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NATIONAL AIDS PREVENTION MONTH planned. ACT is participating in educational
programs for the Lexington Police Department
October has been designated National and will sponsor a workshop for the U.K.
AIDS Prevention Month by the Centers for College of Pharmacy. On November 14th a
Disease Control. This Inarks the beginning of workshop is planned to bring more people into
a National AIDS Information Campaign which the AIDS education process within central
will run into 1988. Designed to motivate Kentucky. Details on this workshop will
people to take personal responsibility to appear in next month’s Newsletter.
understand and prevent AIDS, the Campaign The Health Department schedule
seeks to reduce fear, increase awareness, and includes educational programs for Detention
prompt preventive action. This Campaign will Center Officers, Planned Parenthood, Alpha
be promoted through the national media. Kappa Delta, and the Emergency Nurses
Locally, a group of Lexington gays met Association. The Health Department will
with a representative of STOP AIDS Cincinnati participate in the IBM Health Fair, having
to learn more about the STOP AIDS Project. already worked with the IBM clinical staff
Originally developed by the San Francisco during September.
AIDS Foundation, this program has spread
nationwide. By bringing small groups of gay NEW DRESS CODE INTRODUCED
men together, participants learn more about
the disease, share how it has affected their Have you been to the bars in
lives, and discuss ways of reducing risk. Cincinnati recently? Or perhaps you visited
This introduction to STOP AIDS, and an New York, Atlanta, or California during the
increasing awareness of the problem in summer. If so you probably saw men wearing
Lexington has generated the interest needed safety pins in gay establishments. Introduced
for our community to mobilize its own by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, the
awareness and education program. practice has spread nationwide. This new
AIDS Volunteers of Lexington (AVOL) is piece of jewelry is how you discretely tell the
being organized by local gays. A final world you practice safe sex.
decision has not been made about affiliating Greg Lee counsels those seeking the
with the national STOP AIDS Project because HIV antibody test at the Health Department.
potential group leaders must travel to San He reports most gay men say they want to
Francisco for training. Nonetheless, some of follow the safe sex guidelines but are
the STOP AIDS ideas may be used here even embarrassed to bring it up with a partner.
if no formal partnership occurs. In addition You can now solve that dilemma. To
to group discussions, the AVOL organizers are coincide with National AIDS Prevention Month,
considering an information table at The Bar on safety pins will be part of the Lexington
Friday and Saturday nights, as well as at local ”scene" beginning October lst. If you can‘t
gay functions. The Volunteers staffing these find one at home they'll be available at The
tables would answer questions, provide Bar, as well as at local functions. If you
brochures and offer referrals. The volunteers wear your pin, the friends you meet will know
will increase the gay community's awareness of what to expect of you, and know what you
AIDS, and the personal responsibility we all expect of them.
must share to reduce its spread. To help
AVOL reach our gay community call Chuck at DID YOU KNOW
233-0492, or, call the GLSO Phoneline.
In addition to the birth of AVOL in the There may be 15 persons with AIDS in
gay community, both ACT-Lexington and the the Lexington area?
Health Department have numerous workshops There may also be 150 cases of ARC?
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