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Ty Ross at his office in March 2014. He appeared on the first cover of POZ.
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Ty Ross—the HIV-positive gay grandson of Barry Goldwater—reflects on the aftermath of his revealing 1994 POZ interview.
16 POZ PLANET
Meet the new AIDS poster child • POZ Stories: Byanca Parker • a new memoir by an AIDS doctor takes the pulse of our health care system • the state of Louisiana • Adrain Chesser discloses his AIDS diagnosis—and photographs the reactions • Say What? Egyptian army edition • Adam Zeboski is a Truvada Whore • Douglas M. Brooks is the new director of the Office of National AIDS Policy • HIV criminalization conference to take place in Iowa
23 VOICES
Longtime activist Peter Staley writes about the divisive effect of HIV-related stigma among gay men.
24 CARE AND TREATMENT
HIV rates in black MSM linked to sexually transmitted infections and economics • seeing the doctor is vital when CD4s are low • inflammatory marker linked to raised risk of death • big pharma plotted to prop up South African drug patents • half-baked headlines claim that pot stops HIV
26 SURVEY SAYS
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27 RESEARCH NOTES
Genetically tooled antibodies to fight HIV • benefit of counseling with computers • are memory stem cells the backbone of the viral reservoir? • teens and young adults with HIV often delay entering medical care
48 IN MEMORIAM
POZ reflects on those lost to HIV/AIDS.
POZ 100: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS POZ is now accepting nominations for the 5th annual POZ 100. Go to page 11 to find out how you can nominate someone. This year’s list celebrates youth.
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