The Best of Body Positive

• Families and Children
• Women's Issues
• People of Color
• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender
• Prison Issues
• Psychological/Mental Health Issues
• Substance Use
• Dating and Relationships
• AIDS History
• Support
• Older Adults
• Regions and Neighborhoods
• The Arts
• Nutrition and Fitness
• International
• Law and Policy
• Employment and Benefits
• Treatment Issues
• September 11

Did you know that you can access the past six years of Body Positive magazine right on the Web? The text (and many of the graphics) from more than sixty back issues can be viewed any time, day or night, at the HIV/AIDS Web site, The Body, by visiting www.thebody.com/bp/bpix.html and clicking on the month you wish to view. (While you are at The Body, you might also want to take a look around at the Web site itself -- it is full of fascinating, important, and up-to-the-minute information about HIV/AIDS.)

Below, we have compiled a list of some of the "Best of BP" since 1996, articles that we believe are still interesting and important. Because of rapid changes in such areas as science and technology and law and policy, only fairly recent articles related to technical aspects of treatment or legal issues have been included. However, the full range of other articles are represented below. So go take a look! (And feel free to print out and photocopy articles.)

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Families and Children

• "Should You Tell Your Children You Are HIV-Positive?" (Oct 97)

• "When HIV Is Kid Stuff" (Feb 98)

• "Why, How, What, When, Where ... Should I Tell My Children About HIV?" (May 99)

• "Growing Up Positive" (Aug 99)

• "Camps With Heart and Soul" (Apr 00)

• "The AIDS Awareness Library: Kids' Books About AIDS" (Feb 01)

• "Listening to Mothers' Voices" (Jan/Feb 02)

Women's Issues

• "Boosting the Spirit of an HIV-Positive Woman" (Apr 97)

• "The Challenges of Being a Woman With a 'Male Disease'" (Sep 97)

• "A Look at Women Alive" (Feb 98)

• "The Rocky Road Home From Prison" (Mar 99)

• "White Women and HIV" (Apr 99)

• "Positive Life: Portraits of Women Living With HIV" (Oct 99)

• "Network of Sisters: New Jersey Women and AIDS Network" (Mar 00)

People of Color

• "To Be Young, Black, and a One-Man AIDS Epidemic" (Jan 98)

• "State of Emergency: HIV/AIDS Among African Americans" (Feb 99)

• "The 'Other' Epidemic: AIDS Among Asian-Americans" (Jun 99)

• "The Legacy of Tuskegee: AIDS and African-Americans" (Jan/Feb 00)

• "Declaration of an HIV/AIDS Health Emergency in the New York City Latino Community" (Mar 01)

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender

• "Transgender Positive" (Nov 96)

• "The Sun Always Rises On Pride" (Jun 98)

• "The Kids Are All Right" (Jun 98)

• "Family Album" (Jun 99)

• "Gay Sex, Dating, and HIV" (Jun 00)

• "Gay Money" (Jun 00)

• "Homo Erotics: Gay Men and Sex, Dating and Romance" (Jun 01)

• "Loving Men: Gay Partners, Spirituality and AIDS" (Jun 01)

• "Proud History: The Re-Opening of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center" (Sep 01)

• "In Sickness and in Health: New York Joins the National Gay Men's Health Movement" (Jul 02)

Prison Issues

• "AIDS Behind Bars" (Jan 97)

• "It's a Crime! HIV Behind Bars" (Jan 99)

• "The Rocky Road Home From Prison" (Mar 99)

• "Why Me? A PWA -- Prisoner With AIDS -- Speaks Out" (Apr 99)

• "Treatment and Mistreatment Behind Bars" (Sep 99)

• "Prisoners' Voices" (Jul 00)

• "Collected Wisdom on Your First Steps Out of Prison" (May 01)

• "Under Lock and Key: Youth Under the Influence of HIV" (May 01)

• "Overcoming the Fear in Prison: The HAAP Experience" (May 01)

Psychological/Mental Health Issues

• "Laughter Therapy: The Lighter Side of Loss" (Feb 97)

• "Uphill Struggles: Mentally Handicapped and HIV-Positive" (May 97)

• "Body Positive Mental Health Roundtable" (Nov 00)

• "Mental Health Aspects of Treatment Decision Making" (Nov 00)

• "Pitfalls of the 'Sick Role'" (Nov 00)

• "Older, Yes ... but Wiser?" (Dec 00)

• "HIV Hypochondria" (May 01)

• "Holiday 'Survival Tips' for Those Living With HIV/AIDS" (Dec 01)

• "December Depression: 'The Holiday Blues'" (Dec 01)

• "After a Suicide: Trying to Make Sense of the Senseless" (Jul 02)

• "The Lipodystrophy Look" (Oct 02)

Substance Use

• "Drugs and Alcohol: Use or Chemical Dependence?" (Apr 97)

• "Defining Harm Reduction: Three Experts Speak" (Apr 97)

• "Methadone Maintenance: An Important Tool in HIV Prevention" (Jul 97)

• "Drug Use or No Drug Use: Consumers Address Harm Reduction Versus 12-Step Abstinence" (Sep 97)

• "When Drugs Are Your 'Best Friends'" (Sep 02)

Dating and Relationships

• "HIV-Positive Heterosexuals Connect at Socials in New York" (May 97)

• "Magnetic Marriages: When Positive and Negative Attract" (Oct 96)

• "Mixed-HIV Status Couples: Navigating the Challenges of Everyday Life" (Oct 97)

• "The Dating Renaissance" (Nov 97)

AIDS History

• "Pieces of History: Artifacts of the HIV/AIDS Crisis From the National Museum of Lesbian and Gay History" (Sep 97)

• "A History of the People With AIDS Self-Empowerment Movement" (Dec 97)

• "Other Women Like Us: Carrying the History of AIDS" (Dec 97)

• "A Personal History of the Epidemic" (Nov 98)

• "The PWAC Legacy" (Jul 99)

• "Body Positive: A History of Service" (Jul 99)

• "Two Decades of AIDS: High Moments and Low" (Jan 01)

• "How Quickly We Forget: AIDS Activists" (Jan 01)

• "HIV Treatments: A History of Scientific Advance" (Jul 01)

• "Twenty Years of AIDS" (Aug 01)

Support

• "Hospice and Supportive Care" (Nov 97)

• "Reaching Out: The BP Helpline" (Nov 98)

• "Supporting Each Other: The Role of Support Groups and How They Work" (Jul 99)

• "Buddy, Can You Spare Some Time?: The Changing Role of Buddies" (Jan/Feb 00)

• "Friends in Deed: An Open Door for People With Life-Threatening Illnesses" (Mar 00)

• "Body Positive's Peer Education: The People Make the Program" (Dec 01)

Older Adults

• "Old AIDS" (Jan 98)

• "For Adults Only: HIV+ and 50+: A Housing Program" (Nov 00)

• "HIV and Older Adults: A Novela Approach" (Sep 01)

Regions and Neighborhoods

• "AIDS in Staten Island" (Jan 98)

• "A Support Group Thrives in Brooklyn" (Mar 98)

• "In Suburbia" (Dec 98)

• "Country Living With AIDS" (Dec 98)

• "Facing AIDS on Long Island" (Dec 98)

• "Provincetown Before AIDS" (Feb 99)

• "Queens Positive: HIV Services in an 'Outer' Borough" (Aug 99)

• "AIDS Upstate" (Feb 01)

• "Ain't No Mountain High Enough: The Catskill Rural AIDS Services Education Program" (Oct 01)

The Arts

• "Positively Poetry" (Jul 98)

• "Break a Leg: The Theater Project at Housing Works" (Sep 98)

• "The Heart of Broadway: Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS" (Oct 99)

• "Virtual Gallery: Visual AIDS and the Work of HIV-positive Artists on the Internet" (Dec 99)

• "Where Have All the Ribbons Gone?" (Jan/Feb 00)

• "Poetry of the Pandemic: Poets, Poems, and HIV/AIDS" (Apr 00)

• "A Voice for Artists: The HIV Arts Network" (May 00)

• "The AIDS Theatre Project" (Apr 01)

• "LIFEbeat: Building Bridges, Making Music" (Apr 01)

• "'Unimaginable Grief, Unexpected Joy': AIDS in Poetry" (Apr 01)

• "Visual AIDS" (Apr 01)

Nutrition and Fitness

• "HIV and Nutrition" (Sep 98)

• "One Pot, One Spoon, One Delicious Meal" (Sep 98)

• " Be Our Guest! Meals for People With HIV" (May 99)

• "Micronutrients Part I: Vitamins" (May 99)"

• "Micronutrients Part II: Minerals and Phytochemicals" (Jun 99)

• "A Healthy Feast: Thanksgiving Nutrition" (Nov 99)

• "Coming Through: Breaking the Barriers to Good Eating" (Dec 99)

• "What Happened to Wasting?: Obesity and AIDS" (Jan/Feb 00)

• "Exercising Your Options: Exercise and Nutrition for People With HIV" (Mar 00)

• "Fighting Wasting: Appetite Stimulants, Anabolics, and Beyond" (Jul 00)

• "Exercise and HIV Wasting: From the Laboratory to the Clinic" (Jul 00)

• "Warming Up to HIV and Exercise" (Feb 01)

• "Bouncing Back After an Illness" (Mar 01)

• "Summertime, and the Eatin' Is Easy" (Jul 01)

• "Setting Goals for Health and Fitness" (Jul 01)

• "Feelin' Stronger Every Day: Strength Training, Combating Side Effects, and Promoting Positive Change" (Aug 01)

International

• "Jairo Pedraza on HIV in Latin America" (Oct 98)

• "Beyond Our Borders: AIDS and Asian Development" (Mar 99)

• "Grand Tour: Getting the Most From Conferences -- And Having a Great Time" (Jul 00)

• "Gay, Positive, and Visible in Spain: Colectivo de Lesbianas y Gays de Madrid" (Aug 00)

• "The Durban Declaration: A Declaration by Scientists and Physicians Affirming HIV Is the Cause of AIDS" (Oct 00)

• "Global AIDS: The Big Picture" (Aug 01)

• "Bridging the Global Gap: The Work of the International AIDS Women's Caucus" (Jan/Feb 02)

Law and Policy

• "The Law and the Workplace: The Rights of HIV-Positive Employees" (Jan 99)

• "Looking After Yourself: Who Will Make Your Healthcare Decisions If You Are Incapacitated?" (Jan 99)

• "It Oughtta Be a Crime?: Criminalizing HIV" (Jan 99)

• "Life Beyond Disability" (Feb 99)

• "HIV-Related Violence: When Abuse and Fear Are Added to HIV" (Oct 99)

• "How Do You Keep Private Private?: The Confidentiality of HIV Medical Records -- Part I: The Law" (May 00)

• "How Do You Keep Private Private?: The Confidentiality of HIV Medical Records -- Part II: Special Populations" (Sep 00)

Employment and Benefits

• "Keep Covered!: Medical Insurance and the Re-Employed" (Feb 99)

• "One Step at a Time: Looking Before Your Leap Back Into the World of Work" (Feb 99)

• "Getting Back In -- A Two-Pronged Job Search Strategy" (Apr 00)

• "Hitting the Street -- Getting the Job and Keeping It" (May 00)

• "Back to School ...?" (Mar 01)

• "Working With AIDS: Tips for the Job Search" (Mar 01)

• "'Dear Disability Diary': Steps Towards Keeping Disability Claims on Course" (Sep 02)

Treatment Issues

(Note: Due to rapid changes in science and technology, only articles after 2000 are included in this section)

• "HAART to Heart: Lipodystrophy and Heart Disease" (Aug 00)

• "Hepatitis C -- The Newest Opportunistic Infection: HIV/Hepatitis C Co-infection in the Age of HAART" (Sep 00)

• "Hep Alphabet: The 'Other' Hepatitis Viruses -- A, B, D & E" (Sep 00)

• "Liver Dinner: HIV/HCV Co-infection, Diet, and Liver Health" (Sep 00)

• "Picking Up the Insurance Bill: ADAP Programs and the ADAP Plus Insurance Continuation Program" (Sep 00)

• "Overcoming Peripheral Neuropathy" (Sep 02)

September 11

• "After the Towers" (Special issue, Nov 01)