rifampin (also known as RlNACTAhE
, RIFADIN
, RIFATER
, or RIFAMATE
,
used for tuberculosis).
8t. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum), an herbal product sold as a dietary
supplement, or products containing 8t. John's wort.
VlRANUhE
(nevirapine, used for HIV infection).

The following medicines are not recommended with REYATAZ:
8EREVEhT Dl8KU8
(salmeterol) and ADVAIR
(salmeterol with fluticasone),

used to treat asthma, emphysema/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
also known as COPD.
Do not take the following medicine if you are taking REYATAZ and NORVIR

together:
VFEhD
(voriconazole).
The following medicines may require your healthcare provider to monitor
your therapy more closely (for some medicines a change in the dose or dose
schedule may be needed):
ClAll8
(tadalafil), LEVITRA
(vardenafil), or VIAGRA
(sildenafil), used to
treat erectile dysfunction. REYATAZ may increase the chances of serious side
effects that can happen with CIALIS, LEVITRA, or VIAGRA. Do not use CIALIS,
LEVITRA, or VIAGRA while you are taking REYATAZ unless your healthcare
provider tells you it is okay.
ADClRCA
(tadalafil) or TRACLEER
(bosentan), used to treat pulmonary

arterial hypertension.
llPlT0R
(atorvastatin) or CRESTOR
(rosuvastatin). There is an increased

chance of serious side effects if you take REYATAZ with this cholesterol-
lowering medicine.
Nedicines for aonormal heart rh]thm. C0RDAR0hE
(amiodarone), lidocaine,
quinidine (also known as CARDl00Ulh
, 0UlhlDEX
, and others).
NYC0BUTlh
(rifabutin, an antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis).

BUPREhEX
, 8UBUTEX
, 8UB0X0hE
, (buprenorphine or buprenorphine/
naloxone, used to treat pain and addiction to narcotic painkillers).
VA8C0R
(bepridil, used for chest pain).

C0UNADlh
(warfarin).
Tric]clic antidepressants such as ElAVll
(amitriptyline), NORPRAMIN

(desipraminej, 8lhE0UAh
(doxepinj, 8URN0hTll
(trimipramine),
TOFRANIL

(imipramine), or VIVACTIL
(protriptyline).
Nedicines to prevent organ transplant rejection. 8AhDlNNUhE
or NEORAL

(c]closporinj, RAPANUhE
(sirolimus), or PROGRAF
(tacrolimus).
The antidepressant trazodone (DE8YREl
and others).
Fluticasone propionate (Fl0hA8E
, FLOVENT
), given by nose or inhaled to

treat allergic symptoms or asthma. Your doctor may choose not to keep you
on fluticasone, especially if you are also taking NORVIR
.
Colchicine (C0lCRY8
), used to prevent or treat gout or treat familial

Mediterranean fever.
The following medicines may require a change in the dose or dose schedule of
either REYATAZ or the other medicine:
lhVlRA8E
(saquinavir).
h0RVlR
(ritonavir).
8U8TlVA
(efavirenz).
Antacids or ouffered medicines.
VlDEX
(didanosine).
VlREAD
(tenofovir disoproxil fumarate).

NYC0BUTlh
(rifabutin).
Calcium channel olockers such as CARDlZEN
or TIAZAC
(diltiazem),
COVERA-HS
or ISOPTIN SR
(verapamil) and others.

BlAXlh
(clarithromycin).
Nedicines for indigestion, heartourn, or ulcers such as AXlD
(nizatidine),
PEPCID AC
(famotidine), TAGAMET
(cimetidine), or ZANTAC
(ranitidine).
Talk to your healthcare provider about choosing an effective method of
contraception. REYATAZ may affect the safety and effectiveness of hormonal
contraceptives such as birth control pills or the contraceptive patch. Hormonal
contraceptives do not prevent the spread of HIV to others.
Remember:
1. Know all the medicines you take.
2. Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take.
3. Do not start a new medicine without talking to your healthcare provider.
How should I store REYATAZ?
8tore REYATAZ Capsules at room temperature, 59 to 8O F (15 to 8O Cj. Do
not store this medicine in a damp place such as a bathroom medicine cabinet
or near the kitchen sink.
Keep ]our medicine in a tightl] closed container.
Keep all medicines out of the reach of children and pets at all times. Do not
keep medicine that is out of date or that you no longer need. Dispose of
unused medicines through community take-back disposal programs when
available or place REYATAZ in an unrecognizable, closed container in the
household trash.
General information about REYATAZ
This medicine was prescribed for your particular condition. Do not use REYATAZ for
another condition. Do not give REYATAZ to other people, even if they have the same
symptoms you have. It may harm them. Keep REYATAZ and all medicines out of
the reach of children and pets.
This summary does not include everything there is to know about REYATAZ.
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for conditions that are not mentioned in patient
information leaflets. Remember no written summary can replace careful discussion
with your healthcare provider. If you would like more information, talk with your
healthcare provider or ]ou can call 1-8OO-821-1885.
What are the ingredients in REYATAZ?
Active Ingredient: atazanavir sulfate
Inactive Ingredients: Crospovidone, lactose monohydrate (milk sugar), magnesium
stearate, gelatin, FD&C Blue No. 2, and titanium dioxide.
VlDEX
and REYATAZ
are registered trademarks of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

C0UNADlh
and 8U8TlVA
are registered trademarks of Bristol-Myers Squibb

Pharma Company. DESYREL
is a registered trademark of Nead Johnson and

Company. Other brands listed are the trademarks of their respective owners and are
not trademarks of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.
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Several voting members
support adding language
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
The question of whether the Democratic
Party platform will include an endorsement
of same-sex marriage has reemerged after
the naming of committee members wholl
write the document.
The Washington Blade solicited
responses from each member of the
platform drafting committee both voting
and non-voting members to determine
if theyd support including an endorsement
of marriage equality in the platform with the
exception of Tom Wheeler, who couldnt
be reached for comment.
Three voting members Carlos
Odio, a Latino Democratic activist,
Donna Harris-Aikens, the National
Education Associations director of policy
and practice, and NARAL Pro-Choice
America President Nancy Keenan went
on the record saying theyd unequivocally
back such language, as did two non-
voting members Massachusetts Gov.
Deval Patrick and Democratic National
Committee Secretary Alice Germond
while others had different responses and
the majority had no response at all.
Last week, the Democratic National
Committee announced the names of the
15 people wholl serve on the platform
drafting committee, which will create the
platform dening the principles of the
Democratic Party over the course of the
next four years during the second term of
ofce that President Obama is seeking.
The platform drafting committee,
which will be chaired by former Ohio
Gov. Ted Strickland, includes Democrats
ranging from high-prole public ofcials,
to scholars, to leaders of non-prot
organizations. Among them is Rep. Barney
Frank (D-Mass.), the longest-serving
openly gay member of Congress who
announced his planned retirement as a
lawmaker late last year.
Other notables include Keenan, Rep.
Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), and Philadelphia
Mayor Michael Nutter. Serving as ex-
ofcio members, or non-voting members,
are Patrick, Germond and Wheeler.
The rst publicly scheduled meeting
for the group is a national hearing during
the weekend of July 27 in Minneapolis,
Minn., where the committee will hear
public presentations. The committee will
then meet to draft the platform which will
ultimately be used as a working document
by the full platform committee chaired by
Newark Mayor Cory Booker and retired Lt.
Gen. Claudia Kennedy, the rst female to
reach the rank of three-star general in the
Army. Veteran political consultant Andy
Grossman has been named as the DNCs
national platform director.
The full Platform Committee will convene
at a meeting during the weekend of Aug.
10 in Detroit where members will discuss
the draft platform and have the opportunity
to submit new proposed amendments,
which need approval by a majority of the
committee voting and present for passage.
The platform will then be delivered to
convention delegates in Charlotte.
Odio, who served as deputy Latino vote
director for the 2008 Obama campaign and
as a liaison for Latino leaders at the White
House Ofce of Political Affairs, said hell
absolutely advocate for a marriage equality
plank in the Democratic Party platform.
Odio is now director of special projects
at the New Organizing Institute, an
organization that facilitates for social justice
through grassroots and online activism.
Miguel Gonzales, an NEA spokesperson,
conrmed that Harris-Aikens would
similarly support the idea of including
marriage equality in the platform on
behalf of NEA without providing a direct
statement from her.
Similar statements came from the two
non-voting members of the panel. Patrick
expressed support for a marriage equality
plank in a statement delivered to the Blade in
April that has previously gone unpublished.
Boy Scouts reafrm anti-gay stance
IRVING, Texas The Boy Scouts of America announced Tuesday the group
has decided to keep in place a policy that bars participation by openly gay scouts,
scout masters and parents.
With organizations including the Girl Scouts of the USA, the Boys &
Girls Club and the U.S. military allowing gay Americans to participate,
the Boy Scouts of America need to find a way to treat all children and
their parents fairly, said GLAAD President Herndon Graddick, upon the
organizations announcement that it had conducted a two-year study on
the matter and concluded parents would prefer the ban to remain in place.
Until this ban is lifted, the Scouts are putting parents in a situation where
they have to explain to their children why some scouts and hard-working
scout leaders are being turned away simply because of who they are. Its
unfair policies like this that contribute to a climate of bullying in our schools
and communities.
The Scouts statement suggested the organization is unlikely to visit the issue
again for some time, but advocates and activists have vowed to continue to
push the organization regardless, including online petition engine, Change.org,
which delivered another round of petitions to the organization the day after the
announcement.
Former NBA star renews vows at gay bar
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. To show support for same-sex marriage rights,
longtime LGBT ally NBA star Doug Christie and his wife Jackie celebrated their
17th wedding anniversary by renewing their vows at the West Hollywood gay bar
Club Eleven, according to Outsports.com.
The reason we wanted to do it here was we wanted to bring attention to the
gay community, the former Los Angeles Clippers wife told the crowd. We
absolutely love, adore and stand united with all people no matter what gender,
doesnt matter if youre gay or lesbian, whatever it is we love you, and we want you
to all be able to get married too, when you want to.
Anti-gay group considers Google boycott
TUPELO, Miss. The manager of American Family Association radio, Buster
Wilson, suggested that the organization boycott internet search giant Google,
according to LGBT blog The New Civil Rights Movement.
The statement was in reaction to Googles Legalize Love campaign,
meant to raise awareness of laws criminalizing homosexuality around the
world, in hopes of eliminating those laws. Wilson suggested that the boycott
would test the meat of his supporters convictions, as he suggests
Google products, from calendar to Android phones, are in wide use at the
fundamentalist Christian group.
Thomson Reuters opposes Minn. marriage ban
MINNEAPOLIS Publishing giant Thomson Reuters says its opposition to the
proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in Minnesota is a business
decision.
Mike Suchsland, president of Thomson Reuters Legal, and Rick King, COO,
Technology, the companys two highest-ranking Minnesota-based executives,
explained their opposition to the amendment in an email to the Minnesota-based
staff, according to Minnesota Public Radio.
We believe the Minnesota Marriage Amendment, if passed, would limit our
ability to recruit and retain top talent, the e-mail said. For this reason, we do not
believe that the Amendment would be good for Thomson Reuters or the business
community in the state.
Minnesota already bars same-sex marriage in law, but is one of four states where
November ballot measures will decide the fate of various same-sex marriage
related bills, when voters there will decide whether to encode the ban in the state
Constitution. In Washington, Maine and Maryland, voters will decide whether to
extend marriage rights to same-sex couples.
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Fauci says conference to
galvanize around theme
of small advances
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Many of the scientists from around
the world attending the International
AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C.,
scheduled to convene on Sunday will
examine what researchers say is the
leading stumbling block to a cure for
AIDS.
Highly effective AIDS drugs have
reduced the viral load in people with HIV
to undetectable levels, keeping them
healthy and enabling most to live a full
lifespan as long as they stick to their drug
regimen.
But researchers say the anti-retroviral
drugs that keep people with HIV healthy
by preventing the virus from replicating
currently cannot reach relatively low
levels of virus that are capable of
becoming dormant and embedded in
reservoirs within certain cells in the
human body.
Even after all of the bodys active
HIV has been eliminated, a missed dose
of anti-retroviral drugs can allow the
hibernating virus to emerge and ravage
its host all over again, according to an
article in the July 17 issue of Science Daily.
The conference is scheduled to take
place July 22-27 at the Washington
Convention Center.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of AIDS
research at the U.S. National Institutes
of Health, told the Washington Blade
on Tuesday that dozens of scientic
presentations at the conference will likely
focus on themes that address incremental
steps, with the ultimate goal of developing
an AIDS vaccine or a cure.
Fauci is scheduled to deliver the
opening address at the conference on
Monday. He said no major scientic
breakthroughs are expected to emerge
from the event.
So rather than there being meetings
where there are three or four scientic
breakthroughs there really is a sort of
consolidation or galvanization around
a theme, he said. The theme of this
meeting is Turning the Tide Together.
He said the title of his opening address
is Ending the AIDS Epidemic From
Scientic Advances to Public Health
Implementation.
And what youre going to hear
throughout the meeting is various
iterations in different regions, in different
populations, different demographic
groups about the challenges the
biological, behavioral and other
challenges of getting that done, Fauci
said.
The conference website, aids2012.
org, includes a list of all of the scientic
papers scheduled to be presented at
various panels and sessions as well as
non-scientic sessions addressing public
policy issues such as HIV prevention and
treatment issues.
The cure thing is going to be very
basic, like understanding the nature of
the HIV reservoir, Fauci said. Are there
ways that we can eradicate that reservoir?
If we cant eradicate it are there ways we
can either boost up the immune system or
modify the host so that their cells are not
susceptible to being infected?
Jose Zuniga, president of the
International Association of Physicians in
AIDS Care, which is sponsoring several
conference-related events, said other
leading topics expected to be addressed
by AIDS researchers are use of AIDS drugs
as a means of preventing HIV infection and
the use of aggressive treatment programs
as another mode of prevention.
The decision this week by the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration to approve the
use of the AIDS drug Truvada as an HIV
prevention pill is expected to draw the
attention of many conference participants.
(See related story on Page 22.)
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Scientists to focus on factors that prevent AIDS cure
Researcher talks about
state of AIDS on eve of
conference
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Dr. Anthony Fauci has been one of the
key leaders of the U.S. governments ght
against AIDS for nearly 30 years. Since
1984, Fauci has served as director of the
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases, which is an arm of the National
Institutes of Health.
Although his work covers research into
other infectious diseases, Fauci serves
as one of the lead advisers to the White
House and the Department of Health and
Human Services on domestic and global
AIDS issues, according to biographical
information released by the NIH.
He has been credited with developing
effective strategies for the treatment of
people with HIV/AIDS as well as for the
continuing effort to develop an AIDS vaccine.
Fauci spoke to the Blade this week about
his hopes and expectations for the 19th
International AIDS Conference scheduled
for July 22-27 in Washington. About
30,000 people, including scientists, AIDS
researchers, government ofcials, and
AIDS activists from the U.S. and abroad are
expected to attend the conference.
Washington Blade: Can you say
something about what important
scientic advances and research ndings
will emerge from International AIDS
Conference in Washington next week?
Dr. Fauci: As in most international
meetings of this size it is unusual for
there to be a scientic breakthrough of
pure scientic nature that hasnt already
been seen, discussed, and vetted out in
the press. It is very unusual that a major
league breakthrough would all of a
sudden be totally timed for discussion
at the meeting. So thats not a negative
comment or a positive comment. It just is
what it is. Meetings like this have themes
and they kind of crystallize and galvanize
people around a particular theme.
The Vancouver [International AIDS
Conference] in 1996 the theme of that was
the rst time that we began discussing in
earnest the issue of having a combination
of drugs that would get the virus below a
detectable level and what impact would
that have on the longevity and the lifestyle
and functionality of people. That was the
big theme of that meeting.
The 2000 [International AIDS
Conference] in Durban was can we start
getting drugs that we know work in the
developed world to the developing
world when there were demonstrations in
Durban, South Africa.
So rather than there being meetings
where there are three or four scientic
breakthroughs there really is a sort of
consolidation or galvanization around a
theme. So the theme of this meeting, as
you know, is Turning the Tide Together.
Theyve asked me to lead off the opening
plenary session on Monday, July 23, with
a particular approach to the meeting. In
other words, to kind of set the scientic
tone of the meeting. And thats exactly
what it is because the title of my talk
is Ending the AIDS Epidemic From
Scientic Advances to Public Health
Implementation.
And what youre going to hear
throughout the meeting is various
iterations in different regions, in different
populations, different demographic
groups about the challenges the
biological, behavioral and other challenges
of getting that done. So Im going to talk
about how we went from fundamental
scientic discoveries to interventions that
you could actually use to help people
mostly treatments and prevention to
how we began to implement them, rst
in the developed world and then in the
developing world.
And now what the science-based
possibilities are for actually ultimately
ending the AIDS pandemic. Then you
are going to hear in rapid succession
after that either major talks or just minor
presentations of details of that. Like
Phill Wilson is going to talk about the
perspective from the African-American
community. Others will talk about it from
different countries Southern African
countries, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia,
etc. So thats going to be the prevailing
theme. And then obviously there are going
to be other approaches about individual
specic, more granular scientic issues like
the challenges of an HIV vaccine. We dont
have a vaccine. Where have we come
from? Where are we now and where do we
hope to go? There are going to be a lot of
discussions and panels on that.
Theres a satellite session before the
meeting starts on toward an HIV cure. You
know, what do we mean by a cure? How
does a cure relate to the rest of the things
that are going on? What are the scientic
challenges of a cure?
So we have a bunch of things that are
at the stage of having been developed
and they just need to be implemented.
So youre going to hear a lot about
implementing programs. And then there
are a couple of still existing major scientic
challenges, one of which is a vaccine and
theher of which is a cure.

Blade: Can you say where we stand on
both of those things?
Fauci: Well, with a vaccine we are
probably closer than we are to a cure.
Q&A with Dr. Anthony Fauci
Dr. ANTHONY FAUCI of the NIH has been
involved in the ght against AIDS since the onset
of the epidemic. (Photo courtesy NIH)
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None of us expected to
live this long
D.C. resident John Klenert signed up
for a National Institutes of Health-funded
AIDS study at Johns Hopkins University
in 1984. The Centers for Disease Control
reported the rst cases of what became
known as AIDS three years earlier, but
some of Klenerts friends had already
passed away from the virus by the time the
research project had begun.
We gured if there was going to be
a cure that we would be the rst ones to
volunteer to get these tests, he said.
Johns Hopkins researchers in 1986
screened the rst blood samples that
Klenert and other study participants had
given once scientists discovered the virus
that causes AIDS. For me, the rst blood I
had given was positive, he said. I would
have been shocked had I turned out to be
negative.
Older people with HIV will be
the focus of a July 25 forum at the
International AIDS Conference. Panelists
will include Ricardo Jimenez of the
Ecuadorian Red Cross, Carolyn Massey
of Older Women Embracing Life, Inc.,
Wojciech Tomczynski of the Polish
Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS
Association and Ruth Waryaro of Help
Age International in Uganda. Doctor
Kevin Fenton of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention and Stephen
Karpiak and Mark Brennan-Ing of
AIDS Community Research Initiative of
Americas Center on HIV and Aging and
New York University College of Nursing
are among those who are scheduled to
speak during the plenary.
The CDC estimates that 10.8 percent
of the roughly 50,000 new HIV infections
that occur each year in the United States
are among those older than 50. It further
reports that 16.7 percent of new diagnoses
in 2009 were among this demographic,
with half of them also having AIDS. Federal
health ofcials predict that half of people
with HIV in the United States by 2015 will
be older than 50.
ACRIA, the New York-based Gay Mens
Health Crisis and Services and Advocacy
for GLBT Elders co-organized the forum
as part of what SAGE Senior Director of
Public Policy Robert Espinoza described
to the Blade as a need to increase visibility
around HIV-related aging issues.
We feel its an important conversation
because there are so many people who are
aging with HIV and AIDS, he told the Blade.
Increased access to treatment in the
United States and other developed
countries has allowed more people with
HIV to live longer. The arrival of more
widely available anti-retroviral drugs in
the mid-1990s has also contributed to this
trend.
If you were 35 in 1990 and you made it
to the mid to late 90s and got on protease
inhibitors, theres a good chance youre
still alive today and youd be above 50,
said ACRIA executive director Daniel
Tietz. And thats the reality.
Older people with HIV face unique
challenges
Johns Hopkins and CDC researchers
noted earlier this year that older people
with HIV are more likely to suffer
higher rates of cardiovascular disease,
osteoporosis, non-AIDS related cancers
and other chronic illnesses. Klenert, who
is now 63, has had a brain tumor removed
and an operation to repair an aneurysm
over the last 30 years. He said that his
neurologist and cardiologist both said
that his HIV status did not contribute to
either of these conditions.
There are many folks who age into
this theyve had HIV for a while, their
HIV is reasonably well-managed, said
Tietz. Its their other things. Its their
hypertension, the diabetes, the heart
disease that are posing challenges in
terms of management.
This population also faces the same
hurdles that service providers maintain
older LGBT people without the virus
routinely face. These include a lack of
health care, nancial insecurity and social
isolation, but a persons HIV status can
acerbate these problems.
The LGBT community in general is
not great on aging issues; they tend to be
more youth centered, said Espinoza. We
nd that a lot of older adults with HIV are
often looking just for both the caregiving
support they need to manage their health
and remain optimistic and maintain their
emotional health, but they are looking for
community.
He and other service providers stressed
that stigmas associated with HIV and
sexuality can dissuade older people from
discussing their sexual health with doctors
and other health care providers.
If youre not talking openly to people
who manage your health then its going
to then prevent the kind of services you
need to age successfully, said Espinoza,
further stressing that many health care
providers dont even provide HIV tests
to their older patients who could have
just become sexually active after leaving
a relationship or getting divorced.
Were dealing with constituents who
have been living with HIV and AIDS for
years. Were dealing with constituents
who have been infected for years, but
just got diagnosed, which often means
the illness has progressed more in their
bodies. And then were also dealing with
constituents who just became infected
and are trying to assimilate to both the
emotional and health issues related to
their infection.
The New York City Council has funded
ACRIAs efforts to bolster HIV prevention
efforts among older New Yorkers with HIV.
The National Institutes of Healths Ofce
of AIDS Research has also established a
working group to study the virus impact
on older people.
I dont think government ofcials have
put this on their radar screen as much
as they should, said Espinoza. As the
demographic really begins growing in the
next two years, were going to see more
questions from aging providers and health
care professionals about what it means
to appropriately serve older adults with
HIV and engage them in their facilities
or in their long-term care facilities. And
with that, Im hoping that government
ofcials will also increase their attention
and increase the funding for that kind of
programmatic prevention.
Seeking to increase visibility
Those who advocate on behalf of older
people with HIV further stress that lack of
visibility remains a problem.
The Graying of AIDS project proles
older people with the virus as a follow-
up to photojournalist Katja Heinemanns
eponymous photo essay that Time
published in 2006 to mark the epidemics
25th anniversary. D.C. resident Ronald
Johnson, vice president of policy and
advocacy for AIDS United, is among the
11 people that Heinemann and Naomi
Schegloff prole in photographs and short
videos.
Schegloff, who works in the public
health eld, told the Blade that she very
much appreciated what she described as
frank discussions about sexuality that
took place with many of those whom she
and Heinemann proled. Discrimination,
a desire for companionship and a general
lack of information about HIV are also
common themes.
A lot of older adults have not been
on the market in the last 30 years, or
have barely been on the market in the
last 30 years, said Schegloff. If theyve
been with a partner married or
otherwise for a long time, they may
or may not have dated at a time when
HIV was something we knew about. If
for them condoms are something that
you use to avoid getting pregnant
and theyre heterosexual and theyre
a woman and theyve gone through
menopause, theyre not worried about
that anymore. And it used to be that
for people of a certain generation, the
worst thing you could get through sex
as one person told us in an interview is
something you can take penicillin for
now. They werent necessarily thinking
about this thing [HIV] as being relevant
to them.
Heinemann and Schegloff plan to
photograph and interview those from
the United States and around the world
who are interested in participating in
their project during the Global Village at
the International AIDS Conference. They
will upload images, interview excerpts
and other content to an online exhibition
during the ve-day gathering.
For us as a visual project and a
documentary project, were hoping to
really put a face to this that will be a little
bit of a wakeup call where you dont just
read the statistic, said Heinemann. But
youre also able to see oh yeah wait a
minute, this is not just Bill in Chicago and
Ronald in D.C. This is also a person from
Tanzania; this is also a person from Russia
or someone from India.
Klenert, a former Victory Fund and Gay
and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
board member, also reected upon those
with HIV who continue to grow older.
Id like to think that people in my age
group are hopeful as well as surprised,
he said in response to a question about
the changes he has seen since he tested
positive. Im guessing that most of us
didnt think that we would live this long.
Theres that old greeting card [that says]
had I lived this long I would have taken
better care of us. Back when we were
in our 30s or late 30s none of us
expected to live this long because back
then the mortality rate was almost 100
percent.
washingtonblade.com
The graying of AIDS: living longer with HIV
None of us expected to live this long because
back then the mortality rate was almost 100
percent, said D.C. resident JOHN KLENERT,
who was diagnosed as HIV-positive in 1984.
BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
Lifting of HIV travel ban
initiated by previous
administration
By CHRIS JOHNSON
HIV/AIDS advocates from around the
world are descending on D.C. for the
19th International AIDS Conference with
a shared goal: to eliminate a disease that
has taken the lives of more than 25 million
people worldwide.
Despite unity on this goal, politics
inevitably plays a role in the response to
the epidemic and advocates have widely
differing views on who has done more in
recent years to combat HIV/AIDS both
at home and abroad: former President
George W. Bush or President Obama.
Some praise the Obama administration
for laying out a comprehensive plan and
bumping up domestic funding to confront
the epidemic, while others yearn for the
Bush days because of the global initiatives
the Republican president started despite
his reputation for anti-gay policies.
Jim Driscoll, a gay Nevada-based
HIV/AIDS activist who served on the
Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
during the Bush administration, is among
those who believes Bush did more to stop
the epidemic.
I never sat down and had a one-on-one
conversation with him, but people who did
talked about how open he was to doing
things on AIDS and how interested he was
in that subject, Driscoll said. There wasnt
anything the community asked him to do
that I was involved in that he didnt do.
Those who say Bush has done more for
HIV/AIDS identied three major initiatives
under the Bush administration: the start of a
program called the Presidents Emergency
Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, to confront
the global AIDS epidemic; streamlining
fund allocation under the Ryan White
Care Act to consider people who have
HIV infection without full-blown AIDS; and
allowing the rst-ever rapid HIV tests to be
used outside medical ofces.
Driscoll, a Republican whos backing
GOP presumptive nominee Mitt
Romney in the upcoming presidential
election, recalled the process by which
Bush approved rapid testing and said it
was praised by many with the exception
of some Food & Drug Administration
ofcials whom he overruled.
It was a big step forward, and George
Bush actually personally had a lot to do
with that, Driscoll said. The president
actually overruled FDA, and I was in the
room when this was announced. There
were about 100 people in the room, I think.
I remember still that when he announced
his approval of rapid testing ... everybody
in the room gave him a standing ovation
except for the three people from FDA,
who sat glumly. They didnt applaud or
anything.
The AIDS Drug Assistance Programs
under Bush didnt see the waiting list levels
that have been seen under the Obama
administration. Under Obama, the waiting
list last year reached an all-time high of
9,928 low-income people awaiting HIV
drugs. That number has since dropped
to about 2,000 today, according to the
administration.
Thats not the only complaint thats
been lodged against Obama, whos been
criticized for reducing the global AIDS
program that was set up by Bush. In his
most recent budget request to Congress,
the White House cut the program by half
a billion dollars.
Michael Weinstein, president of the
AIDS Healthcare Foundation, said HIV/
AIDS was a higher priority for Bush than
it is for Obama, citing the ADAP waiting
list and the distinction in PEPFAR as a key
difference between the presidents.
We had practically no global AIDS
program prior to President Bush taking
ofce, and before he left ofce, they
approved a $48 billion plan for PEPFAR,
which Sen. Obama voted to authorize
and enact, Weinstein said. This year,
President Obama for the rst time in
the history of the program asked for less
money for global AIDS than we had last
year, and theres $1.4 billion in unspent
money in PEPFAR.
However, the presidents most recent
budget request includes an increase for
domestic programs against HIV/AIDS: a
$75 million increase for Ryan White and an
increase of $67 million for ADAP from last
year to eliminate waiting lists by 2013.
As for PEPFAR, the White House has
maintained that the program is doing
more with less by using generic drugs
and shipping commodities more cheaply.
On World AIDS Day, Obama announced
he would fully fund the balance of the
administrations three-year, $4 billion
pledge to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
Shin Inouye, a White House
spokesperson, defended the
administrations work on HIV/AIDS by
citing achievements as well as plans set
into motion to confront the epidemic.
President Obama and his
administration are unwavering in their
commitment to addressing the issue
of HIV/AIDS on both the domestic
and global fronts, Inouye said. These
include steps such as establishing and
implementing the rst comprehensive
National HIV/AIDS Strategy, lifting the HIV
entry ban, and strengthening the impact
and sustainability of PEPFAR and the
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis,
and Malaria.
Obamas signature legislative achievement,
the Affordable Care Act, is also slated to have
signicant impact on people living with HIV.
The Medicaid expansion under the health
care reform law is expected to signicantly
expand coverage because half the people
living with HIV already receive care through
the program.
Carl Schmid, deputy executive director
of the AIDS Institute, said Obama has
denitely done more on HIV/AIDS
at least on the domestic front in part
because of his willingness to talk about
how the disease impacts gay men.
They are over 60 percent of the
epidemic, Schmid said. Focusing on
this community that has been ravaged
by HIV, allowing a discussion and making
gay people more acceptable this could
really turn the tide on HIV prevention for
gay men. We have a president who is
focusing on the community [and directing]
resources that are more in line with how
the epidemic is.
In comparison, Bush took ak from HIV/
AIDS advocates for not taking action on
the epidemic in ways that might upset
his conservative base. Among his actions:
promoting abstinence-only sex education,
opposing federal funds for needle
exchange programs and remaining silent
on gay men and condoms for much of his
administration.
Michael Rajner, a gay Fort Lauderdale-
based HIV/AIDS advocate whos living with
AIDS and has been selected as a delegate
for the Democratic National Convention,
said he thinks Obama has absolutely
done more to ght HIV/AIDS based on a
more science-based approach hes taken
against the disease.
The difference between Republican
and Democrat in this case, George W.
Bush and President Obama is really
the difference in thought, whether theyre
going to be addressing HIV/AIDS through
ideology and through science, and
President Obama has certainly embraced
the issues of science, Rajner said.
One achievement often attributed to
Obama is the lifting of the regulatory travel
ban that prevented HIV-positive foreign
nationals from entering the country a
move that enabled the International AIDS
Conference to take place in the United
States. But this process actually started
under the Bush administration. Under
Bushs leadership, Congress repealed
a law that barred HIV-positive foreign
nationals from entering as part of the
legislative package authorizing PEPFAR.
Schmid said he was intimately
involved in the process under which Bush
starting lifting the HIV travel ban.
Credit goes to George Bushs
administration and the Congress for
lifting the travel ban in reauthorization of
PEPFAR, Schmid said. There still was
a process at HHS, and Obama nished
that process. It wasnt completed in time,
unfortunately, under President Bush, but
they denitely lifted it congressionally.
Driscoll said Bush should be
commended because he accomplished
work on HIV/AIDS despite being beholden
to social conservatives who elected him to
ofce.
Every president, every politician is
limited by his constituents, by the people
who put him in ofce, who voted for
him and the people he would depend
upon to do the same thing should he
run again, Driscoll said. You have to
consider what a president does in terms
of the limitations that are imposed. I think,
given, the limitations that George Bushs
constituencies imposed, he showed real
leadership.
PRESIDENT BUSH initiated the lifting of the HIV travel ban, but PRESIDENT OBAMAs administration
nished the job.
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IS THE PREZISTA

EXPERIENCE
RIGHT FOR YOU?
PREZISTA
(darunavir) is a prescription medicine. It is one treatment

option in the class of HIV (human immunodeciency virus) medicines
known as protease inhibitors.
PREZISTA
is always taken with and at the same time as ritonavir

(Norvir
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of HIV infection in adults. PREZISTA
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continue to experience illnesses associated with HIV-1 infection,
including opportunistic infections. You should remain under the
care of a doctor when using PREZISTA.
Please read Important Safety Information below, and talk to your

healthcare professional to learn if PREZISTA
is right for you.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
What is the most important information I should know
about PREZISTA
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P8I|STA
can interact with other medicines and

cause serious side effects. See Who should not
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(Orap
), oral midazolam, triazolam (Halcion
), the herbal
supplement St. Johns wort (Hypericum perforatum), lovastatin
(Mevacor,
Altoprev,
Advicor
), simvastatin (Zocor,
Simcor,

Vytorin
), rifampin (Rifadin,
Rifater,
Rifamate,
Rimactane
),
sildenal (Revatio
) when used to treat pulmonary arterial

hypertension, indinavir (Crixivan
), lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra
),
saquinavir (Invirase
), boceprevir (Victrelis
), or telaprevir (Incivek
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There is no other person in the world who is exactly like you. And no
HIV treatments are exactly alike, either. Thats why you should ask your
healthcare professional about PREZISTA
(darunavir).
Once-Daily PREZISTA
taken with ritonavir and in combination with other

HIV medications can help lower your viral load and keep your HIV under
control over the long term.
In a clinical study* of almost 4 years (192 weeks), 7 out of 10 adults
who had never taken HIV medications before maintained undetectable

viral loads with PREZISTA
plus ritonavir and Truvada.
Please read the Important Safety Information and Patient Information

below and on adjacent pages.
Find out if the PREZISTA
EXPERIENCE is right for you. Ask your

healthcare professional and learn more at ExplorePREZISTA.com
*A randomized open label Phase 3 trial comparing PREZISTA
/ritonavir 800/100 mg once daily (n=343) vs. Kaletra
/
ritonavir 800/200 mg/day (n=346).
Undetectable was dened as a viral load of less than 50 copies per mL. Registered trademarks are the property
of their respective owners.
tadalal (Cialis,
Adcirca
), atorvastatin (Lipitor
), rosuvastatin
(Crestor
), pravastatin (Pravachol
), or colchicine (Colcrys,

Col-Probenecid
). Tell your healthcare professional if you are

taking estrogen-based contraceptives (birth control). PREZISTA
might reduce the effectiveness of estrogen-based contraceptives.

You must take additional precautions for birth control, such
as condoms
This is not a complete list of medicines. Be sure to tell your
healthcare professional about all the medicines you are taking
or plan to take, including prescription and nonprescription
medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
What should I tell my doctor before I take PREZISTA
?
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tell your healthcare professional

if you have any medical conditions, including liver problems
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to become pregnant, or are breastfeeding
The effects of PREZISTA
on pregnant women or their unborn

babies are not known. You and your healthcare professional will
need to decide if taking PREZISTA
is right for you

Do not breastfeed. It is not known if PREZISTA
can be passed
to your baby in your breast milk and whether it could harm your
baby. Also, mothers with HIV should not breastfeed because HIV
can be passed to your baby in the breast milk
What are the possible side effects of PREZISTA
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reported in patients taking protease inhibitor medicines,
including PREZISTA
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HIV medicines, including PREZISTA.
The cause and long-term

health effects of these conditions are not known at this time
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start taking HIV medicines. Your immune system may get
stronger and begin to ght infections that have been hidden
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include diarrhea, nausea, rash, headache, stomach pain, and
vomiting. This is not a complete list of all possible side effects.
If you experience these or other side effects, talk to your
healthcare professional. Do not stop taking PREZISTA

or any other medicines without rst talking to your
healthcare professional
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of
prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch,
or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Please refer to the ritonavir (Norvir
) Product Information (PI and PPI)

for additional information on precautionary measures.
Please read accompanying Patient Information for PREZISTA

and discuss any questions you have with your doctor.
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Tablets
Read this Patient Information before you start taking PREZISTA and each time
you get a refill. There may be new information. This information does not take the
place of talking to your healthcare provider about your medical condition or your
treatment.
Also read the Patient Information leaflet for NORVIR
(ritonavir).
What is the most important information I should know
about PREZISTA?
PREZISTA can interact with other medicines and cause serious side effects.
It is important to know the medicines that should not be taken with PREZISTA.
See the section Who should not take PREZISTA?
PREZISTA may cause liver problems. Some people taking PREZISTA in
combination with NORVIR
(ritonavir) have developed liver problems which

may be life-threatening. Your healthcare provider should do blood tests before
and during your combination treatment with PREZISTA. If you have chronic
hepatitis B or C infection, your healthcare provider should check your blood
tests more often because you have an increased chance of developing liver
problems.
Tell your healthcare provider if you have any of the below signs and
symptoms of liver problems.
ark (tea colored) urine
yellowing of your skin or whites of your eyes
pale colored stools (bowel uoveuents)
nausea
vouiting
pain or tenderness on your right side below your ribs
loss of appetite
PREZISTA may cause severe or life-threatening skin reactions or rash.
Sometimes these skin reactions and skin rashes can become severe and require
treatment in a hospital. You should call your healthcare provider immediately if
you develop a rash. However, stop taking PREZISTA and ritonavir combination
treatment and call your healthcare provider immediately if you develop any skin
changes with symptoms below:
fever
tiredness
uuscle or joint pain
blisters or skin lesions
uouth sores or ulcers
red or inflaued eyes, like pink eye" (conjunctivitis)
Rash occurred more often in patients taking PREZISTA and raltegravir together
than with either drug separately, but was generally mild.
See What are the possible side effects of PREZISTA? for more information
about side effects.
What is PREZISTA?
PREZISTA is a prescription anti-HIV medicine used with ritonavir and other anti-
HIV medicines to treat adults with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1)
infection. PREZISTA is a type of anti-HIV medicine called a protease inhibitor.
hlv is the virus that causes AlS (Acquired luuune eficiency Syndroue).
When used with other HIV medicines, PREZISTA may help to reduce the amount
of hlv in your blood (called viral load"). FFEZlSTA uay also help to increase the
nuuber of white blood cells called C1 (T) cell which help fight off other
infections. Feducing the auount of hlv and increasing the C1 (T) cell count
may improve your immune system. This may reduce your risk of death or
infections that can happen when your immune system is weak (opportunistic
infections).
FFEZlSTA does not cure hlv infection or AlS and you uay continue to
experience illnesses associated with HIV-1 infection, including opportunistic
infections. You should remain under the care of a doctor when using PREZISTA.
Avoid doing things that can spread HIV-1 infection.
o oot share oeedIes or other iojectioo eguipeot.
o oot share persooaI ites that cao have bIood or body IIuids oo the, Iike
toothbrushes and razor blades.
o oot have aoy kiod oI sex without protectioo. Always practice safe sex by
using a latex or polyurethane condom to lower the chance of sexual contact
with semen, vaginal secretions, or blood.
Ask your healthcare provider if you have any questions on how to prevent
passing HIV to other people.
Who should not take PREZISTA?
o oot take F8EZI8IA with any of the following medicines:
alfuzosin (Uroxatral
)
dihydroergotauine (.h.E. 15
, Embolex
, Migranal
), ergonovine, ergotamine
(Cafergot
, Ergomar
) methylergonovine
cisapride
pimozide (Orap
)
oral midazolam, triazolam (Halcion
)
the herbal supplement St. Johns Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
the cholesterol lowering medicines lovastatin (Mevacor
, Altoprev
, Advicor
)
or simvastatin (Zocor
, Simcor
, Vytorin
)
rifampin (Rifadin
, Rifater
, Rifamate
, Rimactane
)
sildenafil (Revatio
) only when used for the treatment of pulmonary arterial

hypertension.
Serious problems can happen if you take any of these medicines with PREZISTA.
What should I tell my doctor before I take PREZISTA?
F8EZI8IA ay oot be right Ior you. eIore takiog F8EZI8IA, teII your
healthcare provider if you:
have liver probleus, including hepatitis or hepatitis C
are allergic to sulfa uedicines
have high blood sugar (diabetes)
have heuophilia
are pregnant or planning to becoue pregnant. lt is not known if FFEZlSTA will
harm your unborn baby.
Pregnancy Registry: You and your healthcare provider will need to decide if
taking PREZISTA is right for you. If you take PREZISTA while you are pregnant,
talk to your healthcare provider about how you can be included in the
Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry. The purpose of the registry is follow the
health of you and your baby.
are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. o oot breastIeed. We do not know if
PREZISTA can be passed to your baby in your breast milk and whether it
could harm your baby. Also, mothers with HIV-1 should not breastfeed
because HIV-1 can be passed to the baby in the breast milk.
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take including
prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
Using PREZISTA and certain other medicines may affect each other causing
serious side effects. PREZISTA may affect the way other medicines work and
other medicines may affect how PREZISTA works.
Especially tell your healthcare provider if you take:
uedicine to treat hlv
estrogen-based contraceptives (birth control). FFEZlSTA uight reduce the
effectiveness of estrogen-based contraceptives. You must take additional
precautions for birth control such as a condom.
uedicine for your heart such as bepridil, lidocaine (Xylocaine viscous
),
quinidine (Nuedexta
), amiodarone (Pacerone
, Cardarone
), digoxin
(Lanoxin
), flecainide (Tambocor
), propafenone (Rythmol
)
warfarin (Couuadin
, Jantoven
)
uedicine for seitures such as carbauatepine (Carbatrol
, Equetro
,
Tegretol
, Epitol
), phenobarbital, phenytoin (ilantin
, Phenytek
)
uedicine for depression such as tratadone and desiprauine (Norprauin
)
clarithrouycin (Frevpac
, Biaxin
)
uedicine for fungal infections such as ketoconatole (Nitoral
), itraconazole
(Sporanox
, Onmel
), voriconazole (VFend
)
colchicine (Colcrys
, Col-Probenecid
)
rifabutin (Mycobutin
)
uedicine used to treat blood pressure, a heart attack, heart failure, or to
lower pressure in the eye such as metoprolol (Lopressor
, Toprol-XL
), timolol
(Cosopt
, Betimol
, Timoptic
, Isatolol
, Combigan
)
uidatolau aduinistered by injection
uedicine for heart disease such as felodipine (Flendil
), nifedipine
(Procardia
, Adalat CC
, Afeditab CR
), nicardipine (Cardene
)
steroids such as dexauethasone, fluticasone (Advair iskus
, Veramyst
,
Flovent
, Flonase
)
bosentan (Tracleer
)
IMPORTANT PATIENT INFORMATION
uedicine to treat chronic hepatitis C such as boceprevir (victrelis
TM
),
telaprevir (Incivek
TM
)
uedicine for cholesterol such as pravastatin (Fravachol
), atorvastatin
(Lipitor
), rosuvastatin (Crestor
)
uedicine to prevent organ transplant failure such as cyclosporine (0engraf
,
Sandimmune
, Neoral
), tacrolimus (Prograf
), sirolimus (Rapamune
)
salueterol (Advair
, Serevent
)
uedicine for narcotic withdrawal such as uethadone (Methadose
, olophine
Hydrochloride), buprenorphine (Butrans
, Buprenex
, Subutex
),
buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone
)
uedicine to treat schitophrenia such as risperidone (Fisperdal
), thioridazine
uedicine to treat erectile dysfunction or puluonary hypertension such as
sildenafil (Viagra
, Revatio
), vardenafil (Levitra
, Staxyn
), tadalafil
(Cialis
, Adcirca
)
uedicine to treat anxiety, depression or panic disorder such as sertraline
(Zoloft
), paroxetine (Paxil
)
This is not a complete list of medicines that you should tell your healthcare
provider that you are taking. Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist if you
are not sure if your medicine is one that is listed above. Know the medicines you
take. Keep a list of them to show your doctor or pharmacist when you get a new
uedicine. o not start any new uedicines while you are taking FFEZlSTA
without first talking with your healthcare provider.
How should I take PREZISTA?
Take FFEZlSTA every day exactly as prescribed by your healthcare provider.
You uust take ritonavir (N0FvlF
) at the same time as PREZISTA.

o not change your dose of FFEZlSTA or stop treatuent without talking to
your healthcare provider first.
Take FFEZlSTA and ritonavir (N0FvlF
) with food.
Swallow FFEZlSTA tablets whole with a drink. lf you have difficulty
swallowing PREZISTA tablets, PREZISTA oral suspension is also available.
Your health care provider will help determine whether PREZISTA tablets or
oral suspension is right for you.
FFEZlSTA oral suspension should be given with the supplied oral dosing
syringe. Shake the suspension well before each usage.
lf you take too uuch FFEZlSTA, call your healthcare provider or go to the
nearest hospital emergency room right away.
What should I do if I miss a dose?
People who take PREZISTA one time a day:
lf you uiss a dose of FFEZlSTA by less than 12 hours, take your uissed dose
of PREZISTA right away. Then take your next dose of PREZISTA at your
regularly scheduled time.
lf you uiss a dose of FFEZlSTA by uore than 12 hours, wait and then take the
next dose of PREZISTA at your regularly scheduled time.
People who take PREZISTA two times a day
lf you uiss a dose of FFEZlSTA by less than hours, take your uissed dose of
PREZISTA right away. Then take your next dose of PREZISTA at your regularly
scheduled time.
lf you uiss a dose of FFEZlSTA by uore than hours, wait and then take the
next dose of PREZISTA at your regularly scheduled time.
lf a dose of FFEZlSTA is skipped, do not double the next dose. o not take uore
or less than your prescribed dose of PREZISTA at any one time.
What are the possible side effects of PREZISTA?
PREZISTA can cause side effects including:
See What is the most important information I should know about
PREZISTA?
iabetes aod high bIood sugar (hypergIyceia}. Some people who take
protease inhibitors including PREZISTA can get high blood sugar, develop
diabetes, or your diabetes can get worse. Tell your healthcare provider if you
notice an increase in thirst or urinate often while taking PREZISTA.
Changes in body fat. These changes can happen in people who take anti-
retroviral therapy. The changes may include an increased amount of fat in the
upper back and neck (buffalo huup"), breast, and around the back, chest, and
stomach area. Loss of fat from the legs, arms, and face may also happen. The
exact cause and long-term health effects of these conditions are not known.
Changes in your immune system (Immune Reconstitution Syndrome) can
happen when you start taking HIV medicines. Your immune system may get
stronger and begin to fight infections that have been hidden in your body for a
long time. Call your healthcare provider right away if you start having new
symptoms after starting your HIV medicine.
Increased bleeding for hemophiliacs. Some people with hemophilia have
increased bleeding with protease inhibitors including PREZISTA.
The most common side effects of PREZISTA include:
diarrhea
nausea
rash
headache
abdouinal pain
vouiting
Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that
does not go away.
These are not all of the possible side effects of PREZISTA. For more information,
ask your health care provider.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side
effects to the FA at 1-800-FA-1088.
How should I store PREZISTA?
Store FFEZlSTA oral suspension and tablets at roou teuperature [77F (25C)|.
o not refrigerate or freete FFEZlSTA oral suspension.
Keep FFEZlSTA away frou high heat.
FFEZlSTA oral suspension should be stored in the original container.
Keep PREZISTA and all medicines out of the reach of children.
General information about PREZISTA
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a
Fatient lnforuation leaflet. o not use FFEZlSTA for a condition for which it was
not prescribed. o not give FFEZlSTA to other people even if they have the saue
condition you have. It may harm them.
This leaflet summarizes the most important information about PREZISTA. If you
would like more information, talk to your healthcare provider. You can ask your
healthcare provider or pharmacist for information about PREZISTA that is written
for health professionals.
For uore inforuation, call 1-800-52-773.
What are the ingredients in PREZISTA?
Active ingredient: darunavir
Inactive ingredients:
PREZISTA Oral Suspension: hydroxypropyl cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose,
sodium carboxymethylcellulose, methylparaben sodium, citric acid monohydrate,
sucralose, masking flavor, strawberry cream flavor, hydrochloric acid (for pH
adjustuent), purified water.
PREZISTA 75 mg and 150 mg Tablets: colloidal silicon dioxide, crospovidone,
magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose. The film coating contains:
0FAFY
White (polyethylene glycol 3350, polyvinyl alcohol-partially hydrolyted,

talc, titanium dioxide).
PREZISTA 400 mg and 600 mg Tablets: colloidal silicon dioxide, crospovidone,
magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose. The film coating contains:
0FAFY
0range (F&C Yellow No. , polyethylene glycol 3350, polyvinyl alcohol-

partially hydrolyzed, talc, titanium dioxide).
This Fatient lnforuation has been approved by the u.S Food and rug
Administration.
Manufactured by:
PREZISTA Oral Suspension
Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.
Beerse, Belgium
PREZISTA Tablets
Janssen 0rtho LLC, 0urabo, FF 00778
Manufactured for:
Janssen Therapeutics, ivision of Janssen Froducts, LF, Titusville NJ 0850
NORVIR
is a registered trademark of its respective owner.

PREZISTA
is a registered trademark of Janssen Pharmaceuticals

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Mixed reactions from
advocates; some worry
about side effects
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
on Monday announced it has approved
use of the AIDS drug Truvada for reducing
the risk of HIV infection among uninfected
people considered at high risk for
contracting HIV through sexual contact.
The decision to allow Truvada to be taken
daily in the form of a pill as part of a prevention
regimen known as pre-exposure prophylaxis,
or PrEP, has drawn mixed reactions among
AIDS advocacy organizations, with most
supporting the decision.
But others have raised strong
objections, saying potentially harmful side
effects of Truvada along with the risk of
HIV infection through non-adherence to
a rigid daily drug regimen, which in turn
could lead to drug-resistant strains of HIV,
far outweigh the benets.
Todays approval marks an important
milestone in our ght against HIV,
said FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret
Hamburg. Every year, about 50,000 U.S.
adults and adolescents are diagnosed
with HIV infection, despite the availability
of prevention methods and strategies to
educate, test, and care for people living
with the disease, she said.
New treatments as well as prevention
methods are needed to ght the HIV
epidemic in this country, Hamburg said.
Truvada, which is manufactured by the
pharmaceutical rm Gilead Sciences, was
rst approved in 2004 by the FDA for use
as a treatment for HIV.
In announcing its approval for use as a
prevention drug, the FDA pointed to two
large placebo-controlled trials of the drug
as a prophylaxis that were sponsored by
the U.S. National Institutes of Health and
the University of Washington.
One of the trials conducted in the U.S.
and abroad evaluated the drug in 2,400
HIV-negative men or transgender women
who have sex with men and who are prone
to high risk behavior, such as inconsistent
or no condom use during sex, according to
a statement released by the FDA.
Results showed Truvada was effective
in reducing the risk of HIV infection by 42
percent compared with [a] placebo in this
population, the FDA statement says.
It says the second trial included 4,759
heterosexual couples where one partner
was HIV-infected and the other was
HIV negative. Truvada reduced the risk
of becoming infected by 75 percent
compared to participants taking a
placebo, the FDA statement says.
Among those supporting the FDA
decision to approve Truvada as a prevention
drug is Project Inform, the San Francisco-
based HIV patient advocacy group that has
closely observed prevention and treatment
options for people with HIV and AIDS for
more than 20 years.
Project Inform is extremely pleased
with a landmark decision by the FDA
to approve the rst biomedical HIV
prevention product in the history of the
epidemic, the group said in a statement.
Finally, after 30 years, HIV-negative
individuals have a new way to protect
themselves from becoming infected,
said Project Inform Director Dana Van
Gorder. While PrEP isnt a tool that will be
appropriate for broad use, we are thrilled
to have a new option that could offer
substantial benet to those at highest risk
for HIV, including gay and bisexual men
and transgender women who struggle
with consistent condom use, and in
heterosexual women living in areas with
high HIV rates whose partners refuse to
use condoms, Van Gorder said.
The AIDS Institute, a national
AIDS advocacy group with ofces in
Washington, D.C. and Florida, and the
Boston-based Fenway Health and its
research arm Fenway Institute also issued
statements supporting the FDA action.
Taking the opposite view is the
Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare
Foundation, which provides HIV/AIDS
treatment programs in the U.S. and in
countries throughout the world, including
Africa and Asia.
My initial reaction is that this is a
catastrophe for AIDS prevention in the
U.S., said Michael Weinstein, AHFs
executive director.
Weinstein said global trial studies
cited by the FDA involved constant
monitoring and encouragement by
organizers to ensure that participants
adhered to their daily drug regimen as
well as engaged in safer sex practices,
such as condom use.
The bottom line is that was under ideal
conditions, he said. People were tested
monthly. They were intensively counseled.
They were paid to be in the study. And
only about 50 percent took the drug.
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FDA approves HIV prevention pill
One activist calls decision
kick in the teeth
By CHRIS JOHNSON
President Obama will prepare a video
message for attendees of the 19th
International AIDS Conference in lieu of
making a live appearance at the event,
according to the White House.
The White House announced this week
that Obama is set to provide a brief video
message for the conference, which kicks
off Sunday in D.C., as part of [c]ontinuing
his personal engagement on this issue.
Shin Inouye, a White House spokesperson,
conrmed this video message would be in
lieu of a live appearance at the event.
The president will not be speaking
at the conference, Inouye said. He will
provide a brief video message to welcome
Conference attendees from around the
world to Washington.
Organizers of the conference had
invited the president to deliver remarks
at the event as HIV/AIDS advocates had
publicly expressed their desire to see
him make an appearance and call for an
end to the epidemic. They also wanted
him to talk about achievements of his
administration, such as laying out the rst-
ever National AIDS Strategy and creating
more opportunities to cover people with
HIV/AIDS under the Medicaid expansion
of the health care reform law.
The statement announcing the video
message touts the Obama administrations
efforts at combating HIV/AIDS.
Under the presidents leadership,
the administration has increased overall
funding to combat HIV/AIDS to record
levels, the statement says. We have
launched the rst comprehensive National
HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States to
prevent and treat HIV in America. Globally,
the Obama Administration has committed
to treating 6 million people by the end
of 2013 and is increasing the impact and
sustainability of our investments.
According to the statement, the White
House will also host a reception on July
26 to honor people living with HIV and to
thank individuals who have fought against
the disease.
Other high-ranking administration
ofcials are set to attend the event,
including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton;
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Kathleen Sebelius; U.S. Global AIDS
Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby;
Director of the White House Ofce of
National AIDS Policy Grant Colfax; and
Anthony Fauci, director of the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
at the National Institutes of Health.
Former President Clinton is slated to speak
as is former rst lady Laura Bush; former
President George W. Bush, who set up the
fund known as the U.S. Presidents Emergency
Plan for AIDS Relief, was invited to speak but
hadnt responded to the invitation as of earlier
this week, according to organizers.
HIV/AIDS advocates had varying reactions
to Obamas decision to skip the event.
Brian Hujdich, executive director of
HealthHIV, expressed disappointment,
but appreciated that the president would
address attendees via video.
While we are disappointed that President
Obama will be unable to address the
International AIDS Conference in person,
his decision to address attendees via video
demonstrates the importance he places on
AIDS 2012 and HIV, Hujdich said. As the rst
president to set a comprehensive National
HIV/AIDS Strategy and pass meaningful
healthcare reform, his commitment to
addressing HIV prevention care and
treatment is strongly demonstrated.
Michael Weinstein, president of the
AIDS Healthcare Foundation, called
Obamas decision not to attend a kick in
the teeth to attendees.
Its less than a mile from the White
House to the convention center,
Weinstein said. Hes ying back into
town on Friday night. I think hes making
an intentional statement by not attending,
and hes either waiting for a better offer
or he doesnt feel like hed get a good
reception and doesnt want to expose
himself to that, or hes consciously wanting
to [let it be] known that this is not a priority
for him, which hes done a pretty good job
at for the last three-and-a-half years.
Obama to skip Intl AIDS Conference
PRESIDENT OBAMA disappointed some
AIDS activists this week when the White
House announced he would not speak at the
International AIDS Conference.
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JOIN THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
AS WE COMMEMORATE THE 2012
INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE
AIDS Memorial Quilt at HRC Headquarters
July 1-31
Human Rights Campaign | 1640 Rhode Island Ave., N.W.
HRC will be one of approximately 50 sites around the city to display panel
sections from the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. The display will be
open to the public July 1-31.
Faith & AIDS 2012
Taking Action Together, Interfaith Pre-Conference
Friday, July 20 and Saturday, July 21
Howard University
Dr. Sharon Groves, HRCs Director of Religion and Faith, will be a
featured speaker for a workshop titled, Breaking the silence: faith work at
the intersections of HIV and the lives of LGBT people, Friday, July 20 at
3:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion at HRC Headquarters
Addressing Stigma in Transgender and other HIV-
Vulnerable Communities
Saturday, July 21, 2012 | 5 - 7 p.m.
Human Rights Campaign | 1640 Rhode Island Ave., N.W.
HRC, International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC),
International Treatment and Preparedness Coalition and Pan American
Health Organization (PAHO) are sponsoring a panel discussion to
provide a platform for strengthening the response to stigma in HIV-
vulnerable communities in North and Latin America and the Caribbean,
and to increase understanding of and commitment to gender-sensitive,
evidence- and human rights-informed interventions targeting transgender
people and other most at-risk individuals.
Global Village
July 22-27
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
801 Mount Vernon Place, N.W.
The Global Village at AIDS2012 is a community gathering place open to
the public. Please stop by and visit HRCs booth. WWW.HRC.ORG/AIDS2012 | #AIDS2012
Satellite Session: The Great TRANSformation
Sunday, July 22, 2012 | 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Walter E. Washington Convention Center | Session Room 7
801 Mount Vernon Place, N.W.
HRC is participating in the AIDS 2012 Satellite Session The Great
TRANSformation: Towards a Holistic Approach for Healthier and Happier
Trans Communities in Latin America and the Caribbean. Organizers
include PAHO; UNDP; USAID; REDLACTRANS; AIDSTAR-One;
WPATH; IAPAC; and Translatin@. There will be around 300 participants in
the satellite session including members of the transgender community, HIV
program managers, civil society representatives, technical and development
partners, and researchers.
Community Gospel Concert
Monday, July 23, 2012 | 7 - 9 p.m.
Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church
900 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
HRC is excited to be a sponsor of One Voice: Gospel Artists Respond to AIDS.
Join gospel artists and choirs for rejoicing and a celebration of hope in our
collective struggle against AIDS. This is a ticketed event.
Forum Co-Sponsor with Whitman Walker Clinic
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 | 7 p.m.
Lisner Auditorium | 730 21st St., N.W.
HRC has joined the Whitman Walker Clinic to co-sponsor Return to Lisner
an event focusing on the current state of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. In April 1983,
Whitman-Walker organized the rst community forum in DC on HIV/AIDS at
Lisner Auditorium. They are reprising that event, looking at the progress that has
been made and the future of new medical advances. HRC is honored to be a
co-sponsor of this event with Whitman Walker Clinic, which has been on the
frontlines of the epidemic in DC since the earliest days. Registration is required.
Large turnout for
marriage fundraiser
Nearly 100 supporters packed the
Ellicott City home of Lou and Diana
Ulman, the parents of Howard County
Executive Ken Ulman, on July 13 to attend
a fundraiser for Marylanders for Marriage
Equality (MD4ME). Donors paid $75 to
$2,000 for the event that saw a number
of elected ofcials lending their support
to defeat the November referendum to
overturn the Civil Marriage Protection Act.
The fundraiser was co-hosted by Ken
Ulman and County Register of Wills Byron
Macfarlane who is the rst ever openly
gay ofceholder in the county. All four of
the Democratic County Council members
attended as did state Del. Guy Guzzone and
state Sen. Rich Madaleno (D-Montgomery).
In introducing Ulman, Macfarlane
said, Howard County has a major role
in winning this referendum. He thanked
Ulman and the other elected ofcials for
their personal commitment to the cause.
Ulman, who many predict will make
a run for governor in 2014, said, Our
values of diversity and acceptance make
Howard County the best place in America.
In November, we will be the rst state in
America to pass this.
MD4ME campaign Chair Josh Levin said
the effort has a values framework whereby
conversations with voters must take place to
get the word out that emphasizes a lifetime
commitment by same-sex couples. He stressed
the need to raise money to not only pay for
direct mail and run a eld organization but to
also counter the scare tactics commonly used
by the opposition in these battles who will
appeal to the worst natures and worst fears.
Madaleno told the Blade, If every
ofcial of Ken Ulmans status would hold
such events, it would be quite helpful.
The amount raised was not available.
Ruppersberger
undecided on marriage
On a night the Columbia Democratic Club
unanimously passed a resolution supporting
marriage equality, Rep. C.A. Dutch
Ruppersberger, who was a guest speaker,
remained noncommittal. This is very difcult
for me, Ruppersberger, a moderate ve-term
Democrat, said in response to a question from
the Blade on his position. I had supported
civil [unions] but there are religious issues
[about marriage] that make it hard. But I also
have to look at discrimination. The meeting
took place on July 11.
Ruppersberger, who previously did not
respond to a Blade survey on the marriage
referendum, said he is moving slowly in the
direction you would like but is undecided at
this time. He mentioned that he has sought
counsel from a number of constituents
as well as his family on both sides of the
issue. Among the opponents are African-
American pastors from large churches who
are dead set against gay marriage. He
promised to disclose how he would vote
when he eventually reached a decision.
Ruppersbergers 2nd Congressional
District includes parts of Anne Arundel,
Baltimore, Harford and Howard counties as
well as a small portion of Baltimore City. He
noted that Harford County and the Baltimore
County areas of Dundalk and Essex are
particularly conservative, and support for
same-sex marriage would not go over well.
Nonetheless, its still an open issue for him.
Republican State Sen. Nancy Jacobs
(Harford), who stepped down from her
leadership position to run for Congress,
is a likely opponent in November. She
has one of the most anti-LGBT voting
records in the legislature and is a leader in
opposing same-sex marriage.
Teens talk coming
out at JCC
The second monthly meeting of parents
of Jewish LGBT children took place at the
Rosenbloom Owings Mills Jewish Community
Center (JCC) on July 11. The topic for the
meeting involved the teen experience.
A panel of college-aged young adults
shared their journeys with a dozen parents
who were eager to have a glimpse into the
adolescent experience. The students spoke
about the coming out process, challenges
they have faced, support that has been
useful and even shared advice for parents.
The parents asked questions of the students
and sought to become more knowledgeable
about what parents can do to make the
community a more accepting environment.
The social support group meets the
second Wednesday of every month at
7 p.m. at the same location. The topics
of conversation will vary. For more
information, email mberman@jcc.org.
STEVE CHARING
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BSO performs Michael Jackson hits
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents The Music of Michael Jackson
on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Pier Six Pavilion (731 Eastern Ave., Baltimore).
The BSO will perform the singers music spanning 40 years including Jackson 5
jams like ABC and later hits like Thriller and The Way You Make Me Feel.
Tickets range from $20-40 and can be purchased at piersixpavilion.com. For more
information on the show and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, visit bsomusic.org.
Hot Sauce at Grand Central
Grand Central Nightclub (1001 North Charles St., Baltimore) hosts Hot Sauce
by DJ Rich Morel on Saturday at 10 p.m.
Morel has become a highly sought-after singer/songwriter, producer and
remixer, working with high-prole artists such as Cyndi Lauper, The Killers and La
Roux. The DJ set will include his signature innovative electro-pop dance beats.
Morel and his partner, Bob Mould, team up as the duo Blowoff for their hugely
popular monthly show at the 9:30 Club. Morel has also garnered fame from his
collaboration with the Grammy-winning house music group Deep Dish on hits like
Cabaret and Under a Disco.
Admission to Hot Sauce is $10 and limited to guests 21 and over. For more
details, visit centralstationpub.com or morelwork.wordpress.com.
Artscape in town all weekend
Artscape, Baltimores premier arts event and Americas largest free arts festival,
starts today and will be held through Sunday. Artscape features work by a huge
span of ne artists, fashion designers and craftspeople, as well as dance, opera,
theater, lm, experimental music and other performing arts events.
The festival is held in outdoor tents and inside ne exhibition spaces in a number
of locations. The nalists for the Sondheim Artscape Prize currently have their
work on display at the Baltimore Musuem of Art through July 29 (10 Art Museum
Dr., Baltimore). The Modell Performing Arts Center (140 West Mt. Royal Ave.,
Baltimore) is a good landmark to use for directions for the festival.
Festival highlights include Meyerhoff Symphony Hall tours hosted by the
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Art Car Show and Parade and the at-TENT-
ion exhibit in which 20 tents have been transformed into works of art.
Artscape is from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. today and Saturday, and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. on
Sunday. For more details on the many events at the festival and to download a
festival map, visit artscape.org.
Pearls of Wisdom group to meet at Center
Pearls of Wisdom (POW), a support group for women in the LGBT community,
meets Saturday from 1-3 p.m. at the GLBT Community Center of Baltimore (241
West Chase St., Baltimore).
POW meets every rst and third Saturday of the month and provides a safe space
for women to engage in open and condential discussion about relationships,
identity, coming out and more.
If interested in attending, contact Q at POW.Lesbian@yahoo.com and visit
glccb.org for more information.
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Remembering lost friends,
looking forward to a future
free of HIV
Many are old enough to have known
the world before HIV/AIDS. Im often
thankful that I didnt come out until after
I knew about AIDS. Both of those things
occurred at about the same time. A time
when so many in the LGBT community
began talking about a rare type of can-
cer, Kaposis sarcoma, and we soon had
friends who were being diagnosed with it.
It was a scary time because no one
knew what was causing it and if and how
it was transmitted from one person to
another. Early on it was called a gay dis-
ease because so many gay men were
being diagnosed. One thing it did was
draw the LGBT community together both
in fear and compassion to ght it and to
support our friends who were getting sick.
In the early 80s and for many years, young
men would open the newspaper every morn-
ing and look at the obituary column for names
they knew. That used to be something only
old people did but in those days we all did
it. When we found a name it meant crossing
out another line in our address books because
another friend or acquaintance had died from
this scourge. I still have all those old address
books so I dont forget all the friends I lost
the friends I hoped one day to grow old with.
The rst close friend I lost was Glen
Michael Judd. He was a amboyant, fun-
loving soul who lived life to the fullest, only
to nd it a very short life. He was one of
the rst people I came out to and when he
asked if he could come visit me in my of-
ce for lunch I suggested we meet at the
restaurant. He guessed right away I was
embarrassed to have him come to the of-
ce because some there may think I was
gay. He not only forgave me but ended up
teaching me so much about people and
accepting them for who they are. He died
a slow and painful death with every ailment
one could have imagined, including going
blind. Yet in one way he was lucky. He had
a loving family who held him in their arms
until the very end. Other friends werent so
fortunate and many died without their fam-
ilies around. They relied on friends and the
families we became for each other. I often
think of all those who died much too young
including Michael Sawyer, Bob Federici,
Paul Ludeman, Alan Milsap, Mitch Foushee
and Steven Fine to name just a few.
The LGBT community fought against the
bigotry surrounding AIDS and became more
united because of it. We raised money and
formed organizations like ACT UP and Whit-
man-Walker Clinic to speak out and care for
each other. We marched and spoke out con-
ducting candlelight vigils at the Lincoln Me-
morial and actions like Hands-Around-the
White House. We supported the making of
the AIDS Quilt and cried together the rst
time it was laid out on the National Mall so
that everyone could see the devastation this
disease had caused to individuals, families
and society. We had heroes like Elizabeth
Taylor who rst forced Ronald Reagan to
speak the word AIDS and Bob Hattoy who
spoke at the Democratic National Conven-
tion in 1992 and became the face of AIDS
in the Clinton administration. We rallied
around Ryan White when he was kept from
going to school and began AIDS Walks and
AIDS Rides across the nation to raise money
for research, education and care.
As more than 20,000 people descend
on Washington this week to participate in
the rst International AIDS Conference to
be held in the United States in 20 years, we
must look back from where we came and
forward to the day that AIDS is eradicated
in the world. We know the devastation it has
caused and still causes. We know that it is epi-
demic in the District of Columbia. We know
that we have drugs that can help people with
HIV/AIDS but are still ghting to get enough
funding so that everyone can benet from
them. We also know that even when people
can afford the drugs, AIDS can have a drastic
impact on their life and that of their families.
In some instances the drugs just dont work.
Today many consider AIDS a chronic dis-
ease that can be managed if diagnosed at
an early stage so we work to have people
get tested and into care. We know how
AIDS is transmitted and educate our young
people on how to avoid it. And yet with all
this people around the world are still getting
HIV/AIDS. While it is not always the death
sentence it was 30 years ago, we still have a
long way to go and my hope is that I will be
around to see it eradicated completely.
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President Obama committed
to the ght to create an
AIDS-free generation
By DR. GRANT COLFAX &
DR. ERIC GOOSBY

As the two people who worked as phy-
sicians in the early years of the HIV/AIDS
epidemic before the miracle of antiretrovi-
ral drug (ARV) therapy, and who now have
the honor of leading the domestic and
global HIV/AIDS programs for the Obama
administration, we look back in awe of the
American leadership that has transformed
the epidemic in the 22 years since the In-
ternational AIDS Conference was last held
on U.S. soil. As we remember the lives lost
to this disease and commit to the vision
of an AIDS-free generation, its worth re-
ecting on how U.S. leadership and U.S.
investments to combat HIV/AIDS domes-
tically and internationally are saving lives
and turning the tide against the disease.
Here at home, we have more than tri-
pled the life expectancy of people living
with HIV/AIDS since 1993. More than half
a million persons living with HIV receive
care and treatment through the Ryan
White program, established in 1990 and
maintained with consistent bipartisan con-
gressional support through four admin-
istrations. Successful prevention efforts
have averted more than 350,000 new in-
fections and mother-to-child transmission
of HIV has dropped by more than 90 per-
cent since the early 1990s. HIV prevention
has also generated substantial economic
benets. A recent study estimated that
HIV prevention efforts in the United States
have saved $129.9 billion in medical costs.
In 2010, President Obama released the
rst-ever National HIV/AIDS Strategy, and
he has made implementing the strategy a
top priority by requesting increased fund-
ing for HIV treatment and care services ev-
ery scal year. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, the
presidents domestic budget for HIV/AIDS
is $22.25 billion, including requesting a $40
million increase for the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) HIV preven-
tion efforts, and an additional $74 million to
increase treatment and care services for our
nations veterans living with HIV. The presi-
dent has also increased federal investments
for AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs)
to expand access to life-saving medications
and assist states with ADAP waiting lists. A
shared federal-state program, federal fund-
ing for ADAPs has increased every year of the
Obama administration, rising from $815 mil-
lion in FY 2009 to $933 million in FY 2012. In
FY 2013, the president proposed a total of
$1 billion for ADAPs, a $67 million increase
above FY 2012. These steps have concrete
results ADAP waitlists have declined by
80 percent since September 2011, dropping
from more than 9,000 to approximately 2,000
today, and the federal budget provides suf-
cient resources to end the waitlists once and
for all, if states also step up and do their part.
In addition, people living with HIV have
much to gain from the Affordable Care
Act. People with HIV are more likely to be
uninsured, are more likely to face barriers in
accessing medical care, and often experi-
ence higher rates of stigma and discrimina-
tion than other groups. The Affordable Care
Act seeks to expand Medicaid for the lowest
income people; it strengthens and improves
Medicare, and makes private insurance work
better for all Americans, including people
with HIV. The Act also prohibits discrimina-
tion on the basis of HIV status, bans lifetime
limits on insurance coverage and is phasing
out annual limits in coverage.
Globally and building on the strong
foundation laid by President George
W. Bush, the Obama administration has
made unprecedented progress in the
ght against AIDS. The U.S. Presidents
Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
has expanded its prevention, care and
treatment programming, and now has sig-
nicant investments in more than 80 coun-
tries in several regions worldwide. Since
FY 2008, PEPFAR has increased the num-
ber of people supported on treatment by
more than 2.1 million and the number of
individuals receiving HIV testing and coun-
seling by almost 19.9 million, supporting
nearly four million people on treatment
HIV testing and counseling for more than
40 million people in 2011 alone. And on
World AIDS Day 2011, President Obama
announced a new treatment goal of reach-
ing six million people by the end of 2013.
Since taking ofce, President Obama has
requested more than $26 billion in funding for
global HIV/AIDS, including both bilateral U.S.
government PEPFAR programs and our con-
tribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tu-
berculosis and Malaria. In his FY 2013 Budget,
the president fullled his historic commitment
to request $4 billion over three years for the
Global Fund. We are grateful for the bipartisan
support that PEPFAR has received from Con-
gress since its inception and the continued
bipartisan support for the Global Fund.
In FY 2013, we made the decision to
re-allocate resources from within PEPFAR
and take an exceptional step at a unique
moment to strengthen the Global Fund.
Because of the interdependence of the
two programs, strengthening the Global
Fund now will also help ensure the suc-
cess of PEPFAR; equally as important, U.S.
contributions to multilateral institutions like
the Global Fund allow us to leverage in-
creased contributions from other countries.
In recent months, new and existing donors,
including Saudi Arabia, Japan, Germany
and the Gates Foundation, have stepped
up their contributions. We know that other
donors are also planning to do the same.
The fact of the matter is that our
achievements are continuing to grow
rapidly. This is due to greater efciencies
borne of driving our programming with
evidence of impact, the growing com-
mitment of governments and citizens in
the developing world, the reduced costs
of treatment, and the growing impact of
prevention. With our current budget re-
quest PEPFAR will meet the Presidents
World AIDS Day goals for treatment, care
and prevention, including the dramatic in-
crease in people supported on treatment
from 4 to 6 million. Along with comple-
mentary efforts to strengthen the Global
Fund, this will accelerate progress toward
the goal of an AIDS-free generation.
While tough budget decisions come with
the job, President Obama has committed us
to achieving more in the ght to create an
AIDS-free generation in the U.S. and across
the globe, and were succeeding. That con-
tinues the legacy of American leadership on
HIV/AIDS that should make us all proud.
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30 JULY 20, 2012 VI EWPOI NT
AIDS 2012: Measuring progress by lives saved
VI EWPOI NT
Recommitting to AIDS fight
key part of boosting community
By CHRISTOPHER DYER
In 1968, Frank Kameny coined the phrase
Gay is Good. Since then, LGBT people have
achieved many victories and become a visible,
active, dynamic and fabulous community. For
many, gay is good but in order to truly honor
Franks legacy, we need to make it great.
One of the ways we can make it great is by
recommitting ourselves to the ght against
HIV/AIDS and improving our collective health.
The impact of homophobia and growing up
as outcasts has had a negative effect on our
self-esteem. In my case, this manifested itself in
struggles with substance abuse, smoking and
a lifelong struggle with obesity and diabetes.
Many in our community suffer similar struggles.
According to several studies, the LGBT
community is more likely to smoke, abuse
drugs, engage in high-risk sex acts and are
more prone to suicide ideation and depres-
sion. Our HIV rates are still unacceptably high
and while there have been great improve-
ments in prevention messaging, the ability to
make lasting, meaningful change is limited by
a nite amount of scal resources and political
will that government is willing to commit. Ad-
ditionally, as progressive as government can
be, a campaign about self-esteem created by
LGBT people for LGBT people isnt necessarily
the highest priority in public health prevention.
One of the best ways to boost self-esteem
is to take action. Getting a regular HIV test
and knowing your status is crucial in prevent-
ing the spread of HIV. Testing is just a start; we
need to take to Twitter, GRINDR and other
social media and encourage our friends and
loved ones to get tested. If each of us were to
encourage 10 friends to get regular HIV tests,
it would make a signicant impact. Having
frank and open conversations about whether
or not we practice safe sex with one another
would also be good. Many of us, including
me, dont practice fealty to safe sex all the
time and candid peer-led discussions should
have a lasting impact.
Additionally, we need to feel comfort-
able intervening when our friends drink
and drug too much. I have been blessed
with the gift of sobriety and have spent a
lot of time in bars, beaches and nightclubs
and having a blast. I have seen members
of the community who struggle with
addiction and a culture that seems un-
comfortable at intervening. We need to
feel more comfortable talking to friends
whose drinking might be out of control.
These conversations arent easy but I can
attest to their efcacy. I was very fortunate
to have several friends point out that my
drinking was out of control and I got help.
I have friends who are still struggling and
the conversations are painful and frustrat-
ing, but they are necessary and can eas-
ily be replicated. I also tend to feel much
better about myself by being able to help.
We should be nicer to one another in
places where we go to socialize. The online
world seems to be a great deator of self-
esteem. For some, the online experience
reduces our identities to a picture of a well-
sculpted chest and people arent always the
nicest when rejecting suitors.
Gay is good, but lets work to make it great
Christopher Dyer is a consultant and experienced
advocate in the LGBT community. Reach him at
chris@christopherdyer.com.
Dr. Grant Colfax is director of the Ofce of National
AIDS Policy and Dr. Eric Goosby is the nations
Global AIDS Coordinator.
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PEPFAR-like solution
By DR. GREGORY PAPPAS
Half of the people living with HIV in the
United States reside in 12 cities and D.C. is
one of them. Urban America continues to
suffer high rates of HIV despite successes
of antiretroviral treatment that can suppress
the virus, decrease transmission, prevent
progression to AIDS, and lower death rates.
HIV knows no boundaries; it does not
discriminate. The global U.S. response
known as the Presidents Emergency Pro-
gram for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) succeed-
ed by enhancing funding, coordinating
government efforts and working across
jurisdictions. Bold action cut across bu-
reaucratic and government boundaries.
Bureaucratic bottlenecks gave way to co-
ordinated programs that delivered medi-
cations across boundaries and saved mil-
lions of lives. President Bush, President
Obama and Congress should be con-
gratulated for this success and we should
now emulate the model in the U.S.
The highways that connect Washing-
ton environs and Baltimore convey more
than just trafc; they are also corridors
for the transmission of diseases. We live
in a uid society where people from all
over the region communicate and con-
nect. The corridor from Northern Vir-
ginia, through D.C. and up to Baltimore
have become one social, economic and
epidemiological unit. The urban epi-
demic among men who have sex with
men, heterosexuals and intravenous drug
users has intensied. In D.C., one in four
minority gay and bisexual men are now
HIV positive. HIV is spreading from cen-
ter cities to the suburbs. HIV is spreading
from the center cities to the suburbs.
A domestic PEPFAR would emphasize
enhanced spending, promote regional
data and plan and coordinate services re-
gionally. A study by the CDC estimates that
we need about $10 billion invested now to
save $66 billion over the long term by avert-
ing infections and the medical costs that
follow. Better coordination with the federal
government will increase efciencies. Our
health departments are burdened with
managing and reporting on upwards of
a dozen federal grants with overlapping
grant periods and duplicative require-
ments that could be greatly simplied if
the federal government worked in a more
coordinated fashion. PEPFAR cut the red
tape abroad; we can do the same at home.
Fighting the epidemic in the region can
also be improved by better coordination
of services. People living across the street
from a clinic in a different state cannot use
their government insurance there.
Washington, Baltimore and adjoin-
ing counties offer an historic opportu-
nity for the federal government to apply
the PEPFAR approach. The region has
strong public health departments, na-
tionally recognized medical facilities and
global academic institutions. They form
the foundation for what could become
a coordinated response to the regional
epidemic. We also have dedicated com-
munity residents, HIV-positive people
and activists that are well poised to col-
laborate in a regional coordinated effort.
Let D.C. and Baltimore be a national
example of coordination by funding a do-
mestic PEPFAR model right here. Hold us
accountable for results in reducing new
HIV cases on a regional basis, ensuring
people get quality care and providing
critical data to document success. Gov.
Martin OMalley of Maryland and Mayor
Vincent Gray of D.C. recently wrote Presi-
dent Obama urging him to address the
regional nature of the HIV epidemic and
help our jurisdictions work together by
facilitating a necessary collaboration.
The president can use the international
stage of AIDS 2012 as the opportunity
to announce a domestic PEPFAR for ur-
ban America starting in the Baltimore-
Washington corridor. By this initiative, the
leadership he brought with the National
HIV/AIDS Strategy can take the next step
in ending the domestic epidemic.
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We cut red tape abroad, why not domestically?
VI EWPOI NT
Prevention, delivery of
care greatly improved in
recent years
By EARL FOWLKES, JR.
In several days, the XIX International AIDS
Conference will be held in Washington, D.C.
and about 30,000 scientists, HIV/AIDS activ-
ists, physicians, and advocates will descend
on our nations capital. Recently there has
been much reection on the impact that
HIV/AIDS has had on Washingtonians since
the last international AIDS conference was
held in the United States in 1990.
I arrived in Washington from New
York City in the mid-1990s to run a small
faith-based HIV/AIDS organization called
Damien Ministries. I remember being
shocked by the impact HIV/AIDS was
having on our nations capital, which was
a relatively small city compared to the
larger cities that were overwhelmed by
the disease at that time. The disease was
having a devastating impact on Men who
have Sex with Men (MSM) both black
and white as well as on black women of
childbearing age, and heterosexual men
who were mostly IV drug users. The sys-
tem of care for those living with HIV/AIDS
in D.C. was fragmented, and the health
department was in disarray and could pro-
vide very little effective leadership. The
rates of infection were going through the
roof and HIV/AIDS prevention efforts for
communities of color seem to rely solely
on condom use and abstinence only.
There were many HIV/AIDS organizations,
both small and large as well as individu-
als, who are performing herculean tasks in
providing care with few resources.
Fast forward to 2012 and one can see
that things have drastically improved,
particularly in the area of HIV/AIDS pre-
vention and the delivery of care in Wash-
ington. About 122,000 District residents re-
ceived an HIV/AIDS test in 2011. There have
been no children born with HIV in the Dis-
trict since 2009. Five million male and female
condoms were distributed in 2011, which is
incredible when you consider the popula-
tion of the District is only 660,000. The HIV/
AIDS continuum of care is much improved
with newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS men and
women moving quickly into treatment and
care after being diagnosed with HIV.
The District has no waiting list for our
AIDS Drugs Assistance Program (ADAP).
The D.C. Department of Health, HIV-
AIDS, Hepatitis, STD and TB Administra-
tion and HIV/AIDS, service providers and
the community can take some degree of
satisfaction in knowing that the rates of
infection leveled off in the District for rst
time since the pandemic started. The HIV/
AIDS prevention campaigns Ask For
the Test and the Rubber Revolution also
have appeared to contribute to increased
HIV awareness and prevention in the Dis-
trict. However, the most important change
has been the vast improvement of coordi-
nation between HAHSTA and community-
based organizations that provide the bulk
of HIV services in D.C. Consistent leader-
ship from the Department of Health has
been a factor in this improvement of coor-
dination of HIV services and District.
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are nally getting a handle on HIV/AIDS
in the District, there is still much to be
done. HIV/AIDS and sexual education
must be taught in our schools, commu-
nity centers and places of worship. The
HIV/AIDS rates for our youth and seniors
are still too high. We must also remember
the important role that our smaller HIV/
AIDS providers play as gatekeepers to
various communities throughout the city
especially as funding streams become
smaller. These smaller HIV/AIDS provid-
ers must also take stock of the realiza-
tion that this may be the time to look at
consolidation and stronger linkages with
medical providers to make the HIV/AIDS
continual care system even stronger.
We must continue to understand how
racism, sexism and poverty impacts deci-
sion- making when it comes to HIV/AIDS
messaging and prevention, especially for
communities of color. Finally, we must ac-
knowledge that the leveling of the rates
of HIV/AIDS in our city is not the end of
the beginning but the beginning of the
end in the ght to eradicate this disease
from all parts of our community.
Whats ahead for D.C.s ght against AIDS
Earl Fowlkes, Jr. is chair of D.C. Mayor Vincent
Grays GLBT Advisory Committee.
Dr. Gregory Pappas is senior deputy director of the
D.C. Department of Healths HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis,
STD and TB Administration (HAHSTA).
Washington, D.C., Baltimore and adjoining counties
offer an historic opportunity for the federal government
to apply the PEPFAR approach.
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VI EWPOI NT JULY 20, 2012 35
The early days of AIDS bred
fear, but brought us together
By MARK LEE
As odd as it may seem to todays
younger gay men, it was before the ad-
vent of the Internet. Telephone answering
machines were only beginning to come
into use, and were the size of, well, VCRs.
In the early months of 1981, news
spread of a mysterious rare cancer af-
fecting gay men in New York City, San
Francisco and Los Angeles. Thirty-one
years ago this month, the Centers for Dis-
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ized gay male patients with Karposis sar-
coma and Pneumocystis pneumonia. By
the end of the year, the death toll was 121.
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arrive every other Friday morning at busi-
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cal gay community surrounding Dupont
Circle. Some would gather early on those
days to grab the latest edition in search of
news about the mysterious ailments felling
gay men in the Northeast and on the West
Coast. Blade reporters of the day notably
Steve Martz, Jim Marks and Lisa Keen
provided details of the latest developments.
We were eager for any news we could
get our hands on. We would pop in neigh-
borhood bookstores to pick up daily news-
papers from New York and San Francisco.
Any tidbit of information gleaned from a
friend in the Castro or lower Manhattan
was immediately shared and passed on.
We debated whether the whole thing
could be a result of the use of poppers,
an early cautionary theory. We secretly
hoped it would prove that simple.
Searching our bodies for skin anoma-
lies or lesions, or any swelling of lymph
nodes, eventually became a regular rit-
ual. We started looking at others in the
same exploratory way. Hardest of all,
we struggled against the accusation too
large a number would hurl our way
that somehow we deserved this plague
or had brought it upon ourselves.
It was an era in which we remained
outcasts with our differentness breeding
distance, hostility and discrimination. We
had only begun to nd comfort and com-
panionship and an increasing level of
visibility in the localized enclaves we in-
habited and the bars we frequented. We
danced in the hope of warding off what-
ever demons there might be, or at least
to momentarily forget they were there.
For those of us young enough at the
time to be discovering the possibili-
ties of our futures, we longed to assure
ourselves that life would soon return to
normal. An exponentially spiraling sense
of danger and increasing incidence of ill-
ness quickly leading to death, however,
interrupted our lives and wreaked havoc
in our emerging sense of identity.
We suddenly found ourselves living in
a frightening time that we suspected was
going to get worse. And it did.
Painful was the sense that we were dis-
posable, that few cared much, that the
response by government and medicine
was inadequate. Our anger and alone-
ness led us to understand the importance
of shared struggle and joining together
to develop an infrastructure for a diverse
and growing community.
Most gay men now in their late 40s
or older carry an unwritten list of names
next to their heart a litany of the many
friends and acquaintances who would
succumb to AIDS over the years. When
a reminder comes along, prompting a
rush of recollection and the sadness of so
many talented and wonderful people dy-
ing at an early age, we remember.
In the 20 years or so until HIV/AIDS led
less to death than medical management, we
memorialized many. In Washington, we had
the privilege of hosting multiple displays of
the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt in
its entirety, rst in 1987 and subsequently in
1988, 1989, 1992, and 1996 when it covered
the entire expanse of the National Mall.
The heartbreak of visiting the panels of
loved ones and the heartache from the im-
mensity of it all was palpable. Part virtual
graveyard, part political protest, the Quilt
allowed us to grieve as a community and to
share our loss with others in a celebration
of the lives of those no longer among us.
Its also an ongoing tribute to what
they taught us in death and weve be-
come in life.
We were scared and few seemed to care
VI EWPOI NT
From fear and despair to
promising new treatments
and hope
By DR. RAY MARTINS
On April 4, 1983, AIDS entered the
public arena of the District of Columbia.
On a Monday evening 29 years ago,
Whitman-Walker held the rst public fo-
rum on AIDS in D.C. At that time, Cab-
bage Patch dolls were a hit, people were
watching M*A*S*H and AIDS was de-
stroying the gay male community. A pan-
el of public health experts and advocates
spoke to a full house at Lisner Auditorium
of The George Washington University.
The audience of predominantly gay men
was driven to the forum after watching
friends, lovers and colleagues die quickly
and horribly from AIDS. And they were in
a state of fear bordering on panic.
The forum that night probably did little
to calm that fear. Think about what was
happening in 1983. AIDS had only been re-
cently named. The HIV virus had not been
discovered yet. There was no test to see if
someone was infected and there was no
treatment. In fact, people were unsure if
you could catch AIDS from a simple kiss. In
short, there was almost no good news that
night; only fear and despair for the future.
Today, on the eve of the 2012 Interna-
tional AIDS Conference, there is far more
good news in the world of HIV/AIDS.
Since that forum in 1983, HIV testing
has become standard operating proce-
dure for many Americans, particularly
those in groups at high risk for HIV, like gay
or bisexual men. Successful treatments
are keeping people with HIV healthy and
alive for many years. And people are more
knowledgeable about condom use and
other safer sex practices.
Over the last few years, even more de-
velopments have brought new hope and
optimism in the ght against HIV/AIDS,
including the idea of using HIV medica-
tions to prevent HIV transmission, also
known as Treatment as Prevention.
One of the best ways to reduce new HIV
transmissions is by diagnosing people with
HIV, getting them into care and on medica-
tions. These HIV medications can suppress
the amount of virus in the persons blood to
very low levels, which make it much less likely
for that person to transmit the virus. In fact,
studies have shown successful treatment to
reduce the risk of transmission by up to 96 per-
cent. This same strategy is used to prevent the
mothers HIV from transmitting to the baby.
Another way HIV medications are used
to reduce transmission is through HIV post-
exposure prophylaxis or PEP. If a person
has a needle stick at work or an unsafe sexual
encounter they can take HIV medications for
a month to prevent infection. This method is
at least 80 percent effective if used within 72
hours of the potential exposure.
Recently, studies have shown HIV
medications can be taken by individuals
at high risk for HIV before they are ex-
posed to the virus to protect them from
infection. Pre-exposure prophylaxis or
PREP is still undergoing clinical trials
but seems to be very effective for certain
populations at high risk for HIV, such as
men who have sex with men and serodis-
cordant couples (where one partner has
HIV and the other is HIV-negative).
All of these new Treatment as Preven-
tion tools add to weapons in the ght
against new HIV transmissions, but none
are a magic bullet. Currently, in the District
of Columbia, 70 percent of people diag-
nosed with HIV do not have a suppressed
viral load. Why is this number so high? A
large number of people in D.C. have HIV
and do not know it. Others have been
diagnosed with HIV but have not seen a
doctor yet (often due to denial, stigma,
etc.). And lastly, a good percentage of
HIV-positive people on medication do not
have a suppressed HIV viral load due to
poor adherence to their medication regi-
men (often due to depression, addiction
issues or competing priorities). We are
lucky at Whitman-Walker to have compre-
hensive health care on site, including care
teams, mental health practitioners, a phar-
macy, and nurses that focus on patients
barriers to care. Through this team model,
85 percent of our HIV patients on medica-
tions have a suppressed viral load.
Now that the health care community
has more options in our ght against HIV,
we have to gure out a comprehensive
way to prevent new HIV transmissions
from occurring. But the good news is that
we are more knowledgeable about HIV
transmission and there are more preven-
tion options with known effectiveness.
So come join us in a Return to Lisner
Auditorium on Tuesday, July 24, at 7 p.m.
You will hear from leaders in the eld that
reducing the number of new HIV infec-
tions in Washington, D.C. is possible. You
will learn about Treatment a s Preven-
tion. And we will all reect on how far
we have come in the past 29 years.
The state of HIV in Washington: 29 years later
MARK LEE is a local small business manager and
long-time community business advocate. Reach him
at OurBusinessMatters@gmail.com
Dr. Ray Martins is chief medical ofcer of Whitman-
Walker Health.
Learn more at www.COMPLERA.com
COMPLERA (emtricitabine/rilpivirine/tenofovir disoproxil
fumarate) is a prescription medicine used as a complete
single-tablet regimen to treat HIV-1 in adults who have
never taken HIV medicines before. COMPLERA does not
cure HIV or AIDS or help prevent passing HIV to others.
Do not take COMPLERA if you are taking the following medicines:
s other HIV medicines (COMPLERA provides a complete treatment for HIV infection.)
s the anti-seizure medicines carbamazepine (Carbatrol
, Equetro
, Tegretol
,
Tegretol-XR
, Teril
, Epitol
), oxcarbazepine (Trileptal
), phenobarbital (Luminal
),
phenytoin (Dilantin
, Dilantin-125
, Phenytek
)
s the anti-tuberculosis medicines rifabutin (Mycobutin), rifampin (Rifater
,
Rifamate
, Rimactane
, Rifadin
) and rifapentine (Priftin
)
s a proton pump inhibitor medicine for certain stomach or intestinal problems,
including esomeprazole (Nexium
, Vimovo
), lansoprazole (Prevacid
),
omeprazole (Prilosec
), pantoprazole sodium (Protonix
), rabeprazole (Aciphex
)
s more than 1 dose of the steroid medicine dexamethasone or dexamethasone
sodium phosphate
s St. Johns wort (Hypericum perforatum)
s other medicines that contain tenofovir (VIREAD
, TRUVADA
, ATRIPLA
)
s other medicines that contain emtricitabine or lamivudine (EMTRIVA
, Combivir
,
Epivir
or Epivir-HBV
, Epzicom
, Trizivir
)
s rilpivirine (Edurant
)
s adefovir (HEPSERA
)
In addition, also tell your healthcare provider if you take:
s an antacid medicine that contains aluminum, magnesium hydroxide, or calcium
carbonate. Take antacids at least 2 hours before or at least 4 hours after you
take COMPLERA
s a histamine-2 blocker medicine, including famotidine (Pepcid
), cimetidine
(Tagamet
), nizatidine (Axid
), or ranitidine hydrochloride (Zantac
). Take these
medicines at least 12 hours before or at least 4 hours after you take COMPLERA
s the antibiotic medicines clarithromycin (Biaxin
), erythromycin (E-Mycin
, Eryc
,
Ery-Tab
, PCE
, Pediazole
, Ilosone
), and troleandomycin (TAO
)
s an antifungal medicine by mouth, including uconazole (Diucan
), itraconazole
(Sporanox
), ketoconazole (Nizoral
), posaconazole (Noxal
), voriconazole (Vfend
)
s methadone (Dolophine
)
This list of medicines is not complete. Discuss with your healthcare provider all
prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, or herbal supplements you
are taking or plan to take.
INDICATION
COMPLERA
(emtricitabine 200 mg/rilpivirine 25 mg/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate

300 mg) is a prescription HIV medicine that contains 3 medicines, EMTRIVA

(emtricitabine), EDURANT
(rilpivirine), and VIREAD
(tenofovir disoproxil fumarate)

combined in one pill. COMPLERA is used as a complete single-tablet regimen to treat
HIV-1 infection in adults (age 18 and older) who have never taken HIV medicines before.
COMPLERA does not cure HIV and has not been shown to prevent passing HIV
to others. It is important to always practice safer sex, use latex or polyurethane
condoms to lower the chance of sexual contact with any body uids, and to never
re-use or share needles. Do not stop taking COMPLERA unless directed by your
healthcare provider. See your healthcare provider regularly.
Contact your healthcare provider right away if you get the following side effects
or conditions while taking COMPLERA:
s Nausea, vomiting, unusual muscle pain, and/or weakness. These may be
signs of a buildup of acid in the blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious
medical condition
s Light-colored stools, dark-colored urine, and/or if your skin or the whites of your
eyes turn yellow. These may be signs of serious liver problems (hepatotoxicity),
with liver enlargement (hepatomegaly), and fat in the liver (steatosis)
s If you have HIV-1 and hepatitis B virus (HBV), your liver disease may suddenly
get worse if you stop taking COMPLERA. Do not stop taking COMPLERA without
rst talking to your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider will monitor
your condition
COMPLERA may affect the way other medicines work, and other medicines may
affect how COMPLERA works, and may cause serious side effects.
Before taking COMPLERA, tell your healthcare provider if you:
s have liver problems, including hepatitis B or C virus infection
s have kidney problems
s have ever had a mental health problem
s have bone problems
s are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if COMPLERA can harm
your unborn child
s are breastfeeding; women with HIV should not breast-feed because they can pass
HIV through their milk to the baby
Contact your healthcare provider right away if you experience any of the
following serious or common side effects:
Serious side effects associated with COMPLERA:
s New or worse kidney problems can happen in some people who take COMPLERA.
If you have had kidney problems in the past or take other medicines that can cause
kidney problems, your healthcare provider may need to do blood tests to check your
kidneys during your treatment with COMPLERA
s Depression or mood changes can happen in some people who take COMPLERA.
Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any of the following symptoms:
feeling sad or hopeless, feeling anxious or restless, or if you have thoughts of
hurting yourself (suicide) or have tried to hurt yourself
s Bone problems can happen in some people who take COMPLERA. Bone problems
include bone pain, softening or thinning (which may lead to fractures). Your
healthcare provider may need to do additional tests to check your bones
s Changes in body fat can happen in people taking HIV medicine. These changes
may include increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck (buffalo hump),
breast, and around the main part of your body (trunk). Loss of fat from the legs,
arms and face may also happen. The cause and long-term health effect of these
conditions are not known
s Changes in your immune system (Immune Reconstitution Syndrome) can happen
when you start taking HIV medicines. Your immune system may get stronger and
begin to ght infections that have been hidden in your body for a long time. Tell
your healthcare provider if you start having new symptoms after starting your
HIV medicine
Common side effects associated with COMPLERA:
s trouble sleeping (insomnia), abnormal dreams, headache, dizziness, diarrhea,
nausea, rash, tiredness, and depression
Other side effects associated with COMPLERA:
s vomiting, stomach pain or discomfort, skin discoloration (small spots or freckles),
and pain
does not go away. These are not all the possible side effects of COMPLERA. For more
information, ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist. Call your healthcare provider
for medical advice about side effects.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the
FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Take COMPLERA exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to take it
s Always take COMPLERA with a meal. Taking COMPLERA with a meal is important to
help get the right amount of medicine in your body. A protein drink does not replace
a meal
s Stay under the care of your healthcare provider during treatment with
COMPLERA and see your healthcare provider regularly
Please see Patient Information for COMPLERA on the following pages.
* The co-pay program covers up to $200 per month for 1 year from card activation or until the
card expires, up to $2400 in a calendar year. The program is subject to change or cancellation
at any time.
Patient model. Pill shown is not actual size.
COMPLERA. A complete HIV treatment in only 1 pill a day.
Ask your healthcare provider if its the one for you.
You may be able to save on the co-pay for
your COMPLERA prescription with a Gilead
HIV Co-pay Assistance Card.
Call 1-877-505-6986 for more information
or visit www.COMPLERA.com.*
Save up to
$
200
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Do not take COMPLERA if you are taking the following medicines:
s other HIV medicines (COMPLERA provides a complete treatment for HIV infection.)
s the anti-seizure medicines carbamazepine (Carbatrol
, Equetro
, Tegretol
,
Tegretol-XR
, Teril
, Epitol
), oxcarbazepine (Trileptal
), phenobarbital (Luminal
),
phenytoin (Dilantin
, Dilantin-125
, Phenytek
)
s the anti-tuberculosis medicines rifabutin (Mycobutin), rifampin (Rifater
,
Rifamate
, Rimactane
, Rifadin
) and rifapentine (Priftin
)
including esomeprazole (Nexium
, Vimovo
), lansoprazole (Prevacid
),
omeprazole (Prilosec
), pantoprazole sodium (Protonix
), rabeprazole (Aciphex
)
s more than 1 dose of the steroid medicine dexamethasone or dexamethasone
sodium phosphate
, TRUVADA
, ATRIPLA
)
, Combivir
,
Epivir
or Epivir-HBV
, Epzicom
, Trizivir
)
s rilpivirine (Edurant
)
s adefovir (HEPSERA
)
In addition, also tell your healthcare provider if you take:
carbonate. Take antacids at least 2 hours before or at least 4 hours after you
take COMPLERA
s a histamine-2 blocker medicine, including famotidine (Pepcid
), cimetidine
(Tagamet
), nizatidine (Axid
), or ranitidine hydrochloride (Zantac
). Take these
medicines at least 12 hours before or at least 4 hours after you take COMPLERA
s the antibiotic medicines clarithromycin (Biaxin
), erythromycin (E-Mycin
, Eryc
,
Ery-Tab
, PCE
, Pediazole
, Ilosone
)
s an antifungal medicine by mouth, including uconazole (Diucan
), itraconazole
(Sporanox
), ketoconazole (Nizoral
), posaconazole (Noxal
), voriconazole (Vfend
)
s methadone (Dolophine
)
This list of medicines is not complete. Discuss with your healthcare provider all
prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, or herbal supplements you
are taking or plan to take.
INDICATION
COMPLERA
(emtricitabine 200 mg/rilpivirine 25 mg/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate

300 mg) is a prescription HIV medicine that contains 3 medicines, EMTRIVA

(emtricitabine), EDURANT
(rilpivirine), and VIREAD
(tenofovir disoproxil fumarate)

combined in one pill. COMPLERA is used as a complete single-tablet regimen to treat
HIV-1 infection in adults (age 18 and older) who have never taken HIV medicines before.
COMPLERA does not cure HIV and has not been shown to prevent passing HIV
to others. It is important to always practice safer sex, use latex or polyurethane
condoms to lower the chance of sexual contact with any body uids, and to never
re-use or share needles. Do not stop taking COMPLERA unless directed by your
healthcare provider. See your healthcare provider regularly.
Contact your healthcare provider right away if you get the following side effects
or conditions while taking COMPLERA:
s Nausea, vomiting, unusual muscle pain, and/or weakness. These may be
signs of a buildup of acid in the blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious
medical condition
s Light-colored stools, dark-colored urine, and/or if your skin or the whites of your
eyes turn yellow. These may be signs of serious liver problems (hepatotoxicity),
with liver enlargement (hepatomegaly), and fat in the liver (steatosis)
s If you have HIV-1 and hepatitis B virus (HBV), your liver disease may suddenly
get worse if you stop taking COMPLERA. Do not stop taking COMPLERA without
rst talking to your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider will monitor
your condition
affect how COMPLERA works, and may cause serious side effects.
Before taking COMPLERA, tell your healthcare provider if you:
your unborn child
s are breastfeeding; women with HIV should not breast-feed because they can pass
HIV through their milk to the baby
Contact your healthcare provider right away if you experience any of the
following serious or common side effects:
Serious side effects associated with COMPLERA:
kidneys during your treatment with COMPLERA
s Depression or mood changes can happen in some people who take COMPLERA.
Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any of the following symptoms:
feeling sad or hopeless, feeling anxious or restless, or if you have thoughts of
hurting yourself (suicide) or have tried to hurt yourself
healthcare provider may need to do additional tests to check your bones
s Changes in body fat can happen in people taking HIV medicine. These changes
may include increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck (buffalo hump),
breast, and around the main part of your body (trunk). Loss of fat from the legs,
arms and face may also happen. The cause and long-term health effect of these
conditions are not known
when you start taking HIV medicines. Your immune system may get stronger and
begin to ght infections that have been hidden in your body for a long time. Tell
your healthcare provider if you start having new symptoms after starting your
HIV medicine
Common side effects associated with COMPLERA:
s trouble sleeping (insomnia), abnormal dreams, headache, dizziness, diarrhea,
nausea, rash, tiredness, and depression
Other side effects associated with COMPLERA:
s vomiting, stomach pain or discomfort, skin discoloration (small spots or freckles),
and pain
does not go away. These are not all the possible side effects of COMPLERA. For more
information, ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist. Call your healthcare provider
for medical advice about side effects.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the
FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Take COMPLERA exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to take it
s Always take COMPLERA with a meal. Taking COMPLERA with a meal is important to
help get the right amount of medicine in your body. A protein drink does not replace
a meal
s Stay under the care of your healthcare provider during treatment with
COMPLERA and see your healthcare provider regularly
Please see Patient Information for COMPLERA on the following pages.
* The co-pay program covers up to $200 per month for 1 year from card activation or until the
card expires, up to $2400 in a calendar year. The program is subject to change or cancellation
at any time.
Patient model. Pill shown is not actual size.
COMPLERA. A complete HIV treatment in only 1 pill a day.
Ask your healthcare provider if its the one for you.
You may be able to save on the co-pay for
your COMPLERA prescription with a Gilead
HIV Co-pay Assistance Card.
Call 1-877-505-6986 for more information
or visit www.COMPLERA.com.*
Save up to
$
200
per month
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FDA-Approved Patient Labeling
Patient Information
COMPLERA
(kom-PLEH-rah)
(emtricitabine, rilpivirine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) Tablets
Important: Ask your doctor or pharmacist about medicines that should not be
taken with COMPLERA. For more information, see the section What should I tell my
healthcare provider before taking COMPLERA?
Read this Patient Information before you start taking COMPLERA and each time you
get a rell. There may be new information. This information does not take the place of
talking to your healthcare provider about your medical condition or treatment.
What is the most important information I should know about COMPLERA?
COMPLERA can cause serious side effects, including:
1. Build-up of an acid in your blood (lactic acidosis). Lactic acidosis can happen in
some people who take COMPLERA or similar (nucleoside analogs) medicines. Lactic
acidosis is a serious medical emergency that can lead to death.
Lactic acidosis can be hard to identify early, because the symptoms could seem like
symptoms of other health problems. Call your healthcare provider right away if you
get any of the following symptoms which could be signs of lactic acidosis:
s feeling very weak or tired
s have unusual (not normal) muscle pain
s have trouble breathing
s have stomach pain with
- nausea (feel sick to your stomach)
- vomiting
s feel cold, especially in your arms and legs
s feel dizzy or lightheaded
s have a fast or irregular heartbeat
2. Severe liver problems. Severe liver problems can happen in people who take
COMPLERA or similar medicines. In some cases these liver problems can lead to death.
Your liver may become large (hepatomegaly) and you may develop fat in your liver
(steatosis) when you take COMPLERA.
Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any of the following symptoms
of liver problems:
s your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice).
s dark tea-colored urine
s light-colored bowel movements (stools)
s loss of appetite for several days or longer
s nausea
s stomach pain
You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or severe liver problems if you are
female, very overweight (obese), or have been taking COMPLERA or a similar
medicine containing nucleoside analogs for a long time.
3. Worsening of Hepatitis B infection. If you also have hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection
and you stop taking COMPLERA, your HBV infection may become worse (are-up). A
are-up is when your HBV infection suddenly returns in a worse way than before.
COMPLERA is not approved for the treatment of HBV, so you must discuss your HBV
therapy with your healthcare provider.
s Do not let your COMPLERA run out. Rell your prescription or talk to your healthcare
provider before your COMPLERA is all gone.
s Do not stop taking COMPLERA without rst talking to your healthcare provider.
s If you stop taking COMPLERA, your healthcare provider will need to check your health
often and do regular blood tests to check your HBV infection. Tell your healthcare
provider about any new or unusual symptoms you may have after you stop taking
COMPLERA.
What is COMPLERA?
COMPLERA is a prescription HIV (Human Immunodeciency Virus) medicine that:
s is used to treat HIV-1 in adults who have never taken HIV medicines before. HIV is the
virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immunodeciency Syndrome).
s contains 3 medicines, (rilpivirine, emtricitabine, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate)
combined in one tablet. EMTRIVA and VIREAD are HIV-1 (human immunodeciency
virus) nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) and EDURANT is an
HIV-1 non-nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI).
It is not known if COMPLERA is safe and effective in children under the age of 18 years.
COMPLERA may help:
s Reduce the amount of HIV in your blood. This is called your viral load.
s Increase the number of white blood cells called CD4+ (T) cells that help ght off
other infections.
Reducing the amount of HIV and increasing the CD4+ (T) cell count may improve your
immune system. This may reduce your risk of death or infections that can happen when
your immune system is weak (opportunistic infections).
COMPLERA does not cure HIV infections or AIDS.
s Always practice safer sex.
s Use latex or polyurethane condoms to lower the chance of sexual contact with any
body uids such as semen, vaginal secretions, or blood.
s Never re-use or share needles.
Ask your healthcare provider if you have any questions about how to prevent passing
HIV to other people.
Who should not take COMPLERA?
s Do not take COMPLERA if your HIV infection has been previously treated with
HIV medicines.
s Do not take COMPLERA if you are taking certain other medicines. For more
information about medicines that must not be taken with COMPLERA, see What
should I tell my healthcare provider before taking COMPLERA?
What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking COMPLERA?
Before you take COMPLERA, tell your healthcare provider if you:
your unborn child
Pregnancy Registry. There is a pregnancy registry for women who take antiviral
medicines during pregnancy. Its purpose is to collect information about the health
of you and your baby. Talk to your healthcare provider about how you can take part
in this registry.
s are breast-feeding or plan to breast-feed. The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention recommends that mothers with HIV not breastfeed because they can pass
the HIV through their milk to the baby. It is not known if COMPLERA can pass through
your breast milk and harm your baby. Talk to your healthcare provider about the best
way to feed your baby.
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription
and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
affect how COMPLERA works, and may cause serious side effects. If you take certain
medicines with COMPLERA, the amount of COMPLERA in your body may be too low and
it may not work to help control your HIV infection. The HIV virus in your body may become
resistant to COMPLERA or other HIV medicines that are like it.
Do not take COMPLERA if you also take these medicines:
s COMPLERA provides a complete treatment for HIV infection. Do not take other HIV
medicines with COMPLERA.
s the anti-seizure medicines carbamazepine (CARBATROL
, EQUETRO
, TEGRETOL
,
TEGRETOL-XR
, TERIL
, EPITOL
), oxcarbazepine (TRILEPTAL
), phenobarbital
(LUMINAL
), phenytoin (DILANTIN
, DILANTIN-125
, PHENYTEK
)
s the anti-tuberculosis medicines rifabutin (MYCOBUTIN
), rifampin (RIFATER
,
RIFAMATE
, RIMACTANE
, RIFADIN
) and rifapentine (PRIFTIN
)
including esomeprazole (NEXIUM
, VIMOVO
), lansoprazole (PREVACID
), omeprazole
(PRILOSEC
), pantoprazole sodium (PROTONIX
), rabeprazole (ACIPHEX
)
s more than 1 dose of the steroid medicine dexamethasone or dexamethasone sodium
phosphate
If you are taking COMPLERA, you should not take:
, TRUVADA
, ATRIPLA
)
, COMBIVIR
,
EPIVIR
or EPIVIR-HBV
, EPZICOM
, TRIZIVIR
)
s rilpivirine (EDURANT
)
s adefovir (HEPSERA
)
Also tell your healthcare provider if you take:
carbonate. Take antacids at least 2 hours before or at least 4 hours after you take
COMPLERA.
s a histamine-2 blocker medicine, including famotidine (PEPCID
), cimetidine
(TAGAMET
), nizatidine (AXID
), or ranitidine hydrochloride (ZANTAC
). Take these
medicines at least 12 hours before or at least 4 hours after you take COMPLERA.
s the antibiotic medicines clarithromycin (BIAXIN
), erythromycin (E-MYCIN
, ERYC
,
ERY-TAB
, PCE
, PEDIAZOLE
, ILOSONE
)
s an antifungal medicine by mouth, including uconazole (DIFLUCAN
), itraconazole
(SPORANOX
), ketoconazole (NIZORAL
), posaconazole (NOXAFIL
), voriconazole
(VFEND
)
s methadone (DOLOPHINE
)
Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist if you are not sure if your medicine is
one that is listed above.
Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of your medicines and show it to your
healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. Your healthcare
provider and your pharmacist can tell you if you can take these medicines with
COMPLERA. Do not start any new medicines while you are taking COMPLERA without
rst talking with your healthcare provider or pharmacist. You can ask your healthcare
provider or pharmacist for a list of medicines that can interact with COMPLERA.
How should I take COMPLERA?
s Stay under the care of your healthcare provider during treatment with COMPLERA.
s Take COMPLERA exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to take it.
s Always take COMPLERA with a meal. Taking COMPLERA with a meal is important
to help get the right amount of medicine in your body. A protein drink does not
replace a meal.
s Do not change your dose or stop taking COMPLERA without rst talking with your
healthcare provider. See your healthcare provider regularly while taking COMPLERA.
s If you miss a dose of COMPLERA within 12 hours of the time you usually take it, take
your dose of COMPLERA with a meal as soon as possible. Then, take your next dose
of COMPLERA at the regularly scheduled time. If you miss a dose of COMPLERA by
more than 12 hours of the time you usually take it, wait and then take the next dose
of COMPLERA at the regularly scheduled time.
s Do not take more than your prescribed dose to make up for a missed dose.
s When your COMPLERA supply starts to run low, get more from your healthcare provider
or pharmacy. It is very important not to run out of COMPLERA. The amount of virus in
your blood may increase if the medicine is stopped for even a short time.
s If you take too much COMPLERA, contact your local poison control center or go to the
What are the possible side effects of COMPLERA?
COMPLERA may cause the following serious side effects, including:
s See What is the most important information I should know about COMPLERA?
kidneys during your treatment with COMPLERA.
s Depression or mood changes. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have
any of the following symptoms:
- feeling sad or hopeless
- feeling anxious or restless
- have thoughts of hurting yourself (suicide) or have tried to hurt yourself
healthcare provider may need to do additional tests to check your bones.
s Changes in body fat can happen in people taking HIV medicine. These changes may
include increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck (buffalo hump), breast,
and around the main part of your body (trunk). Loss of fat from the legs, arms and
face may also happen. The cause and long term health effect of these conditions are
not known.
when you start taking HIV medicines. Your immune system may get stronger
and begin to ght infections that have been hidden in your body for a long time.
Tell your healthcare provider if you start having new symptoms after starting your
HIV medicine.
The most common side effects of COMPLERA include:
s trouble sleeping (insomnia)
s abnormal dreams
s headache
s dizziness
s diarrhea
s nausea
s rash
s tiredness
s depression
Additional common side effects include:
s vomiting
s stomach pain or discomfort
s skin discoloration (small spots or freckles)
s pain
Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does
not go away.
These are not all the possible side effects of COMPLERA. For more information, ask your
healthcare provider or pharmacist.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to
FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 (1-800-332-1088).
How do I store COMPLERA?
s Store COMPLERA at room temperature 77 F (25 C).
s Keep COMPLERA in its original container and keep the container tightly closed.
s Do not use COMPLERA if the seal over the bottle opening is broken or missing.
Keep COMPLERA and all other medicines out of reach of children.
General information about COMPLERA:
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Patient
Information leaet. Do not use COMPLERA for a condition for which it was not prescribed.
Do not give COMPLERA to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have.
It may harm them.
This leaet summarizes the most important information about COMPLERA. If you
would like more information, talk with your healthcare provider. You can ask your
healthcare provider or pharmacist for information about COMPLERA that is written
for health professionals. For more information, call (1-800-445-3235) or go to
www.COMPLERA.com.
What are the ingredients of COMPLERA?
Active ingredients: emtricitabine, rilpivirine hydrochloride, and tenofovir disoproxil
fumarate
Inactive ingredients: pregelatinized starch, lactose monohydrate, microcrystalline
cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, povidone, polysorbate 20. The
tablet lm coating contains polyethylene glycol, hypromellose, lactose monohydrate,
triacetin, titanium dioxide, iron oxide red, FD&C Blue #2 aluminum lake, FD&C Yellow
#6 aluminum lake.
This Patient Information has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Manufactured and distributed by:
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Foster City, CA 94404
Issued: August 2011
COMPLERA, the COMPLERA Logo, EMTRIVA, HEPSERA, TRUVADA, VIREAD, GILEAD, and
the GILEAD Logo are trademarks of Gilead Sciences, Inc. or its related companies.
ATRIPLA is a trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb & Gilead Sciences, LLC. All other
trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.
2012 Gilead Sciences, Inc. All rights reserved.
202123-GS-000 02AUG2011 CON12407 3/12
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FDA-Approved Patient Labeling
Patient Information
COMPLERA
(kom-PLEH-rah)
(emtricitabine, rilpivirine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) Tablets
Important: Ask your doctor or pharmacist about medicines that should not be
taken with COMPLERA. For more information, see the section What should I tell my
healthcare provider before taking COMPLERA?
Read this Patient Information before you start taking COMPLERA and each time you
get a rell. There may be new information. This information does not take the place of
talking to your healthcare provider about your medical condition or treatment.
What is the most important information I should know about COMPLERA?
COMPLERA can cause serious side effects, including:
1. Build-up of an acid in your blood (lactic acidosis). Lactic acidosis can happen in
some people who take COMPLERA or similar (nucleoside analogs) medicines. Lactic
acidosis is a serious medical emergency that can lead to death.
Lactic acidosis can be hard to identify early, because the symptoms could seem like
symptoms of other health problems. Call your healthcare provider right away if you
get any of the following symptoms which could be signs of lactic acidosis:
s feeling very weak or tired
s have unusual (not normal) muscle pain
s have trouble breathing
s have stomach pain with
- nausea (feel sick to your stomach)
- vomiting
s feel cold, especially in your arms and legs
s feel dizzy or lightheaded
s have a fast or irregular heartbeat
2. Severe liver problems. Severe liver problems can happen in people who take
COMPLERA or similar medicines. In some cases these liver problems can lead to death.
Your liver may become large (hepatomegaly) and you may develop fat in your liver
(steatosis) when you take COMPLERA.
Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any of the following symptoms
of liver problems:
s your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice).
s dark tea-colored urine
s light-colored bowel movements (stools)
s loss of appetite for several days or longer
s nausea
s stomach pain
You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or severe liver problems if you are
female, very overweight (obese), or have been taking COMPLERA or a similar
medicine containing nucleoside analogs for a long time.
3. Worsening of Hepatitis B infection. If you also have hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection
and you stop taking COMPLERA, your HBV infection may become worse (are-up). A
are-up is when your HBV infection suddenly returns in a worse way than before.
COMPLERA is not approved for the treatment of HBV, so you must discuss your HBV
therapy with your healthcare provider.
s Do not let your COMPLERA run out. Rell your prescription or talk to your healthcare
provider before your COMPLERA is all gone.
s Do not stop taking COMPLERA without rst talking to your healthcare provider.
s If you stop taking COMPLERA, your healthcare provider will need to check your health
often and do regular blood tests to check your HBV infection. Tell your healthcare
provider about any new or unusual symptoms you may have after you stop taking
COMPLERA.
What is COMPLERA?
COMPLERA is a prescription HIV (Human Immunodeciency Virus) medicine that:
s is used to treat HIV-1 in adults who have never taken HIV medicines before. HIV is the
virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immunodeciency Syndrome).
s contains 3 medicines, (rilpivirine, emtricitabine, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate)
combined in one tablet. EMTRIVA and VIREAD are HIV-1 (human immunodeciency
virus) nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) and EDURANT is an
HIV-1 non-nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI).
It is not known if COMPLERA is safe and effective in children under the age of 18 years.
COMPLERA may help:
s Reduce the amount of HIV in your blood. This is called your viral load.
s Increase the number of white blood cells called CD4+ (T) cells that help ght off
other infections.
Reducing the amount of HIV and increasing the CD4+ (T) cell count may improve your
immune system. This may reduce your risk of death or infections that can happen when
your immune system is weak (opportunistic infections).
COMPLERA does not cure HIV infections or AIDS.
s Always practice safer sex.
s Use latex or polyurethane condoms to lower the chance of sexual contact with any
body uids such as semen, vaginal secretions, or blood.
s Never re-use or share needles.
Ask your healthcare provider if you have any questions about how to prevent passing
HIV to other people.
Who should not take COMPLERA?
s Do not take COMPLERA if your HIV infection has been previously treated with
HIV medicines.
s Do not take COMPLERA if you are taking certain other medicines. For more
information about medicines that must not be taken with COMPLERA, see What
should I tell my healthcare provider before taking COMPLERA?
What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking COMPLERA?
Before you take COMPLERA, tell your healthcare provider if you:
your unborn child
Pregnancy Registry. There is a pregnancy registry for women who take antiviral
medicines during pregnancy. Its purpose is to collect information about the health
of you and your baby. Talk to your healthcare provider about how you can take part
in this registry.
s are breast-feeding or plan to breast-feed. The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention recommends that mothers with HIV not breastfeed because they can pass
the HIV through their milk to the baby. It is not known if COMPLERA can pass through
your breast milk and harm your baby. Talk to your healthcare provider about the best
way to feed your baby.
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription
and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
affect how COMPLERA works, and may cause serious side effects. If you take certain
medicines with COMPLERA, the amount of COMPLERA in your body may be too low and
it may not work to help control your HIV infection. The HIV virus in your body may become
resistant to COMPLERA or other HIV medicines that are like it.
Do not take COMPLERA if you also take these medicines:
s COMPLERA provides a complete treatment for HIV infection. Do not take other HIV
medicines with COMPLERA.
s the anti-seizure medicines carbamazepine (CARBATROL
, EQUETRO
, TEGRETOL
,
TEGRETOL-XR
, TERIL
, EPITOL
), oxcarbazepine (TRILEPTAL
), phenobarbital
(LUMINAL
), phenytoin (DILANTIN
, DILANTIN-125
, PHENYTEK
)
s the anti-tuberculosis medicines rifabutin (MYCOBUTIN
), rifampin (RIFATER
,
RIFAMATE
, RIMACTANE
, RIFADIN
) and rifapentine (PRIFTIN
)
including esomeprazole (NEXIUM
, VIMOVO
), lansoprazole (PREVACID
), omeprazole
(PRILOSEC
), pantoprazole sodium (PROTONIX
), rabeprazole (ACIPHEX
)
s more than 1 dose of the steroid medicine dexamethasone or dexamethasone sodium
phosphate
If you are taking COMPLERA, you should not take:
, TRUVADA
, ATRIPLA
)
, COMBIVIR
,
EPIVIR
or EPIVIR-HBV
, EPZICOM
, TRIZIVIR
)
s rilpivirine (EDURANT
)
s adefovir (HEPSERA
)
Also tell your healthcare provider if you take:
carbonate. Take antacids at least 2 hours before or at least 4 hours after you take
COMPLERA.
s a histamine-2 blocker medicine, including famotidine (PEPCID
), cimetidine
(TAGAMET
), nizatidine (AXID
), or ranitidine hydrochloride (ZANTAC
). Take these
medicines at least 12 hours before or at least 4 hours after you take COMPLERA.
s the antibiotic medicines clarithromycin (BIAXIN
), erythromycin (E-MYCIN
, ERYC
,
ERY-TAB
, PCE
, PEDIAZOLE
, ILOSONE
)
s an antifungal medicine by mouth, including uconazole (DIFLUCAN
), itraconazole
(SPORANOX
), ketoconazole (NIZORAL
), posaconazole (NOXAFIL
), voriconazole
(VFEND
)
s methadone (DOLOPHINE
)
Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist if you are not sure if your medicine is
one that is listed above.
Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of your medicines and show it to your
healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. Your healthcare
provider and your pharmacist can tell you if you can take these medicines with
COMPLERA. Do not start any new medicines while you are taking COMPLERA without
rst talking with your healthcare provider or pharmacist. You can ask your healthcare
provider or pharmacist for a list of medicines that can interact with COMPLERA.
How should I take COMPLERA?
s Stay under the care of your healthcare provider during treatment with COMPLERA.
s Take COMPLERA exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to take it.
s Always take COMPLERA with a meal. Taking COMPLERA with a meal is important
to help get the right amount of medicine in your body. A protein drink does not
replace a meal.
s Do not change your dose or stop taking COMPLERA without rst talking with your
healthcare provider. See your healthcare provider regularly while taking COMPLERA.
s If you miss a dose of COMPLERA within 12 hours of the time you usually take it, take
your dose of COMPLERA with a meal as soon as possible. Then, take your next dose
of COMPLERA at the regularly scheduled time. If you miss a dose of COMPLERA by
more than 12 hours of the time you usually take it, wait and then take the next dose
of COMPLERA at the regularly scheduled time.
s Do not take more than your prescribed dose to make up for a missed dose.
s When your COMPLERA supply starts to run low, get more from your healthcare provider
or pharmacy. It is very important not to run out of COMPLERA. The amount of virus in
your blood may increase if the medicine is stopped for even a short time.
s If you take too much COMPLERA, contact your local poison control center or go to the
What are the possible side effects of COMPLERA?
COMPLERA may cause the following serious side effects, including:
s See What is the most important information I should know about COMPLERA?
kidneys during your treatment with COMPLERA.
s Depression or mood changes. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have
any of the following symptoms:
- feeling sad or hopeless
- feeling anxious or restless
- have thoughts of hurting yourself (suicide) or have tried to hurt yourself
healthcare provider may need to do additional tests to check your bones.
s Changes in body fat can happen in people taking HIV medicine. These changes may
include increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck (buffalo hump), breast,
and around the main part of your body (trunk). Loss of fat from the legs, arms and
face may also happen. The cause and long term health effect of these conditions are
not known.
when you start taking HIV medicines. Your immune system may get stronger
and begin to ght infections that have been hidden in your body for a long time.
Tell your healthcare provider if you start having new symptoms after starting your
HIV medicine.
The most common side effects of COMPLERA include:
s trouble sleeping (insomnia)
s abnormal dreams
s headache
s dizziness
s diarrhea
s nausea
s rash
s tiredness
s depression
Additional common side effects include:
s vomiting
s stomach pain or discomfort
s skin discoloration (small spots or freckles)
s pain
Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does
not go away.
These are not all the possible side effects of COMPLERA. For more information, ask your
healthcare provider or pharmacist.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to
FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 (1-800-332-1088).
How do I store COMPLERA?
s Store COMPLERA at room temperature 77 F (25 C).
s Keep COMPLERA in its original container and keep the container tightly closed.
s Do not use COMPLERA if the seal over the bottle opening is broken or missing.
Keep COMPLERA and all other medicines out of reach of children.
General information about COMPLERA:
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Patient
Information leaet. Do not use COMPLERA for a condition for which it was not prescribed.
Do not give COMPLERA to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have.
It may harm them.
This leaet summarizes the most important information about COMPLERA. If you
would like more information, talk with your healthcare provider. You can ask your
healthcare provider or pharmacist for information about COMPLERA that is written
for health professionals. For more information, call (1-800-445-3235) or go to
www.COMPLERA.com.
What are the ingredients of COMPLERA?
Active ingredients: emtricitabine, rilpivirine hydrochloride, and tenofovir disoproxil
fumarate
Inactive ingredients: pregelatinized starch, lactose monohydrate, microcrystalline
cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, povidone, polysorbate 20. The
tablet lm coating contains polyethylene glycol, hypromellose, lactose monohydrate,
triacetin, titanium dioxide, iron oxide red, FD&C Blue #2 aluminum lake, FD&C Yellow
#6 aluminum lake.
This Patient Information has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Manufactured and distributed by:
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Foster City, CA 94404
Issued: August 2011
COMPLERA, the COMPLERA Logo, EMTRIVA, HEPSERA, TRUVADA, VIREAD, GILEAD, and
the GILEAD Logo are trademarks of Gilead Sciences, Inc. or its related companies.
ATRIPLA is a trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb & Gilead Sciences, LLC. All other
trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.
2012 Gilead Sciences, Inc. All rights reserved.
202123-GS-000 02AUG2011 CON12407 3/12
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Sticking stubbornly to our
broken model is wrong
By STEPHEN J. FALLON, Ph.D.
Earlier this month, the Republican-
controlled House of Representatives vot-
ed once again to repeal the Affordable
Care Act. House Speaker John Boehner
(R-Ohio) said the Act is making our
economy worse, driving up the cost of
healthcare and making it harder for small
business to hire workers. He has plenty
of Americans behind him in that belief. A
majority of Americans want the Act re-
pealed, though 82 percent support the
Acts new rule that bans insurance com-
panies from denying coverage to people
with pre-existing conditions. Our nation
has developed Care Act schizophrenia.
When the Supreme Court ruled on the
Affordable Care Act a couple of weeks
ago, I found myself in the perfect labora-
tory of national opinions, surrounded by
families, businesspeople, and gay ight
attendants all passing through Atlantas
Hartseld-Jackson airport. As CNN an-
nounced the breaking news that the Su-
preme Court had left the Affordable Care
Act standing, passengers waiting for
ights started speaking out:
There goes the middle class,
groused a guy behind me.
Now we know what we need to do
get that guy out of ofce, snorted a
woman sitting with her elderly mother.
This is why our forefathers left Eng-
land. Its Socialism! insisted a history-
challenged senior.
Right now, more Americans have come
around to accept gay marriage than are in
favor of the Affordable Care Act. Whats
behind this virulent hatred of a national
healthcare program? Ignorance.
Now, Im not saying that there arent
legitimate concerns about the ACA in its
current form. We can have a good debate
about the details of its roll out. But rst
lets put some common arguments to rest.
"The .S. has rhe Lesr healrhcare in
the world. Not if you agree that health-
care should prevent untimely deaths. The
.S. is in eihrh ro lasr place in rhe incus
trialized world when it comes to life ex-
pectancy. The only relatively developed
nations we outlive are the Czech Repub-
lic, Estonia, Hungary, Mexico, Poland,
Slovakia and Turkey. We rank dead last
among highly industrialized nations. Not
exactly what you would expect for the
third wealthiest country in the world with
the best healthcare.
"We |usr can'r allorc universal
healthcare. Were already paying the
price tag for universal healthcare, just not
errin irs Lenelrs. The .S. pays rwo
and-one-half times per person as much
for healthcare as the average for all other
industrialized nations. Pre-existing condi-
tion exclusions blocked many Americans
from getting health insurance, and high
premiums still block others. So many of
the 50 million uninsured Americans use
the emergency room as their primary
healthcare provider.
The average emergency room visit costs
$1,318, or $1,565 for patients over age
45. Worse, by the time uninsured people get
to the ER, their conditions are much more
costly to treat. For example, we spend more
than any country in the world on hospital
admissions for preventable diabetes. When
patients cant pay, you and I are already pick-
ing up the tab through increased insurance
premiums, and increased taxes as hospitals
write off their losses.
"Well, we con'r wanr ro Le like
Canada, with its rationed healthcare, or
socialist like France! Agreed, were an
innovative capitalist country. But since
were paying more and getting less for
our healthcare dollar, just saying no
to socialist ObamaCare isnt good
enough. Lets borrow a better business
model from one of the industrialized na-
tions that has a successful healthcare sys-
tem without resorting to universal health-
care. Have you got a country in mind? If
you do, you must have gone back in time,
because ever since Israel changed its sys-
tem in 1995, were the only nation in the
industrialized world that does not have
universal healthcare.
Thats right, its not just Canada and
France that have universal healthcare,
but also Australia, Austria, Bahrain,
Belgium, Brunei, Cyprus, Denmark, Fin-
land, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait,
Luxemburg, New Zealand, the Neth-
erlands, Norway, Portugal, Singapore,
South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzer-
lanc, rhe nirec AraL Emirares, anc rhe
nirec Kincom. Anc rhey all pay less
per person, and all live longer, on aver-
age, than we do.
Not a single American Ive spoken to
who is opposed to the Affordable Care
Act knew this most basic fact.
The truth is, we cant afford not to have
universal healthcare. Among those em-
ployed, medical expenses are the No. 1
cause ol householc Lankruprcies in rhe .S.
washingtonblade.com
Americas health care act schizophrenia
VI EWPOI NT
Within a few years, half with
the disease will be 50 or older
By DANIEL TIETZ
As we convene from around the world
to discuss the future of HIV prevention and
treatment here in Washington, we must rec-
ognize that AIDS is not conned to young
people. Thanks to improved anti-retroviral
drugs, HIV is increasingly a chronic, manage-
able disease for those with access to care
and treatment. The CDC has estimated that
within the next few years more than half of all
Americans with HIV will be age 50 or older. In
New York City alone, as of 2010, more than
43 percent of people with HIV are in that
age group. The face of HIV is greying, which
brings with it its own set of challenges. Here
are just a few of the stories of the older adults
with which my organization, ACRIA, works.
Douglas says: Im dealing with HIV,
depression, kidney cancer, high blood
pressure, lipodystrophy, and now my
doctor tells me my cholesterol is going
up. He acknowledges that he hasnt al-
ways dealt well with his conditions, some-
times refusing to take all his drugs (num-
bering in the double digits) when he gets
tired of doing so. He has yet to tell his
doctor about this, and is unable to work
due to the side effects of his medications.
David, an African-American man, re-
mained HIV negative at age 50. But, as
he says, I could count on both hands the
number of people I wanted to invite to a
birthday bash, most of his past friends
and partners having succumbed to AIDS
before they turned 30. He spent his 50th
birthday alone at home with his god-
son. Having been burned out by the loss
of most of his gay peers, he has become
a reclusive, mature gay man. He lives a
life of self-imposed isolation, suffering
from poor eating habits, strange sleep-
ing hours, and incontinence. He chooses
not to date because he deems explaining
these issues not worth the hassle.
These are just a couple of examples
and each one illustrates a real problem.
Douglas, like many older adults with HIV,
has not only HIV but also a variety of other
medical conditions, some of which may be
more challenging now than dealing with
HIV. David is HIV-negative, but he faces
the same problem of isolation that many
of those aging with HIV face. Many older
persons, moreover, wrongly assume that
AIDS is a young persons disease, and that
their age can somehow protect them.
All of these problems have solutions,
but only if health and services providers
and policymakers alike work together to
solve them. Primary care providers whose
patients include older adults with HIV
must be trained to ensure that they are
prepared to help patients confront their
multiple chronic illnesses, and that they
adhere to a treatment regimen that will
keep them in the best possible health,
as difcult as it may be. That includes
addressing depression and other men-
tal health issues, which our research has
found to be the most consistent predic-
tor of non-adherence to HIV treatment.
It also includes helping patients to dis-
cuss risky behaviors in a nonjudgmental
space; if patients feel they will be subjected
to harsh criticism, rather than advice, for the
slightest bit of disclosure, they are less like-
ly to discuss such behavior openly, render-
ing it all the more difcult to reduce. ACRIA
has created an ad campaign based on this
non-moralistic approach with the slogan
Have Sex? Age is Not a Condom. And
as Davids story shows, these older adults
are more likely to become depressed when
theyre isolated and lack social support
networks. Without intervention, theyre
unlikely to remain in good health. These
adults need opportunities to socialize with
their peers and we need to endeavor to
ensure they have them.
These are not the only challenges that
older adults with HIV face. But these is-
sues, and others, are why this week, at the
International AIDS Conference in Wash-
ington, D.C., ACRIA, SAGE and GMHC,
together with several international part-
ners, will host a satellite conference on
HIV and aging, sponsored by the MAC
AIDS Fund. At this conference, we will
describe and address HIV and aging as
a truly global issue. Scientists, health and
services providers, activists, policy mak-
ers, and older adults with HIV will speak,
as will a panel of older adults with HIV. To-
gether, we are working to create a world
in which AIDS is universally recognized as
a disease that people over 50 get and
in which we unite to ensure that they get
the care and services they need.
The aging face of HIV
Daniel Tietz is executive director of AIDS Community
Research Initiative of America. Reach him via acria.org.
Stephen Fallon is president of Skills4, a healthcare
consulting rm that provides services to CDC and
HRSA funded providers, primarily gay- or minority-
based agencies and clinics. Reach him via skills4.org.
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So far, hes silent on the disease
unlike President Bush

By JAMES DRISCOLL, Ph.D.
What can Mitt Romney do for AIDS? In
a word plenty. As we approach the XIX
International AIDS Conference opening in
Washington July 22, Mitt Romney has so
far said nothing about AIDS. Perhaps his
advisers are reluctant to touch the sub-
ject. They shouldnt be. George W. Bush
learned early that AIDS holds opportuni-
ties for conservative activism; he then built
the best AIDS record of any president.
The Bush record provides a ne ex-
ample and starting place for Mitt Rom-
ney. Bush cleared regulatory hurdles to
rapid HIV testing and reformed federal
AIDS care programs. He launched PEP-
FAR, the Presidents Emergency Plan for
AIDS, which has become the most suc-
cessful foreign aide initiative since the
Marshall Plan. Bringing AIDS drug treat-
ment to millions in Asia and Africa, PEP-
FAR has saved countless lives and earned
America worldwide respect and good will.
However, many more lives can now be
saved by improved use of PEPFAR resourc-
es. As president, Romney could focus the
program more on antiretroviral drug treat-
ment and less on administration. Program
efciencies, boosted by falling drug costs,
could allow PEPFAR to treat many more
patients with current funding.
Tariffs and taxes on medical products re-
main serious obstacles to combating AIDS
and other killers throughout the developing
world. More than 30 countries, including
the U.S., have abolished tariffs on medical
products. Nonetheless, in too many trade
negotiations, medical products still have the
same priority as balloons, boom boxes and
rum. Everything is a trading chip, regardless
of whether it is triing or essential to human
health. This must change.
Countries like India, China and Thai-
land, with chronic trade surpluses and
large HIV epidemics, continue to im-
pose trade barriers on medications for
AIDS and other life-threatening diseas-
es. Elimination of all taxes worldwide on
vital medical products would be a great
boon to world health. At the same time it
would help reduce dangerous trade im-
balances between the West and Asia, an
important priority for the next president.
PEPFAR gave President Bush a chance
to pursue a lofty international goal. Presi-
dent Romney will have a unique opportu-
nity to advance Americas domestic AIDS
goals. Last year NIHs 052 study, cited
by Science as the top advance of 2011,
proved that anti-retroviral treatment is 96
percent effective in preventing infection
of HIV negative partners. We now know
that widespread HIV testing and treat-
ment can prevent the spread of AIDS.
However, more than 20 percent of HIV
positives in America do not know their
status. We must get them tested and into
treatment. President Obama formulated
a viable National AIDS Strategy, but he
has neglected the hardest part, imple-
mentation. As a result, the AIDS virus
continues to spread rapidly among many
groups, especially gay men, Latinos and
African-American women.
President Romney would need to re-
prioritize AIDS funding in order to nd sav-
ings and efciencies to pay for more testing,
linkage to care and AIDS drug treatment for
many additional HIV patients. He can, there-
by, reduce the rate of new infections and at
last turn the tide against AIDS in America.
Keeping down AIDS regimen costs
is essential to HIV treatment expansion
given a troubled global economy and
soaring decits in every developed coun-
try. We must recognize that nearly all AIDS
patients are poor people whose treatment
hinges on some form of taxpayer funding.
There is no true free market in AIDS drugs.
Presidential leadership will be crucial to
negotiating agreements with pharmaceu-
tical companies that allow us to treat many
more HIV-positive Americans with current
funding. The global AIDS drug market is
$22 billion. A share of a market that size is
a powerful incentive to continue develop-
ment of new HIV drugs, though additional
inducements would be helpful.
The next president needs to create ef-
fective tax, IP and regulatory avenues to
speed private sector research on cures and
better treatments for the big killers with the
heaviest impact on healthcare budgets, like
Alzheimers, cancer, diabetes, and HIV-AIDS.
What can Mitt Romney do for HIV/AIDS?
James Driscoll, Ph.D., is a longtime AIDS activist and
was a member of the Presidential Advisory Council
on HIV/AIDS under President George W. Bush.
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The International AIDS Conference
in Washington offers an opportunity to
look back at how artists have responded
to the disease. Since the very rst days of
the crisis, artists of all kinds have actively
responded, both in their artistic works and
as fundraisers and activists.
THE NAMES PROJECT
AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT
The Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, on
display throughout the city through the month
of July, is the largest community art project in
the world. More than 48,000 panels have been
created by lovers, family members and friends
to memorialize those who have died of AIDS.
The Quilt has redened the traditional folk-art
of quilt-making into a modern art form that
serves as a memorial, a tool for education,
a work of art and a call to arms. Each of the
panels has been photographically preserved
in the AIDS Memorial Quilt Archive. About
14 million around the world have seen panels
from the Quilt.
The Quilt has its root in a powerful piece
of political theater. While preparing for the
annual candlelight march honoring Harvey
Milk and George Moscone in 1985, San
Francisco activist Cleve Jones was shocked
to learn that more than 1,000 people in the
city had already died of AIDS. He asked his
friends to bring placards with the names of
the dead to the march. After the march, the
activists taped the placards to the side of the
San Francisco Federal Building and realized
that the signs now looked like a patchwork
quilt. Inspired by the sight, Jones and his
friends made plans for a larger memorial
and in 1986 Jones created the rst quilt
panel in honor of his friend Marvin Feldman.
THE ART OF ACTIVISM
One of the remarkable features of the
ght against AIDS has been the ability
to use visual art to generate a powerful
public response. This was especially true
for the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
(ACT UP), an international direct action
advocacy group that worked to impact
the lives of people with AIDS. Founded
in New York City in 1987, the leaderless
anarchist network effectively combined
powerful direct action protests with
provocative visual images to effectively
generate media attention for their cause.
Veteran media activist Cathy Renna,
who describes herself as coming out
and coming of age when ACT UP was
forming, says the global impact of the
group came from its ability to use visual
art to drive home a message.
They had people like Ann Northrup
and Larry Kramer who understood the
media really well and who understood
the power of images, Renna says. They
created iconic images that demanded
the attention of the media and became
embedded in the minds of people.
Renna notes that the members of ACT
UP really showed the power of visual art to
move people and the power of creativity
and humor to reach people.
Not everyone agreed with their tactics,
but at the end of the day none of us can
argue with the indelible impact they had
on the public perception of AIDS and the
entire LGBT movement, she says.
CLASSICAL MUSIC
For centuries, theres been a debate
about how well classical music can
respond to specic cultural events. Gay
composer John Corigliano leapt into this
fray when he wrote his Symphony No. 1 in
1991 as a response to the AIDS epidemic.
During the past decade I have lost
many friends and colleagues to the AIDS
epidemic, Corigliano writes in his notes to
the rst recording of the symphony. My
First Symphony was generated by feelings
of loss, anger and frustration.
Corigliano, best known for his opera
The Ghost of Versailles and his Oscar-
winning score for The Red Violin, says
that the form of his AIDS symphony was
inspired by a viewing of the NAMES
Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.
A few years ago I was extremely moved
when I rst saw The Quilt, an ambitious
interweaving of several thousand fabric
panels, each memorializing a person who
had died of AIDS, and most importantly,
each designed and constructed by his or
her loved ones, he wrote. This made me
want to memorialize in music those I have
lost, and reect on those I am losing.
THEATER
Perhaps no other artistic medium has
been as responsive to the AIDS crisis as
theater. From ground-breaking pieces like
Larry Kramers The Normal Heart (an
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FROM THE QUILT TO HOLLYWOOD TO BROADWAY, POP CULTURE HELPED US MAKE SENSE OF GRIEF, LOSS
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
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Wayne Turner remembers crying on the rst day of school although it was law
school at UDC David A. Clarke School of Law and it was his 40th birthday that day in 2005.
The founding professor, Edgar Cahn, was there telling us in this big orientation
that their mission was to take bad-ass activists and unleash them on the world,
Turner says. He said, Youre not just here alone, youre on the shoulders of
everyone whos come through here before. It was about seven years since my
partner had died and I thought, Yes, I have found my home. The tears just started
streaming down my face so there I was, crying on the rst day of school.
Turner and his late partner, Steve Michael, who died of AIDS at age 42 in 1998
(Turner took Michaels body to the White House as a gesture of protest), had what
Turner calls a roller coaster seven-year relationship in which they dedicated
themselves solely to activism and lived a very hand-to-mouth existence. We were
always changing residences, changing phone numbers. We lived a very mission-
focused life and it was just like, We gotta do this stuff. It was an issue nobody
wanted to deal with. Turner, who remains HIV-negative, was a founding member of
the AIDS advocacy and protest group ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power).
Turner, a Culver City, Calif., native, went to college in Portland, spent time in
Europe, then lived in Seattle for about ve years where he met Michael. They
moved to Washington in 1993 with the express goal of keeping Bill Clinton
accountable for his AIDS-related campaign promises.
Turner says going to law school he earned full scholarships and graduated
with honors was perfect for him.
I think of it as activism on steroids, he says. You gain so much clarity of how things
work and how things are supposed to work. I highly recommend it to anyone who is
active and involved. Its like opening up a clock and saying, Oh, thats how that works.
Turner says he now has his dream job as a staff attorney at the National
Health Law Program focusing on health care quality and access for low-income
and disabled individuals enrolled in Medicaid.
Hes single, lives on the H Street corridor in Northeast Washington and enjoys
camping and hiking with his dog, Mister, in and around Shenandoah National Park.
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44 JULY 20, 2012 QUEERY: 20 QUESTI ONS FOR WAYNE TURNER
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN OUT
AND WHO WAS THE HARDEST
PERSON TO TELL?
After the rst year of college, my high
school friend Robert and I came out to
each other. We were just stating what
was plainly obvious to each of us (and
everyone else), but we had never talked
about it before.
WHOS YOUR LGBT HERO?
My late partner Steve and the other
amazing frontline AIDS activists, living
and dead, who struggle and sacrice so
that others might live.
WHATS WASHINGTONS BEST
NIGHTSPOT, PAST OR PRESENT?
Otter Crossing at the DC Eagle.
DESCRIBE YOUR DREAM WEDDING.
One where DOMA has been
overturned by the Supreme Court so
that same-sex marriages are legally
recognized by the federal government
and in all 50 states.
WHAT NON-LGBT ISSUE ARE YOU
MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT?
Single payer health care. It means
getting better care for less money from
cradle to grave whats not to like
about that?
WHAT HISTORICAL OUTCOME
WOULD YOU CHANGE?
I wish Mario Cuomo went to New
Hampshire in 1992. He would have
won the primary, won the Democratic
nomination and won the White House.
We wouldnt have had the disaster
known as the Clinton administration
with DOMA, DADT and the HIV
immigration ban and travel restrictions.
We might even have seen a Manhattan
Project for AIDS, and could very well
have a cure by now.

WHATS BEEN THE MOST
MEMORABLE POP CULTURE
MOMENT OF YOUR LIFETIME?
Probably when Tinky Winky came out.
I mean, we all knew, what with that red
purse and all.
ON WHAT DO YOU INSIST?
Punctuality
WHAT WAS YOUR LAST FACEBOOK
POST OR TWEET?
YES WE CAN! celebrating the
Supreme Court decision upholding
Obamacare. It is a huge victory,
particularly for people with HIV who can
qualify for Medicaid without having to
wait for an AIDS diagnosis, and cant be
denied health coverage because of a
pre-existing condition.
IF YOUR LIFE WERE A BOOK, WHAT
WOULD THE TITLE BE?
Fasten your seatbelts, because it
has been one bumpy ride.
IF SCIENCE DISCOVERED A WAY TO
CHANGE SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Find Ben Cohen.
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IN BEYOND
THE PHYSICAL WORLD?
Theres something besides the
physical world? Ill believe it when I see
it.
WHATS YOUR ADVICE FOR LGBT
MOVEMENT LEADERS?
Too many so-called leaders
seem to mistake photo-ops and
cocktail party receptions for
actual accomplishments. On-the-
ground activists are providing the
real leadership. Look at marriage
equality activists in Massachusetts
propelled that issue forward in 2001
with Goodridge v. Dept. of Public
Health. The national groups have
been playing catch up ever since.
WHAT WOULD YOU WALK ACROSS
HOT COALS FOR?
Nothing. I have nice feet.
WHAT LGBT STEREOTYPE ANNOYS
YOU MOST?
Victimhood. It perpetuates the
perception that we are weak. Pity is no
substitute for demanding respect and
dignity.

WHATS YOUR FAVORITE LGBT
MOVIE?
Carrie, the original with Sissy
Spacek and Piper Laurie. It shows us
that the best way to deal with high
school bullies is to turn a fire hose
on them.
WHATS THE MOST OVERRATED
SOCIAL CUSTOM?
Saying bless you when someone
sneezes. (See physical world
response above).
WHAT TROPHY OR PRIZE DO YOU
MOST COVET?
Raphael Nadal.
WHAT DO YOU WISH YOUD KNOWN
AT 18?
That Apple stock would have been a
really good idea.
WHY WASHINGTON?
Sometimes at night I walk the
dog around the Capitol. Ill sit on
the West steps and look out over
the city, with stars and the moon
and the Mall and the monuments
and the glistening city lights, and
I think this view, at this moment
almost makes up for the excruciating
summer heat and humidity. Almost.
Actually, I really love D.C. I just wish
I had a couple of senators and a
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Creaky Addams Family
adaptation lacks wit, charm
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
The Addams Family, the musical
comedy take on Charles Addams New
Yorker cartoon (now playing at the
Kennedy Center), begins rather well.
Thing, the unforgettable disembodied
hand, pulls back a vermilion curtain to
reveal a misty cemetery at midnight. The
whole ghoulish gang is on hand Gomez,
Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Grandma,
Uncle Fester and towering, taciturn Lurch
to sing When Youre an Addams.
Backing the familiar faces is an exuberant
chorus of dancing Addams ancestors
whove emerged from their mausoleum
for the evening. The pallid apparitions
include a neatly dressed young woman
still wearing the life vest that didnt save
her from an untimely demise.
But then the number ends and the story
begins.
Penned by Marshall Brickman and
Rick Elice, the disappointingly slim plot
involves a romance between Wednesday
and a nice boy. Things go awry when the
young mans normal parents visit from
bland Ohio (in the musical, the Addams
baronial pile is located in Central Park)
to meet Wednesday and her oddball
family. Further complicating matters is
Gomezs agreement to keep Wednesdays
imminent nuptials a secret from his
controlling wife Morticia.
The plot is a familiar one. Young
person attempts to hide oddball familys
eccentricities from prospective, buttoned-
up in-laws. Its been done to death and
usually with better results: Think La Cage
aux Folles and You Cant Take It with
You for starters.
To accommodate the love story,
Wednesdays age has been upped
changing her from solemn pre-teen to
strident young adult. Sadly, her iconic
black braids have been replaced with a
boring bob.
The score by Andrew Lippa (whos gay)
is mostly underwhelming. Exceptions
include The Moon and Me, a second
act love song sung by Uncle Fester (Blake
Hammond) and Just Around the Corner,
an upbeat ode to death sung by Morticia
and the ancestors.
The fabulously whimsical puppetry of
Basil Twist is evident mostly in Festers
moon song. Twist (also gay) designed a
scary dragon that lives beneath Pugsleys
bed, and Cousin Itts love interest is a
coquettish anthropomorphized tassel cut
from the stage curtain.
Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch
are credited with original direction, spot-
on costumes and an appropriately creepy,
Halloweenish set. Broadway director Jerry
Zaks supervises the entire production.
As Gomez, talented Douglas Sills is
well cast and charming, but even he cant
elevate the mediocre material. And while
Sara Gettelnger is a terric singer, her
oash Morticia lacks elegance absent
are the macabre femme fatales famed
mincing steps and graceful gestures.
Not that it matters. Gettelngers navel-
cut neckline entirely upstages her
performance anyway.
The Addams Family musical
premiered on Broadway in 2010. Its the
latest addition to an Addams franchise that
began with the New Yorker cartoon and
went more middlebrow with the popular
60s sitcom and two successful 90s
feature lms. The national tour production
currently at the Kennedy Center is a
reworked version of the Broadway version.
Regrettably, the musical has none of
the fun, wit or style of other Addams
entertainments. Too bad, because of all
the many TV-to-big screen franchises,
The Addams Family with its distinct
atmosphere and strong characters seemed
particularly poised to be successfully
mined for musical theater. Unfortunately it
didnt happen.
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Trilogy nale of Batman
reboot conicted,
intensely satisfying
By WILL OWEN
Director Christopher Nolans The Dark
Knight Rises leaves you emotionally
drained, exhausted and in a daze when
the lm ends. Nolan, who co-wrote with
his brother Jonathan, expertly toys with
current widespread fears of a pending
apocalypse and squeamishness over talk
of waning American hegemony in this
spectacular nale to his Batman trilogy.
The Dark Knight Rises has a brooding,
moody beginning set eight years after The
Dark Knight. Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale)
is out of the public eye and withdrawn from
society and Batman is a faded memory.
Gotham still mourns the loss of District
Attorney Harvey Dent when Bane (Tom
Hardy) interrupts any reection on the past
by reintroducing newfound terror to the city.
Hardy delivers an exceptional performance
as Bane, especially considering hes the
follow-up villain to Heath Ledgers brilliantly
disturbing (and Oscar winning) interpretation
of the Joker in The Dark Knight. Bane is
a hulking mass of muscle with a militaristic
breathing device surgically attached to his
face, which mechanically provides his voice
a diabolical intonation while alleviating the
agony of a past facial disgurement.
Bane at rst appears like another greedy
aggressor after the Wayne Enterprises
empire, with the help of a corrupt board
member of the company and a master thief
in cat ears, Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway). The
extent of his desire to destroy is revealed by
his master plan involving the nuclear reactor
of Waynes clean energy initiative.
Bruce ditches his unkempt hermit look
and squeezes back into the bat suit, but in
doing so, is forced to confront the personal
struggles that have been with him since the
trilogys start in Batman Begins. Although
butler Alfred (Michael Caine) refuses to
watch Batman meet his death in another
mission to save Gotham, Bruce nds help
from faithful weapons expert Lucius Fox
(Morgan Freeman), policeman and fellow
orphan John Blake (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
and the new CEO of Wayne Enterprises,
Miranda Tate (Marion Cotillard).
Even the cunning and calculating
Catwoman comes around. From her rst
appearance in disguise as an obedient maid
who steals Bruces mothers pearls, Hathaway
has as much charisma as the two actresses
who played Rachel Dawes in the prior two
Batman lms combined. In their defense, the
character Selina Kyle lends itself to far more
dynamism and energy let alone ass kicking
than Bruces past love interest.
Hathaway looks sexy and sinewy in her cat
suit, but her character is not the objectied
acknowledgement that gender roles are
changing seen in most action lms. She is
funny, hardened and resourceful, and just as
much a savior to Batman as he is to her.
Christian Bale delivers another excellent
performance as Bruce Wayne that heavily
draws on the previous two lms. Bruce
struggles with his inner demons that were
intensely developed in Batman Begins.
Rises is full of allusions to the death of
his parents and even his childhood fear of
bats resurfaces at a pivotal life-or-death
moment. The death of Rachel Dawes and
the destruction caused by the Joker in
The Dark Knight hang over Bruce and
he initially struggles with either resigning
to his role as apathetic, entitled playboy or
anonymous keeper of justice.
Whats so striking about Bale as Batman
and Christopher Nolans directing of the
franchise is that the heros humanity is
constantly reiterated. Waynes often battered
body, sad eyes and initial withdrawal from
Gotham society make him much more
complex than most heroes of his genre.
Nolan seems to understand that in todays
world, trust in a perfect savior is pass.
The Dark Knight Rises continuously
blurs divisions between good and evil, with
even the brutal Bane showing a glimmer of
humanity in the end. Nolan challenges our
trust in the institutions we depend on through
police ineptitude, corporate corruption and a
horrifying sequence of explosions right after the
singing of the National Anthem at a Gotham
Rogues football game. At one point when
the situation is beyond dire, an anonymous
white male president offers empty, agrantly
rehearsed words of hope to the city.
Like most self-serious, epic lms these
days, The Dark Knight Rises is too long
(2 hours, 40 minutes), but the plot is easy to
follow and doesnt drag. The special effects,
action scenes and all of Batmans toys also
keep the proceedings engaging throughout.
Much of the lms middle section is full
of hopelessness and dread. The ending is
heart-wrenching and visually stunning, but
thats not to say it isnt bittersweet. That
its an emotional mixed bag is part of what
makes it such a satisfying conclusion to
the franchise.
Dark Knight of the soul
The cast of The Dark Knight Rises, led by Christian Bale as the Caped Crusader.
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Director Nish Sarans story of coming out, while awaiting
HIV test results; audience discussion follows.
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Archiving the History of an Epidemic:
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 25
6PM The Other City: AIDS in D.C. (2010, 90 min.)
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Five seropositive black gay men speak of their confrontation with AIDS.
Wainwright and Michaelson coming to Wolf Trap

Rufus Wainwright is pairing up with indie sensation Ingrid Michaelson at Wolf
Trap (1645 Trap Road, Vienna) Tuesday at 8 p.m.
On Wainwrights most recent album, he put pop music aside and focused on
other interests and recent personal events such as the birth of his daughter, the
death of his mother and engagement to his partner, Jorn Weisbrodt.
Michaelsons music has been featured in TV shows such as Greys Anatomy,
and One Tree Hill. Her most recent albums is Human Again, released on her
own independent record label Cabin 24.
Tickets range from $30-$75. For more information, visit wolftrap.org.
Lesbian-directed lm part of conference
The National Association of Social Workers is holding a National Hope Conference
including a lm festival on Monday at 7 p.m. at the Marriott Wardman Park (2660 Woodley
Road N.W.).
The three lms included in the festival are Kings Park: Stories from an American
Mental Institution by lesbian lmmaker Lucy Winer, From Place to Place by Paige
Williams and Matt Anderson and What Love Is: Pathnders by Ted Bogosian.
Winers lm shows her visit back to a mental hospital that her parents had her committed
to as a teenager. She interviews former patients and staff and showcases how the state of
mental health care has changed.
From Place to Place, is about 18-year-old Cody whos been in 17 foster homes in
seven years. The lm shows his struggles to connect with his birth family and avoid
slipping into drugs and crime.
Bogosains lm follows an organization that provides holistic and compassionate care
to people with cancer and other serious illnesses.
For tickets visit the Film Festival registration table at the conference. For more
information, visit socialworkers.org.
Team D.C. presents Night Out at the Kastles
Night Out at the Kastles is tonight at 7 p.m. at the Waterfront Tennis Center (800 Water
St.). The Kastles are playing the Orange County Breakers.
Team DC, Washingtons gay sports connection, began the Night Out Series with Night
Out at the Nationals, inviting members of the LGBT community go together to a game.
Now the series has spread to several sports teams including the Kastles, Mystics and United.
The Kastles are a World TeamTennis that was started in 2008 and has several big name
players such as Serena and Venus Williams.
Grandstand seats are $15 and chairback seats are $30. For more information, visit
teamdc.org.
DJ Merrill performing at the MOVA Lounge

DJ David Merrill is playing MOVA Lounge on Thursday night at 9 p.m.
Hes a D.C.-based DJ who plays the latest cutting edge beats, progressive, tribal,
trance and electro-house. He is a resident DJ at Code, D.C.s largest gear fetish party,
and the Club Queer, radio show. He has played at clubs and special events in D.C. and
throughout the East Coast, including Town Danceboutique, Cobalt, the Green Lantern
and the main stage at D.C. LeatherPRIDE.
Admission is free. For more information, visit movalounge.com.
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messages to communicate
in a new relationship
By MEGHANN NOVINSKIE &
KIM ROSENBERG
We were interviewed last week on a
popular radio show in Los Angeles and
one of the topics discussed was how
technology has changed dating in the
modern world.
This is an issue we see often with our
clients in that some singles hide behind their
computer screens or smartphones when
unsure of how to pursue a new relationship
effectively. Navigating the dating rules in this
day and age can be confusing, so we hope
to shed light on the topic and help others
understand when and how technology can
ruin the dating game.
Clients and other singles misuse texting
as a way of effective communication.
Texting is easy and can be done on the
go, between meetings or while ordering
a coffee. It seems this would be a great
way to reply to someone you are dating
because of how efcient it is, but its
actually a terrible way to communicate, for
a number of reasons.
Text messages can so easily be
misunderstood and daters could
potentially spend hours analyzing one
text that could have multiple meanings.
Tone is so important when communicating
and this simply cannot be expressed
over text message. As we all know, great
communication is the key to a successful
relationship, so why rely on your message
getting misunderstood by texting? This,
unfortunately, is the way many singles
tell their mates theyre not interested, by
being passive aggressive and saying they
didnt get your text and letting the new
relationship slip off to the side.
Breaking up over text message makes
one look as if (s)he didnt care enough
about the other person to even give the
courtesy of picking up the phone to say
that the relationship isnt working. Its
immature. Texting can be used in dating
when conrming a place/time to meet or
to conrm a time to speak on the phone
and thats pretty much it. Dont forget the
old fashioned way of dating pick up the
phone and ask someone out, see how their
day is, plan a date together. Engaging in
conversation builds a bond, so dont cop
out and text your way through your new
relationship.
The success of online dating sites has
had a huge inuence on how singles
navigate new relationships. Dating
online can be great for many anyone
can set up a prole, peruse the site for
matches and have a date within days (or
hours, with some websites or smartphone
applications). This is an efcient way for
someone to get out there who hasnt
dated in a long time going on a lot of
online dates can be great practice and
help those new to dating get their feet
wet. But a huge problem exists, besides
of the lack of second dates many people
experience when dating online.
People often hide behind their proles,
literally and guratively. Some proles
online are just that online only to
engage others over email or just so they
can view other singles on the site. Others
set up proles that arent fully true, whether
they upload a 10-year-old photo or
unfortunately brag about what they have to
offer a partner (which could also be totally
false). Some set up proles that describe
how they perceive themselves and its not
who they really are at their core.
Its easy to hide behind your computer,
however those truly interested in dating
and nding a long-term relationship suffer
from the lack of accountability of many
online daters. Another issue with dating
online is that the grass is always greener
syndrome is extremely prevalent in the
minds of online daters and its hard to
tell who is really relationship ready. How
to avoid this? Consider getting yourself
out there in the community to date, join
new groups or work with a dating coach.
Dating online can be successful for many,
but be weary of who is actually lurking
behind the screen.
Remember, get back to basics. Dating
is much easier when there is more face-to-
face interaction. Call, dont text. Engage
your date, dont Google her/him. Dont let
technology block you from establishing a
lasting connection.
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Rising star Sebastian Stan
brings depth to gay role on
Sigourney Weaver-helmed
political family series
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Being the rst openly gay child of the
First Family, would be pressure enough,
but Political Animals T.J. Hammond still
cant nd peace now that his mother is the
Secretary of State, and divorcing his father,
the former President of the United States.
I dont know this personally, but one of
the things Ive tried to research is the idea of
how do you exist in the world as an individual
when your parents persona is constantly an
umbrella over your identity, says Sebastian
Stan, who plays T.J. in the new USA network
political drama which premiered this week
about a former First Family coping with
change in the years after the White House (It
airs Sunday nights at 10).
While many young LGBT people T.J.s
age face pressure and depression, and
may experiment with drugs and alcohol
like the character, most dont do so under
the microscope of the media, with a
mother former First Lady Elaine Barrish
played by Sigourney Weaver, whom Stan
calls a sweet soul in the cabinet of
the incoming President.
T.J. copes with the pressure by acting
out and pushing the envelope, much like
another set of rst kids, the Bush twins,
whom Stan says T.J. may be able to relate to.
Its like someone handing you the same
plate of breakfast every day, Stan tells the
Blade, saying he doesnt know personally
what it would be like to be under such
a microscope, but has tried to research
extensively this complicated character.
Well this is now my life, and this is what
I gotta do. And you get bored. Its like,
Why? I want more? I want something
else. I dont want to be pigeonholed.
And I think that maybe ... you want to
branch out, you want to be different, you
want to do your thing, you dont want to
constantly have to live in the shadow of
your parents, which is unfortunately what
these characters are living under.
Stan says that the show from acclaimed
producers Greg Berlanti and Laurence
Mark, which also stars Ellen Burstyn and
James Wolk who plays T.J.s twin brother,
attempts to pull back a curtain on the
private lives of these very public people.
When these people go home, and
they sit down at dinner, what do they talk
about? Stan says. How are they with
themselves?
The character differs greatly from
another gay character he played in a
political family on NBCs Kings, because,
while the young prince Jack Benjamin
was strong-willed, driven and knew what
he wants, T.J., Stan says, is much more
fragile and lost and feels that hes been
pigeonholed in a way that does not t
him, and hes searching for escape.
Someone says to you, Guess what?
Youre going to live in this box. And how
do you deal with that? Stan says, saying
T.J. and his straight twin Douglass deal
with the pressure in vastly different ways.
T.J. deals with it by numbing, as an
alcoholic and a drug addict.
Though T.J. has strong allies in the family
like his grandmother Margaret, played by
Burstyn, and his powerful mother, unlike
the Kings character, T.J. has little control
over his life, and Stan, whos straight,
wonders what the young son raised in the
spotlight might do with the freedom that
a life of anonymity might lend.
Ultimately hes just a character thats
trying to nd himself and trying to be
heard thats desperately wanting to be
loved Does he have a choice, and if he
had a choice, what would he do with it.
Stan says working with veteran actress
Sigourney Weaver is phenomenal, and
that hes grateful to share a set with the
Alien star.
Shes an incredibly generous person,
as well as an actress, he says. A
powerhouse The level of etiquette and
discipline and commanding the set that
she brought on was absolutely awesome.
Made everyone feel very special You
always knew when she was going to walk
in. You felt her presence.
Animal instinct
T.J. HAMMOND, played by Sebastian Stan, raises a glass to his family of Political Animals in the
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Nothing beats a pickup for butch points
or for moving furniture or trekking to
the garden center.
Still, you dont see many city slickers
driving a Ford F-150, the best-selling
vehicle in America,here in the District,
where bike lanes out-number parking
garages.
But a new crop of compact coupes are
nimble enough to handle narrow streets,
yet have decent cargo room in the rear
(or at least clever stowage compartments
up front).
Theres also the ogle factor, because
coupe styling, especially on the three cars
below, is always edgier than what youll
nd on a sedan or other vehicle.
MINI Coupe JCW Edition
$30,000
Mpg: 29 city/37 highway
Maximum cargo space: 7 cubic feet
For years, MINI has been bulking up
its lineup. First there was the longish
Clubman wagon, then the husky
Countryman SUV. But now MINI is on
a diet, with a cute lilliputian Coupe. Its
barely bigger than a Smart car or Segway.
And whoa!, theres not even a backseat,
though cargo space is larger than in a
regular Cooper hatchback. Available in
three models, the test car I drove was
the top-of-the-line John Cooper Works
(JCW) Edition. A throaty 208-horsepower
turbo takes this Coupe from 0 to 60 mph
in just 6.3 seconds. Navigating around
potholes and slowpoke sightseers is a
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handling, a rear spoiler pops up at high
speeds. Theres plenty of headroom, too,
thanks to the bubble roof. But this isnt a
cushy ride (translation: your keister gets
a real workout).
Volvo C30
$25,000
Maximum cargo space: 20 cubit feet
The Volvo C30 shares many of the
same features as the MINI Coupe,
including brisk acceleration, look-at-me
styling and stellar crash-test scores. But
there are plenty of differences, such as a
quieter cabin, stellar blind-spot warning
system and rear-seat passenger room.
Theres also an all-glass hatch which,
along with the optional sunroof, makes
the C30 feel very roomy. And its hard
to beat Volvos cascading, brushed-
aluminum center dash, which is a true
work of art. To me, the overall look and
feel (both inside and out) is just more
rened on the Volvo, though the MINI
has better brakes, fuel economy and
road grip.
VW Golf R
$34,000
Maximum cargo space: 46 cubic feet
The Golf R which is just as fast as
the other coupes here tops VWs high-
test GTI coupe, in both performance and
price (yikes, by about $10,000). But thats
why the R has an impressive Audi-like
interior. And there are standard features
galore: adaptive xenon headlights, all-
wheel drive, heated seats/mirrors, dual-
zone automatic climate control and
eight-speaker audio with satellite radio.
Auto enthusiasts will love how the Golf
R only comes in a manual transmission.
Biggest drawback: the nav system,
which was so user-unfriendly I nally just
turned it off. Still, few cars are as fun to
drive on twisty roads. Even stop-and-go
congestion is a breeze, thanks to the
easy shifting and very responsive clutch.
And if you need more room, the R is also
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Several local LGBT sports
leagues have indoor
activities planned
By KEVIN MAJOROS
All the local LGBT sports teams that are
in action during the summer months have
been executing their schedules despite the
oppressive heat. Here are a few options for
those of you wishing to beat the heat.
The Capital Area Rainbowlers
Association (CARA) is hosting a Summer
Social Bowling Night to be held Aug. 6
from 8 to 10 p.m. This years event will be
held at three different venues:
Washington Lucky Strike at Gallery
Place, 701 7
th
Street NW (on the Metro
red, green and yellow lines). Six lanes
are reserved and you must be 21 years
old. The price is $15 all you can bowl and
includes shoe rental.
Maryland AMF College Park Lanes,
9021 Baltimore Blvd. Four to six lanes are
reserved. The price is $1 per game and
the shoe rental is $2.50.
Virginia AMF Annandale Lanes,
4245 Markham Street. Eight-10 lanes are
reserved. The price is $1 per game and
the shoe rental is $2.50.
You may RSVP at surveymonkey.com/s/
carasummer2012. CARA can be found at
carabowling.org.
The Rainbow Spinnakers Sailing Club
(RSSC) is setting sail on weekends and
some weeknights from the Baltimore
shores and waters just outside of D.C./
Alexandria. You can sign on to be a
skipper or just sail along as a passenger.
Details are at rainbowspinnakers.org.
The Capital Splats Racquetball
League offers all levels of competition for
men and women as well as recreational
play, group meet-ups and skills training
clinics. Information is at capitalsplats.org.
Rainbow Climbing D.C. organizes indoor
and outdoor climbs for all levels of climbers.
They can be found weekly at Earth Treks in
Rockville or Sportrock in Alexandria. The
climbing schedule rotates and upcoming
dates can be found on their Facebook page
under Rainbow Climbing D.C.
Its not too late to get in on the beginner
square dancing classes being offered by
the D.C. Lambda Squares. The square
dancing club is open to singles and no
prior experience is necessary. To register
and learn more about the club, go to
dclambdasquares.org.
The Atlantic States Gay Rodeo
Association is hosting its monthly
horseback ride at Piscataway Stables in
Clinton, Md., on Aug. 5 at 11 a.m. The
cost is $25 per rider for an hour-long
ride. Experienced and novice riders are
welcome. Email Patrick at trail@asgra.org
or check out their website at asgra.org.
Mens Naked Yoga is being held at
the Vitruvian Gallery at 734 7
th
Street S.E.
(second oor) every Monday from 6:30
to 7:30 p.m. The class is conducted with
Hatha style poses for stretching and
strengthening in a gentle Vinyasa ow. The
cost is $18 per session and all levels of yoga
students are welcome. More information is
at vitruviangallery.com/yoga.
The D.C. Icebreakers next regular
skating night is Aug. 15 (and the third
Wednesday of every month) at the Kettler
Capitals Iceplex in Arlington from 8 to 9
p.m. A group social will follow the skate
time at a local watering hole. Their site is
at dcicebreakers.com.
And what would we do without Nellies
Sports Bar, which continues to support
the LGBT sports clubs in numerous ways,
including sponsoring happy hours as follows.
U Every Thursday is Stonewall Bocce
Night beginning at 6:30 p.m.
U Every Second Tuesday is Southern
Universities Alumni Night from 5-8 p.m
U Every First Thursday is Log Cabin
Night from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
U Every Second Thursday is Washington
Wetskins Night from 5-8 p.m.
U Every Third Friday is Lambda Divers
(Scuba) Happy Hour from 5-7 p.m.
U Every Fourth Tuesday is Ping Pong
Madness Night beginning at 7:30 p.m.
U Every Fourth Wednesday is HRC Happy
Hour Night beginning at 5 p.m.
U Every Fourth Thursday is Homoto
Night for LGBT Motorcycle fans
beginning at 6 p.m.
U Every Fourth Thursday is Capital Splats
Racquetball Club Happy Hour from 5-8 p.m.
U Every Thursday is Active Duty Night beginning
at 8 p.m. $2 from every Nellies Beer supports
Servicemembers United.
Congratulations to the D.C. Flag
Football League for sending three teams
to the Chicago Pride Bowl last month. All
three of the teams placed in the A Bracket
nishing third, seventh and 11
th
. The
league is at dcgf.org.
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E-mail calendar items to calendars@washblade.com
two weeks prior to your event. Space is limited so
priority is given to LGBT-specic events or those
with LGBT participants. Recurring events must be
re-submitted each time.
TODAY
The HIV Working Group is doing
outreach tonight at Towns (2009 8
th
St.,
N.W.) Bear Happy Hour. It begins at 7 p.m.
and tickets are $5. For more information,
visit towndc.com or thedccenter.org.
Burgundy Crescent, a gay volunteer
organization, needs volunteers today
through July 25 to help with the AIDS
Memorial Quilt on the National Mall. To
participate, visit burgundycrescent.org.
Whitman-Walker Health is having HIV
Testing at Arena Stage (1101 Sixth St.,
S.W.) tonight at 5:30 p.m. For details, visit
whitman-walker.org.
Touchstone Gallery (901 New York Ave.,
N.W.) is hosting two exhibits, 3D Collage
the Adventure by David Alfuth and Being
Affected by Charles St. Charles until July
29. Alfuths artwork features are surreal 3-D
collages consisting of newspapers, cloth,
pressed owers and other at objects.
St. Charles exhibition portrays faces with
various reactions to shared circumstances.
The exhibit is free. For more information,
visit touchstonegallery.com.
Phase 1 (525 8
th
St. SE) is hosting its
Red, White & Boobs with D.C. Gurly
Show starting at 7:30 p.m. This event
will have a special guest, Miss Flora Bush.
Cover charge is $5. For more information,
visit phase1dc.com.
Waverly Street Gallery (4600 East-
West Highway, Bethesday) is hosting
the exhibition Heard it Through the
Grapevine, paintings and collage
by Ronnie Spiewak today from noon
to 6 p.m. Access to the exhibition
is free. For more information, visit
waverlystreetgallery.com.
The Bachelors Mill (1104 8
th
St., S.E.)
is having its happy hour today starting
at 5 p.m. All drinks are half off until 7:30
p.m. After 9 p.m., admission is $15, and
after 11 p.m. admission is $3. The party
includes a pool, video gaming system
and card tournaments. For details, visit
thebachelorsmill.com.
Green Lantern (1111 14
th
St., Green
Court, N.W.) is hosting its Pop Goes the
World party tonight at 10 p.m. Cover
charge is $5. For more information, visit
greenlanterndc.com.
SATURDAY, JULY 21
A reception will be held tonight at 6
for artists John Gascots and MG Stouts
art exhibit at the D.C. Center (1318 U
St. NW). Wine and refreshments will be
served. Many or the paintings are inspired
by or named after songs. The exhibit will
be up through Sept. 8 and attendees
can visit for free during the D.C. Center
business hours. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
Spunk-E Productions presents Ink &
Scruff at Green Lantern (1111 14
th
St.,
Green Court, N.W.) tonight at 10 p.m.
Theres a hot body contest, drink specials
all night and music by DJ Tone. Cover is
$5. For details, visit greenlanterndc.com.
Tilted Torchs Wild Night: A Burlesque
Adventure is at the Warehouse Theater
(645 New York Ave. N.W.) tonight at
midnight. This burlesque show allows
audience members decide what happens
in the story. The decisions will lead to
consequences, danger and even death.
General admission is $17. For more
information, visit warehousetheater.com.
The Black Cat (1811 14
th
St., N.W.)
tonight is hosting Right Round, its 80s
alternative-pop dance night with DJ Lile.
Tickets are $7 and doors open at 9:30. For
more information, visit blackcatdc.com.
Town Danceboutique (2009 8
th

St., N.W.) is hosting an AIDS 2012
Conference Party tonight at 10 p.m. The
party is to bring men together to kick
off the conference weekend. The music
is by DJ Chord. Cover is $8 before 11
p.m. and $12 after 11 p.m. There are $3
drinks before 11 p.m. A drag show starts
at 10:30 p.m. For more information, visit
towndc.com.
SUNDAY, JULY 22
Youth Score 2012 is hosting Uniting
an AIDS-Free Generation today at the
Bell Multicultural High School (3101 16
th

St., N.W.) from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. This
basketball and soccer tournament will
feature games are for ages 13-24 with
great prizes for participants. The event
is free. For details, visit facebook.com/
YouthScore2012.
The Kennedy Center (2700 F St., N.W.)
is hosting the seven arts-related panels
of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in its South
Gallery. The show is free and will be up until
July 27. The gallery is open daily between
10 a.m.-10 p.m. For more information, visit
kennedy-center.org.
MONDAY, JULY 23
Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W.) is hosting its
Martini Monday tonight at 10 p.m. There
is no cover charge and martinis are $5. For
more information, visit cobaltdc.com.
The Bachelors Mill (1104 8
th
St., S.E.) is
offering half-price drinks all night long. A
free pool and NFL, NBA and NCAA games
will be on the at screen TVs. Admission is
free. For details, visit thebachelorsmill.com.
TUESDAY, JULY 24
Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W) hosts its
Flashback dance night with DJ Jason
Royce starting at 10 p.m. There is no cover
charge. For more details, visit cobaltdc.com.
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at the Torpedo Factory Art Center
Sneak-Peek Recept|on
Friday, July 20th 6:30-8:30pm
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The Torpedo Factory Art Center, in partnership with the Alexandria Commission on Hlv/AlDS,
hosts a special opening reception featuring a sneak-peek of the AlDS Memorial Quilt, on display in
the main hall and back dock of the Art Center from July 21st through 25th.
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Mens Health Consultant
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These images are from the Blades special exhibit, A Photographic History of HIV in D.C. on display
in the Global Village at the D.C. Convention Center starting Sunday as part of the International AIDS
Conference. The Global Village is open to the public and access is free. The exhibit is sponsored by
the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
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58 JULY 20, 2012 FHOTOS BY DOUG Hl NCKLE
TODAY
Today and Saturday, the D.C. Center, National Coalition of LGBT Health, Whitman-
Walker Health and Us Helping Us at George Washington University (2029 G Street,
NW) are hosting the Gay Mens Health Summit. Registration is $85, $65 for students.
For more information, visit gmhs2012.org.
The International Working Group on HIV & AIDS presents the International
Indigenous Pre-Conference starting today at 8 a.m. and running through
Saturday at 5 p.m. It will take place at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel (1201 K
St., N.W.). The event is free but registration is required. For more information, visit
indigenouspreconference.eventbrite.com.
SATURDAY, JULY 21
The Men Who Have Sex with Men Pre-Conference is at FHI 360 (1825
Connecticut Ave., N.W.) starting at 9 a.m. going all day today. The theme for this
year is From Stigma to Strength: Strategies for MSM, Transgender People and
Allies in a Shifting AIDS Landscape. This event is free. For more information,
visit msmgf.org.
Jay Brannan plays U Street Music Hall (1115A U Street NW) this evening at 7 p.m.
Picking up his rst guitar at age 20, Brannans addiction to music helped him kick
alcohol and allowed him to make connections with other performers. Tickets are $20.
For more information, visit ustreetmusichall.com.
Starting today and running through July 27, the Textile Museum (2320 S Street
NW) is showing a special display of one panel from the AIDS quilt. An $8 donation is
suggested. For more information about this event or other places that will be showing
panels of the quilt, go to quilt2012.org.
Town is holding the AIDS Conference Party tonight at 10 p.m. A drag show
starts at 10:30 p.m. There are $3 drinks until 11 p.m. Cover is $8 from 10-11 p.m. and
$12 after 11 p.m. For more information, visit towndc.com.
SUNDAY, JULY 22
Theres a March on Washington involving several different local organizations to
open the International AIDS Conference from noon to 2 p.m. today.
The Global Forum on MSM and HIV and the National Gay Mens Health Summit
present Meet the Men of the International AIDS Conference at Cobalt (1639 R
St., N.W.) tonight at 9:30 p.m. Cover is $10. For more information, visit gmhs2012.org.
MONDAY, JULY 23
Arena Stage (1101 6
th
St. SW) hosts a benet show of The Normal Heart tonight
at 8 p.m. The award-winning show presents a look at the sexual politics of New York
during the AIDS crisis. Tickets are $65. For more information, visit arenastage.org.
TUESDAY, JULY 24
Whitman-Walker Health hosts the Return to Lisner: A Forum on the State
of HIV/AIDS, tonight at the Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University
(2029 G Street, NW) at 7 p.m. The event is free but registration is required. For more
information, visit whitman-walker.org.
Reel Afrmations presents the International AIDS Film Festival. It kicks off tonight
with an opening reception at Number 9 (1435 P St., N.W.) starting at 5 p.m. Then at
the Carnegie Institute of Science (1530 P St., NW) at 7 p.m., the festival is screening
the lm Still Around and will have a panel discussion with the directors following the
showing. The last event of the evening is the screening of Meeting the Challenges
of HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia tonight at 9:15. Individual ticket prices is $10, but the
festival is offering a $25 package for all the screenings. For more information, visit
reelafrmationsaidslmfest.eventbrite.com/.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25
The International AIDS Film Festival continues tonight at the Carnegie Institute of
Science (1530 P St., NW) starting at 7 p.m. with a screening of Pills Prot$ Protest and
a later screening Sex In An Epidemic at 9 p.m. Individual tickets are $10 and a package
price is $25. For more information, visit reelafrmationsaidslmfest.eventbrite.com/.

For more events, visit the AIDS2012 Reunion website at aids2012reunion.org.
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30 Degrees
1639 R St., NW
202-462-6569
cobaltdc.com
In Dupont Circle area; popular with men
but check schedule for other events.
Academy of Washington
thewashingtonacademy.com
Longtime organizers of drag events in the
city; most events held at Ziegfelds. See
web site for full list of upcoming events.
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STEAK HOUSE
1609 17th St., NW
202-232-0395
In Dupont Circle area; popular longtime
restaurant and steakhouse with recently
renovated Upstairs Lounge.
Phase 1 of Dupont
1415 22nd St., NW
202-296-0505
phase1dc.com
twitter.com/phase1dc
In Dupont Circle area; popular with
women. Check web site for details.
Bachelors Mill
1104 8th St., SE
202-544-1931
Longtime bar popular with African-
American men in Capitol Hill area.
Banana Caf
500 8th St., SE
202-543-5906
bananacafedc.com
Popular Capitol Hill area restaurant and
bar (Eastern Market Metro) for both men
and women. Features Cuban, Mexican
and Puerto Rican cuisine.
Blowoff
815 V St., NW
blowoff.us
Created by musicians Bob Mould and
Richard Morel, Blowoff is an occasional
dance event popular with men. Events are
held in clubs around the country; D.C.s
Blowoff parties are held at the 9:30 club
in the popular U Street corridor.
Cobalt
1639 R St., NW
202-462-6569
cobaltdc.com
In Dupont Circle area; part of complex of
LGBT businesses at this address, including
Level One restaurant on
street level and 30 Degrees bar.
Crew Club
1321 14th St., NW
202-319-1333
crewclub.net
Mens 24-hour gym in Logan Circle area,
featuring steam rooms, lounges,
private dressing rooms and more.
DC Eagle
639 New York Ave., NW
202-347-6025
dceagle.com
The popular Levi/leather bars origins date
to the 1960s. Features billiards, regular
tournaments and other special events.
Located near the convention center, two
blocks north of Gallery Place Metro.
Delta Elite
3734 10th St. NE
202-546-5979
thedeltaelite.com
Longtime bar popular with African-
American men in Brookland
neighborhood; hosts regular ladies night.
Check web site for special events.
DIK Bar
1637 17th St., NW
202-328-0100
dupontitaliankitchen.com
In Dupont Circle area, above
Dupont Italian Kitchen.
Duplex Diner
2004 18th St., NW
202-265-9599
duplexdiner.com
Popular restaurant and bar in the
Adams Morgan area; happy hour
specials and many other special events.
See web site for updated schedule.
Fab Lounge
1805 Connecticut Ave., NW
202-797-1122
thefablounge.com
In Dupont Circle area; popular with men
but hosts regular womens events.
Fireplace
2161 P St., NW
202-293-1293
In Dupont Circle area; neighborhood bar
popular with men.
Green Lantern
1335 Green Court, NW
greenlanterndc.com
twitter.com/greenlanterndc
Friendly bar for men hosts regular happy
hours and special events, including
karaoke and shirtless drink special nights.
Check web site for details. McPherson
Square Metro.
JR.s
1519 17th St., NW
202-328-0090
jrswdc.com
Longtime friendly Dupont Circle area bar
popular with men; videos, regular special
events.
Lace
2214 Rhode Island Ave., NE
202-832-3888
lacedc.com
Every night is ladies night at Lace;
features regular special events for women
in Brookland neighborhood. Check web
site for details on happy hour specials.
Larrys Lounge
1836 18th St., NW
202-483-1483
Dupont Circle area bar and restaurant
popular with both men and women.
The Lodge
21614 National Pike
Boonsboro, MD 21713
301-591-4434
thelodgemd.com
www.facebook.com/TheLodgeMD
Favorite for: Both Men & Women, Billiards,
Dancing, Drag, Bear/Leather, Karaoke.
Local and guest djs play the latest Top 40,
House, Trance & Electro dance beats.
MIXTAPE
Different locations
mixtapedc.com
twitter.com/MIXTAPEdc
Alternative dance party for queer men and
women featuring electro, alt-pop, indie
rock, house, disco and New Wave. Check
web site for 2010 schedule of events.
MOVA
2204 14th St. NW
movalounge.com/dc.html
MOVA is back in a new location at 2204
14th Street NW with a daily happy hour
from 5-9.
Nellies Sports Bar
900 U St., NW
202-332-6355
nelliessportsbar.com
Sports bar featuring poker
events, drag bingo, trivia contests
and other specials. Popular bar
with massive outdoor deck
and plenty of TVs f
or watching sports.
Omega
2122 P St., NW
202-223-4917
omegadc.com
Dupont Circle area bar and club popular
with men featuring dancing, drag and
other special events.
Phase 1
525 8th St., SE
phase1dc.com
twitter.com/phase1dc
The Phase opened in 1970 and remains
a popular lesbian bar and club. Features
regular special events, including Jell-O
wrestling, 80s theme nights and more.
Check web site for details.
LGBTQ NIGHT
@ Black Squirrel
2427 18th St., NW
Washington DC 20009
Party featuring disco house, electro, indie
pop, dance and industrial every Friday
night.
Remingtons
639 Pennsylvania Ave., SE
202-543-3113
remingtonswdc.com
twitter.com/remingtonsWDC
Popular country/Western nightclub in
Capitol Hill neighborhood with more than
6,000 square feet of space for dancing and
billiards. One half block west of Eastern
Market Metro.
Town
Danceboutique
2009 8th St., NW
202-234-TOWN
towndc.com
Dance club and bar popular with men
and women, features regular drag
performances. U Street Metro.
Ultrabar
911 F St., NW
ultrabardc.com
twitter.com/UltraBar
Large dance club with gay-friendly events
and vibe located downtown near Metro
Center.
Where The Girls Go
wherethegirlsgo.com
Queer womens events in the D.C. area.
Check web site for latest info.
Ziegfelds/Secrets
1824 Half St., SW
202-863-0670
secretsdc.com
Featuring all-nude male dancers
Wednesdays-Sundays, drag
performances, large dance oor and many
regular special events, contests and more.
Large parking lot available; located in
Buzzards Point warehouse district.
1722
1722 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
Multi-level after-hours dance club
attracts a mixed crowd but remains
gay-friendly.
Baltimore Eagle
2002 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218
410-82-EAGLE
Longtime Levi/leather bar not far
from Mount Vernon offers friendly
bar, billiards, outdoor patio, videos
and a full store for your leather
needs.
Mostly men, but welcoming to
women.
Club Phoenix
1 W. Biddle St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-837-3906
Mount Vernon-area downstairs bar
attracts men and women; friendly
service.
Drinkery
205 W. Read St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-225-3100
Another of Baltimores friendly
neighborhood bars in Mount
Vernon featuring
billiards, jukebox and welcoming
service.
Gallery
1735 Maryland Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-539-6965
Longtime bar and restaurant
popular with African-American
clientele.
Grand Central
1001 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-752-7133
centralstationpub.com
Large entertainment complex
featuring friendly pub, lesbian bar
Sapphos upstairs and a dance club
on the rst oor.
Hippo
1 W. Eager St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-547-0069
clubhippo.com
Large club popular with men and
women featuring billiards, top DJs/
dancing, karaoke, videos and more.
Opened in 1972, Hippos motto is
where everyone is welcome.
Jays on Read
225 W. Read St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-225-0188
Piano bar attracts a mostly male
crowd, though welcoming to
women and straight patrons.
Leons/Tyson Place
870 Park Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-539-4993
leonsbaltimore.tripod.com
In business for more than 50 years,
Leons is the oldest gay bar in
Baltimore and among the oldest in
the country. Friendly bar with
jukebox gets especially busy on
Sunday nights. Tyson Place is a
restaurant bar located behind
Leons with a
separate entrance.
Port in a Storm
4330 E. Lombard St.
Baltimore, MD 21224
410-534-0014
Friendly neighborhood lesbian
bar gets especially popular when
the Ravens play. Features billiards,
music and more.
Quest
3607 Fleet St.
Baltimore, MD 21224
410-563-2617
Neighborhood bar in Highlandtown
area is popular with men and
women and offers billiards.
Sapphos
1001 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-752-7133
centralstationpub.com
Part of the Grand Central complex,
Sapphos attracts a lesbian crowd
and offers comfy couches, outdoor
patio and more in its second
oor location.
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Freddies
Beach Bar
555 23rd St. South
Arlington, VA 22202
703-685-0555
Freddie Lutzs Virginia
establishment includes a restaurant
and friendly bar, regular specials
and is popular with men and
women. Crystal City Metro.
laurel, md
PWs
9855 N. Washington Blvd.
Laurel, MD 20723
301-498-8202
pwssportsbar.com
Restaurant and bar is popular with
gay and lesbian sports fans and is
known for its superb burgers.
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29) and William Hoffmans As Is to such
recent works as The Book of Mormon.
The theatrical community has been deeply
involved in the artistic and activist response
to AIDS. Heres a sampling of plays and
musicals that have AIDS as a central theme.
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia
on National Themes. Part One of Tony
Kushners sprawling epic (Millennium
Approaches) opened on Broadway in May
1993, and Part Two (Perestroika) followed
in November of that year. The play centers
on Prior Walter, a gay man in Manhattan
who has just been diagnosed with AIDS
as the play opens. Over the course of the
seven-hour theatrical extravaganza, Prior is
abandoned by his lover Louis, who leaves
him for a closeted Republican lawyer;
befriends the Mormons mother and wife,
who takes Valium in wee little stfuls, is
nursed by his ex-lover, the erce snap queen
Belize; and, is visited by an angel who wants
to recruit him as a prophet. The play won the
Pulitzer Prize and several Tony Awards and
was adapted into both an award-winning
movie by HBO Films and an opera by
Hungarian composer Pter Etvs.
The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer
was one of the earliest plays to deal with
AIDS. Now playing at Arena Stage, the
play is a thinly veiled autobiography of
the author and the founding of Gay Mens
Health Crisis.
Before It Hits Home by Cheryl West
was one of the rst dramas to focus on the
impact of AIDS on the African-American
community. Wendal is a bisexual jazz musician
who denies his sexual encounters with men
even after he is diagnosed with AIDS. He tries
to hide the truth from his pregnant girlfriend
and his married boyfriend, but as his health
deteriorates, he is forced to return to his
family and confess the truth.
Rent is Jonathan Larsons hit musical
and a loose adaptation of Puccinis La
Boehme set on the lower East Side of
Manhattan in the early 1980s. Larsons
musical landscape includes a variety of
artists in a variety of straight and LGBT
sexual situations. Many of the characters
have AIDS and the Act II opener, Seasons
of Love has become a popular anthem
for the ght against AIDS.
The musical Falsettos, produced
in Washington in 2010 by the now-
closed Ganymede Arts, brings together
two one-act musicals by William Finn
written a decade apart. In March of the
Falsettos, Marvin moves in with his male
lover Whizzer, much to the distress of his
ex-wife, his psychiatrist and his son. In
Falsettoland, the extended family, now
including the lesbians from next door,
reunite to support Whizzer and Marvin as
they deal with an AIDS diagnosis.
Perhaps most noticeably in theater, its
possible to also trace how AIDS dramas
have evolved over the years.
The Normal Heart was so signicant
in its time, but its dated now because
the disease has changed so much, says
David Jobin, executive director of the Gay
Mens Chorus of Washington, a group
that along with its sister choruses has also
dealt extensively with AIDS themes. You
see plays now, like Octopus by Steve
Yockey and its dealing with how different
generations have responded to the crisis.
We now have a whole generation of
people whose experience is different and
its not about loss at all. all people could
concentrate on in The Normal Heart
was grieving, so its become like The
Dollhouse, a great period piece but not
really relevant to today. Which is great in a
way that something thats only 20 years old
can already seem so dated. It shows how
far weve come in treating the disease.
Jobin says the greatest examples of AIDS-
themed art transcend their subject matter.
You watch something like the HBO
adaptation of Angels in America, and
it becomes so much more than just a
statement about AIDS, he says. Its a
tour de force for great acting and its in a
league of its own. I cant think of a musical
or other work that even comes close.
ARTISTS AS ACTIVISTS
The theatrical community, and the
performing arts community in general, have
also been incredibly effective at blending
art and activism. For example, since 1987
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has
been raising awareness and funds for AIDS
organizations throughout the country. Their
popular fundraisers include Broadway
Bares, Broadway Barks, Broadway Bears, the
annual Easter Bonnet and Gypsy of the Year
competitions and the Fire Island Dance Festival.
One of the groups most effective
efforts has been its collaboration with the
International Thespian Society, a national
network of high school theater troupes.
Starting in 1999, high school thespians
have organized audience appeals, bucket
brigades, silent auctions and special
performances to raise money to ght AIDS.
During their annual festival in July 2012,
Joe Norton, Broadway Cares director
of education and outreach, announced
that the student artists and activists had
raised more than $1 million to support
organizations in their communities.
Thespians know how to effect change
by working together and celebrating their
love of theater, Norton says. And, in the
process, they become leaders who raise
awareness about HIV/AIDS where they
live, while making a difference for so many
people in need in their local communities
and around the country.
TELEVISION
Sometimes the artistic response to
AIDS has been more about context than
content. The popular nighttime ABC soap
opera Dynasty was groundbreaking
in its portrayal of Steven Carrington, the
openly gay son of a wealthy Denver oil
clan. But its role in the emerging AIDS
crisis was due to an off-screen drama.
In 1984, closeted gay Hollywood
icon Rock Hudson was cast as Daniel
Reece, father of the scheming Sammy Jo
Carrington (Heather Locklear). Hudsons
character had a romantic interest in Krystle
Carrington, played by series star Linda
Evans. Although viewers gossiped about
Hudsons gaunt appearance and producers
were worried enough about Hudsons
health to write his character out of the
series, no one blinked an eye when Hudson
and Evans shared an on-screen kiss.
That changed on July 25, 1985 when
Hudson publicly announced that he had
AIDS, the rst celebrity to reveal his HIV
status. He learned that he had AIDS while
he was appearing on Dynasty, and the
soap set suddenly became the focus of
a public health controversy. The CDC
warned the public about exchanging saliva
with members of high-risk groups. Aaron
Spelling and the producers of Dynasty
offered to arrange for AIDS tests for the
entire cast. The Screen Actors Guild wrote
new rules to regulate on- screen kisses.
Hudsons revelation, and the subsequent
revelation of his homosexuality, suddenly put
a public face on the disease and his death
on Oct. 2, 1985 set the stage for the rst
television movie on AIDS. On Nov. 11, 1985,
NBC broadcast An Early Frost starring
Aidan Quinn as Michael Pearson, a successful
Chicago lawyer who has not told his
colleagues and family about his lover Peter
Hilton (D.W. Moffett). When hes diagnosed
with AIDS, hes forced to go home and tell his
family the truth about himself.
MOVIES
A short sampler of independent and
mainstream movies that have dealt
directly with the AIDS crisis include:
The topic of AIDS. From early efforts,
such as Armistead Maupins Tales of
the City series to recent books such as
Edmund Whites Jack Holmes and His
Friend, the novel has been a fertile ground
for exploring the devastating impact of
AIDS on individuals and their society.
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By DONNA EVERS
Buyers are always attracted to houses
that show well, but they should take a sec-
ond look at some of the often overlooked
houses we have for sale in the Washington
Metro area.
In the spring, we looked at ways to up-
date and refresh the 1930s to 1940s colonial
homes, (known as the red brick box) and
the 1950s rambler, generally regarded as
bland and dated. By doing simple decora-
tive xes or more involved remodeling work
to the interior and exteriors of these styles
of homes, both of these housing types are
extraordinarily redeemable.
We are going to tackle another type of
house that was popular in the 1970s the
contemporary house that now seems so
dated that most buyers dont want to pur-
chase this type of home. However, if you
can see the potential with this style house
and know what to do with it, you can end
up with a beautiful home for less money.
Looking at some of the less desir-
able elements of the contemporary-style
home, many were built with the split-level
oor plan. This allowed the builder to pro-
duce more living space with a smaller foot-
print but now seems dated. The second
biggest aw is the lack of thermo pane
windows. Energy costs were not a big con-
cern then, but since these contemporary-
style houses have big expanses of glass, it
is a genuine issue for current buyers.
While it is denitely an investment to re-
place these large exterior windows, there
is a plus side to this nancial equation. If
you nd a dated-looking contemporary
house with non-thermo pane windows
and no major structural renovations, you
probably wont get into a bidding war to
buy it. In fact, it will probably be sitting on
the market for a while, which means you
can save enough money on the purchase
price of the home to cover the investment
for new, energy-saving windows.
These houses have a lot of great quali-
ties that can be often overlooked because
the overall appearance of the house is
dated. The same square footage in these
style contemporaries can give you a lot
more spatial and visual bang for the buck
because of the open spaces, high ceilings
and light from the oversized windows.
If the front windows look onto the
street, a lattice screen can offer privacy
and functionality for the front outdoor
space. Put a lattice screen in the front
yard to create an atrium effect, so that
your living room is not looking onto the
street but into a mini-garden instead.
Most of these houses have oak oors
throughout, so get rid of the carpeting
and enhance the feeling of open space. If
the stairs to the second level are close to
the living room, use a stair carpet runner
to create a transition and minimize noise
between the living space and the stairs to
the bedroom wing.
Try to create a transition between the
open front hall space and the kitchen.
There wont be room for a butlers pan-
try, but you can create that effect with a
change in color of the cabinets leading
into the kitchen, or even add a small half
wall. Most of these homes come with eat-
ing space in the kitchen. The smartest
use of this space is to add an island this
gives you a combination of much needed
eating, cooking and entertaining space.
The dining room is generally small, but
thats alright as it is the most unused room
in most homes. Dont weigh it down with
big pieces. Adding shallow built-ins gives
you both storage and space. If there is a wall
between the living room and dining room,
consider getting rid of it for better sense of
open space. If there are glass doors to the
backyard in the dining room, create your pa-
tio or deck right outside the doors to extend
the feeling and utility of living space.
While there are generally three to four
bedrooms in the upper oors of these
homes, the master suites are inadequate,
so you may want to combine two bed-
rooms in order to come up with a com-
fortable space for adequate closets and
a true master bath. And, a small faux-bal-
cony with French doors is the most cost-
effective way to add glamour and a sense
of space to the master bedroom.
If the front of the house lacks appeal,
the lattice screening mentioned earlier will
help a lot. You might even want to add an
additional half wall of screening/fencing
with a stone bench and decorative plant-
ings. This allows you to enter the house
as soon as you leave the sidewalk or curb,
capturing more living space and privacy.
You can update the exterior with paint,
sticking to natural hues that blend with the
environment whether the house is brick,
frame or a combination of the two. Keep it
simple and contemporary and you might
just end up with a modernized dream
house where the price is right.
REAL ESTATE
The ugly duckling revisited
Donna Evers is the owner and broker of Evers & Co. Real
Estate, the largest woman-owned and run real estate rm
in the Washington, D.C. area; the proprietor of historic Twin
Oaks Tavern Winery in Bluemont, Va.; and a devoted stu-
dent of architecture and history in the Washington Metro
area. Reach her at devers@eversco.com.
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