THE FIGHT SOCAL'S LGBT MONTHLY MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2016

DECEMBER 2016 | THE FIGHT 1

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THECONTENTS
FEATURES
20 EVERY DAY IS WORLD AIDS DAY
TAKE CHARGE, GET EDUCATED, GET TESTED
24 THE FABRIC OF THE REPUBLIC
WHY WE MUST DISSENT
26 FAMILY VALUES
REINFORCING COMMUNITY TIES
30 HOLIDAY SURVIVAL GUIDE
DEALING WITH TRUMP VOTERS IN YOUR FAMILY
32 AGING AND HIV
ATTENTION, CARE, AND ADVOCACY
42 RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
“GAY GROOM” ROBERT BLACKMON
44 LUXURY ON A BUDGET
BOBBY TRENDY IN PALM SPRINGS
DEPARTMENTS
11 THE TALK JOE JONAS
15 THE LETTERS READERS RESPOND
16 THE STATE GOING RED
18 THE CITY JOHN DURAN
22 THE DESERT DAVID SEDARIS
28 THE ROSTOW REPORT REJOIN THE WORLD
36 THE PROFILE REVIVE
40 THE SHARE HOLIDAY SOBRIETY
46 THE EVENT PRECINCT DTLA
48 THE CALENDAR OUT & ABOUT
50 THE FINAL FIGHT REBEL HEART
ON THE COVER
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COVER PHOTO, TOC PHOTO AND FEATURE PHOTO
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THEEDITOR
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Stanford Altamirano
MANAGING EDITOR Mark Ariel
ART DIRECTOR Nadeen Torio
MARKETING CONSULTANTS Tom Pardoe
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As a person who has “lived with
AIDS for thirty-something years… to
me every day is World AIDS Day,”
says Peter Fitzgerald (“Every Day Is
World AIDS Day,” page 20.)
“Thus,” writes Fitzgerald, “all of
the annual fuss is an empty gesture to
numb people to the reality that I live
with on a daily basis; that HIV is still
being transmitted; still killing thousands
each year worldwide and still mutating
behind the blood-brain barrier in spite of
the best meds we throw at it.”
“Take charge,” urges Fitzgerald,
“Get educated, get tested and live
fully in the knowledge that you have
done everything you could to stop the
spread of HIV — starting with you.”
Also in this issue - Brenden
Shucart writes about life in Trump’s
America (“The Fabric Of The
Republic ,” page 24).
“We must never stand for the normalization
of white supremacy in the
White House. We must dissent,”
writes Shucart.
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THECONTRIBUTORS
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THETALK
>> WHAT THEY’RE SAYING

What is TRUVADA for PrEP (Pre-exposure Prophylaxis)?
TRUVADA is a prescription medicine that can be used for PrEP to help
reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 infection when used together with safer sex
practices. This use is only for adults who are at high risk of getting HIV-1
through sex. This includes HIV-negative men who have sex with men and
who are at high risk of getting infected with HIV-1 through sex, and malefemale
sex partners when one partner has HIV-1 infection and the other
does not.
Ask your healthcare provider if you have questions about how to prevent
getting HIV-1. Always practice safer sex and use condoms to lower the
chance of sexual contact with body fluids. Never reuse or share needles or
other items that have body fluids on them.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
What is the most important information I should know
about TRUVADA for PrEP?
Before taking TRUVADA for PrEP to reduce your risk of getting HIV-1
infection:
uYou must be HIV-negative. You must get tested to make sure that you do
not already have HIV-1 infection. Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP to reduce
the risk of getting HIV-1 unless you are confirmed to be HIV-negative.
uMany HIV-1 tests can miss HIV-1 infection in a person who has recently
become infected. If you have flu-like symptoms, you could have recently
become infected with HIV-1. Tell your healthcare provider if you had a
flu-like illness within the last month before starting TRUVADA for PrEP or at
any time while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Symptoms of new HIV-1 infection
include tiredness, fever, joint or muscle aches, headache, sore throat,
vomiting, diarrhea, rash, night sweats, and/or enlarged lymph nodes in the
neck or groin.
While taking TRUVADA for PrEP to reduce your risk of getting HIV-1
infection:
uYou must continue using safer sex practices. Just taking TRUVADA for
PrEP may not keep you from getting HIV-1.
uYou must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP.
uTo further help reduce your risk of getting HIV-1:
• Know your HIV-1 status and the HIV-1 status of your partners.
• Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months or when your healthcare
provider tells you.
• Get tested for other sexually transmitted infections. Other infections
make it easier for HIV-1 to infect you.
• Get information and support to help reduce risky sexual behavior.
• Have fewer sex partners.
• Do not miss any doses of TRUVADA. Missing doses may increase your
risk of getting HIV-1 infection.
• If you think you were exposed to HIV-1, tell your healthcare provider
right away.
uIf you do become HIV-1 positive, you need more medicine than
TRUVADA alone to treat HIV-1. TRUVADA by itself is not a complete
treatment for HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1
may become harder to treat over time.
TRUVADA can cause serious side effects:
uToo much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious
medical emergency. Symptoms of lactic acidosis include weakness or
being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or
fast breathing, nausea, vomiting, stomach-area pain, cold or blue hands
and feet, feeling dizzy or lightheaded, and/or fast or abnormal heartbeats.
uSerious liver problems. Your liver may become large and tender, and you
may develop fat in your liver. Symptoms of liver problems include your skin
or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, lightcolored
stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, and/or
stomach-area pain.
uYou may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or serious liver problems
if you are female, very overweight (obese), or have been taking TRUVADA
for a long time. In some cases, these serious conditions have led to death.
Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any symptoms of these
conditions.
uWorsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. If you also have HBV and take
TRUVADA, your hepatitis may become worse if you stop taking TRUVADA.
Do not stop taking TRUVADA without first talking to your healthcare
provider. If your healthcare provider tells you to stop taking TRUVADA, they
will need to watch you closely for several months to monitor your health.
TRUVADA is not approved for the treatment of HBV.
Who should not take TRUVADA for PrEP?
Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP if you already have
HIV-1 infection or if you do not know your
HIV-1 status. If you are HIV-1 positive, you
need to take other medicines with TRUVADA
to treat HIV-1. TRUVADA by itself is not a
complete treatment for HIV-1. If you have
HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1
may become harder to treat over time.
Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP if you also take
lamivudine (Epivir-HBV) or adefovir (HEPSERA).
What are the other possible side effects of TRUVADA for PrEP?
Serious side effects of TRUVADA may also include:
uKidney problems, including kidney failure. Your healthcare provider
may do blood tests to check your kidneys before and during treatment
with TRUVADA for PrEP. If you develop kidney problems, your healthcare
provider may tell you to stop taking TRUVADA for PrEP.
uBone problems, including bone pain or bones getting soft or thin, may lead
to fractures. Your healthcare provider may do tests to check your bones.
uChanges in body fat, which can happen in people taking TRUVADA or
medicines like TRUVADA.
Common side effects in people taking TRUVADA for PrEP are stomacharea
(abdomen) pain, headache, and decreased weight. Tell your healthcare
provider if you have any side effects that bother you or do not go away.
What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking
TRUVADA for PrEP?
uAll your health problems. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider if you
have or have had any kidney, bone, or liver problems, including hepatitis
virus infection.
uIf you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if
TRUVADA can harm your unborn baby. If you become pregnant while
taking TRUVADA for PrEP, talk to your healthcare provider to decide if you
should keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP.
Pregnancy Registry: A pregnancy registry collects information about
your health and the health of your baby. There is a pregnancy registry for
women who take medicines to prevent HIV-1 during pregnancy. For more
information about the registry and how it works, talk to your healthcare
provider.
uIf you are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed.
The medicines in TRUVADA can pass to your baby in breast milk. If you
become HIV-1 positive, HIV-1 can be passed to the baby in breast milk.
uAll the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter
medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. TRUVADA may interact
with other medicines. Keep a list of all your medicines and show it to your
healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine.
uIf you take certain other medicines with TRUVADA for PrEP, your
healthcare provider may need to check you more often or change your
dose. These medicines include ledipasvir with sofosbuvir (HARVONI).
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 see Important Facts about TRUVADA for PrEP including important warnings on the following page.
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Have you heard about
TM
TRUVADA for PrEP ?
The once-daily prescription medicine that can help reduce the risk
of getting HIV-1 when used with safer sex practices.
• TRUVADA for PrEP is only for adults who are at high risk of getting
HIV through sex.
• You must be HIV-negative before you start taking TRUVADA.
Ask your doctor about your risk of getting HIV-1 infection and if TRUVADA
for PrEP may be right for you.
visit start.truvada.com
DECEMBER 2016 | THE FIGHT 13

(tru-VAH-dah)
IMPORTANT FACTS
This is only a brief summary of important information about taking TRUVADA for PrEP
(pre-exposure prophylaxis) to help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 infection. This does
not replace talking to your healthcare provider about your medicine.
MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT TRUVADA FOR PrEP
POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF TRUVADA FOR PrEP
Before starting TRUVADA for PrEP to help reduce your risk of getting
HIV-1 infection:
• You must be HIV-1 negative. You must get tested to make sure that
you do not already have HIV-1 infection. Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP
to reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 unless you are confirmed to be
HIV-1 negative.
• Many HIV-1 tests can miss HIV-1 infection in a person who has
recently become infected. Symptoms of new HIV-1 infection
include flu-like symptoms, tiredness, fever, joint or muscle aches,
headache, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, night sweats,
and/or enlarged lymph nodes in the neck or groin. Tell your healthcare
provider if you have had a flu-like illness within the last month before
starting TRUVADA for PrEP.
While taking TRUVADA for PrEP to help reduce your risk of getting
HIV-1 infection:
• You must continue using safer sex practices. Just taking TRUVADA
for PrEP may not keep you from getting HIV-1.
• You must stay HIV-1 negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP.
• Tell your healthcare provider if you have a flu-like illness while taking
TRUVADA for PrEP.
• If you think you were exposed to HIV-1, tell your healthcare provider
right away.
• If you do become HIV-1 positive, you need more medicine than
TRUVADA alone to treat HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only
TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat over time.
• See the “How to Further Reduce Your Risk” section for more information.
TRUVADA may cause serious side effects, including:
• Buildup of lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a
serious medical emergency that can lead to death. Call your healthcare
provider right away if you have any of these symptoms: weakness
or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of
breath or fast breathing, nausea, vomiting, stomach-area pain, cold
or blue hands and feet, feeling dizzy or lightheaded, and/or fast or
abnormal heartbeats.
• Severe liver problems, which in some cases can lead to death.
Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any of these
symptoms: your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark
“tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several
days or longer, nausea, and/or stomach-area pain.
• Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. If you have HBV and
take TRUVADA, your hepatitis may become worse if you stop taking
TRUVADA. Do not stop taking TRUVADA without first talking to your
healthcare provider, as they will need to check your health regularly for
several months.
You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or severe liver problems
if you are female, very overweight, or have been taking TRUVADA for a
long time.
ABOUT TRUVADA FOR PrEP (PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS)
TRUVADA is a prescription medicine used with safer sex practices for PrEP
to help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 infection in adults at high risk:
• HIV-1 negative men who have sex with men and who are at high risk of
getting infected with HIV-1 through sex.
• Male-female sex partners when one partner has HIV-1 infection and
the other does not.
To help determine your risk, talk openly with your doctor about your
sexual health.
Do NOT take TRUVADA for PrEP if you:
• Already have HIV-1 infection or if you do not know your HIV-1 status.
• Take lamivudine (Epivir-HBV) or adefovir (HEPSERA).
TRUVADA, the TRUVADA Logo, TRUVADA FOR PREP, GILEAD, the GILEAD Logo,
and HEPSERA are trademarks of Gilead Sciences, Inc., or its related companies.
All other marks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.
Version date: April 2016
© 2016 Gilead Sciences, Inc. All rights reserved. TVDC0050 09/16
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TRUVADA can cause serious side effects, including:
• Those in the “Most Important Information About TRUVADA for
PrEP" section.
• New or worse kidney problems, including kidney failure.
• Bone problems.
• Changes in body fat.
Common side effects in people taking TRUVADA for PrEP include
stomach-area (abdomen) pain, headache, and decreased weight.
These are not all the possible side effects of TRUVADA. Tell your
healthcare provider right away if you have any new symptoms while taking
TRUVADA for PrEP.
Your healthcare provider will need to do tests to monitor your health
before and during treatment with TRUVADA for PrEP.
BEFORE TAKING TRUVADA FOR PrEP
Tell your healthcare provider if you:
• Have or have had any kidney, bone, or liver problems, including
hepatitis infection.
• Have any other medical conditions.
• Are pregnant or plan to become pregnant.
• Are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed
if you become HIV-1 positive because of the risk of passing HIV-1 to
your baby.
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take:
• Keep a list that includes all prescription and over-the-counter
medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements, and show it to your
healthcare provider and pharmacist.
• Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist about medicines that
should not be taken with TRUVADA for PrEP.
HOW TO TAKE TRUVADA FOR PrEP
• Take 1 tablet once a day, every day, not just when you think you have
been exposed to HIV-1.
• Do not miss any doses. Missing doses may increase your risk of
getting HIV-1 infection.
• You must practice safer sex by using condoms and you must stay
HIV-1 negative.
HOW TO FURTHER REDUCE YOUR RISK
• Know your HIV-1 status and the HIV-1 status of your partners.
• Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months or when your healthcare
provider tells you.
• Get tested for other sexually transmitted infections. Other infections
make it easier for HIV-1 to infect you.
• Get information and support to help reduce risky sexual behavior.
• Have fewer sex partners.
• Do not share needles or personal items that can have blood or body
fluids on them.
GET MORE INFORMATION
• This is only a brief summary of important information about TRUVADA
for PrEP to reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 infection. Talk to your
healthcare provider or pharmacist to learn more, including how to
prevent HIV-1 infection.
• Go to start.truvada.com or call 1-800-GILEAD-5
• If you need help paying for your medicine, visit start.truvada.com for
program information.

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THEDESERT
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PrEP STUDY
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a once-daily investigational medicine can help
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sex (“PrEP”, or Pre-exposure Prophylaxis).
TO BE ELIGIBLE:
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• You must be HIV negative
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DECEMBER 2016 | THE FIGHT 23

WE’RE STILL HERE

WE MUST DISSENT

COVER FEATURE

DECEMBER 2016 | THE FIGHT 27

THEROSTOWREPORT
HOVERING ON
THE EDGE OF
CONSCIOUSNESS
I
believe my last column was
written from the Palm Court.
I was sipping on some kind
of sherry and gin concoction
that Jimmy whipped up (I told
him “surprise me!”) and I was
writing with my new safety
fountain pen, a sailing gift from
Lady Eldryth Pierce Mabley.
It’s hard to think back, but
I imagine I was telling you
about our plans for New York
City and how excited we were
to return in time for the big
suffrage parade.
Now I continue our communication
from the Carpathia
infirmary, my ears still ringing
with the screams of the dying,
my lungs still afire, my body still
frozen from the ice water that
washed through our small boat.
How is this possible? The Titanic
was unsinkable. It had a double
digit lead until Jim Comey announced
it might have forgotten
to turn over a few more emails.
Oops, never mind!
Will things ever be right
again? I’d ask Uncle Phillip, but
he perished in the tragedy. I last
saw him in the smoking room
with Alexander Peabody and
the Count. They were pouring
what looked like brandies and
toasting Titus Oates although by
then the ship was listing terribly.
I’m not sleeping very well
these frightful days, and
before I wake I hover on the
edge of consciousness, aware
that the world has changed
and wanting to drift away
again. But by then it’s always
too late. I wake, for sure this
time, into a new America
where Donald Trump is
President of the United States
and where the seats of power
are gradually being filled by
a B-movie cast of characters
with no real experience and little
care for others; ideologues
who lack the subtlety of mind
to grapple with nuance, and
who instead operate in black
and white like children.
Did I mention I lost my right
foot to frostbite?
THE COARSENING
OF DEBATE
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part of my problem is that each
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