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LOCAL
Gay Councilman Ed
Oakley prepares to
kick off grassroots
mayoral campaign.
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NATIONAL
New Jersey civil
union measure
advances in state
legislature.
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DECEMBER I 15 I 2006
Readers bice Awards
winner lost on mountain
Rescuers search for Dallas personal trainer and 2
other climbers who disappeared in Oregon blizzard
By Beth Freed Staff Writer
Blizzard conditions, freezing tem-
peratures and gusty winds have
stymied the search for three climbers
trapped near the summit of Mt. Hood
in Oregon.
Brian Hall, a popular personal
trainer who was a Dallas Voice
"Readers Voice" award winner last
year, and Kelly James, also of
Dallas, have climbed together for
eight years, according to Jessica
Nunez, a spokesperson for Hall's
family. She said that Hall's parents
and younger sister, Angela, have
joined James' family in this anxious
time of hoping and waiting. "I know
they're very concerned," she said.
The climbers, who never showed
up at their agreed-upon meeting
place Saturday afternoon, Dec. 9,
have been stranded near the top of
Mt. Hood in whiteout conditions.
Friends of popular Dallas trainer Brian Hall
await information as rescuers search for
him and two other climbers
The men are presumed to be located
near the 10,000 foot elevation point,
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Abounding Prosperity
1-year old Dallas group reaches out to African-American
men to combat rising substance abuse and HIV rates
By Beth Freed Staff Writer
Officials at the 1-year-old services
organization Abounding Prosperity
Inc. plan to expand the agency's pro-
gram to address the health and social
and economic status of African-
American men, officials said.
"We want to be a bridge," said
founding chief executive officer Kirk
Myers. "We need all of our voices. The
healthier we are, the more united we
are, the more powerful we are."
The organization's offices at 1816
Peabody Ave. in Dallas, are in the
heart of the community it plans to
VIDEO
Just in time for the holi-
days, notorious socialite
Dallas Sheraton races to
finish a compilation DVD
of hilarious, dangerously
funny Internet videos.
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serve. Currently, Abounding Prosper-
ity focuses on HIV/AIDS prevention.
The group offers substance abuse
counseling and education through
Project HOPE (Helping Other People
Equally). They are also collaborating
with the Dallas County Health and
Human Services HIV/STD division to
provide free testing to clients.
AIDS Arms Inc. and the Peabody
Health Clinic will assist with case
management.
The rate of HIV/AIDS infection in
See EMPOWERING on PAGE 14
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Filled with sexy prep
students and skinny
ties, "The History Boys"
examines a teacher
whose grope happy
hands are tolerated by
his pupils. PAGE 39.
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Congress retools Ryan White Act
Reauthorization of $2.1 billion mandate includes new
formula for distribution of funds to regions of the nation
By David Webb Staff Writer
With Congress' recent reauthoriza-
tion of the $2.1 billion per year Ryan
White Comprehensive AIDS
Resources Emergency (CARE) Act,
local providers are expecting changes
in the ways they will be required to
deliver HIV/AIDS services.
Lawmakers have adapted the feder-
al mandate, which was created in
1990, to conform to the treatable dis-
ease AIDS has become since the intro-
duction of revolutionary medications
in 1996.
The reauthorization, finalized by the
U.S. House of Representatives on Dec.
9, follows months of disputes in
Congress and comes just as lawmakers
adjourn for the year.
The measure now awaits President
Bush's signature.
Jamie Schield, manager of North
Central Texas HIV Planning Council,
said the law's emphasis would shift
from providing social services such as
counseling, food programs and trans-
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The Abounding Prosperity Web site features a
message urging African-American men to get
tested for the HIV virus. Others urge men to
protect all aspects of their health and to
empower themselves.
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Whether you go for the
skiing, the scenery or the
circuit parties, gay ski
weeks offer queer travel-
ers a number of possible
winter wonderlands.
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portation to clinical treatment. It will
now be known as the "Treatment
Modernization Act" rather than as the
"CARE Act," he said.
''The CARE word is gone, and I
think that is a very subtle but symbol-
ic shift the feds have done," Schield
said. "Everything has got to be med-
ical, and so I think the change we are
going to see rather soon is the shifting
of how our agencies are often operat-
ed."
The law's revisions also call for a
change to the formula that determines
how much money Health and Human
Services will distribute to a specific
area, such as Dallas-Fort Worth. The
old formula was based on the number
of AIDS cases documented in an area,
but that will now be based on the num-
ber of HIV infections.
"They haven't worked out that com-
plete formula, so we don't know what
it's going to be," Schield said. "This is
a change we will see as we move
Jamie Schield, manager of the North Central
Central Texas HIV Planning Council, esti-
mates Dallas-Fort Worth will receive the
same amount of money it has in recent years.
through this, and that could be as early
as this March."
The formula change is expected to
shift some funds away from urban
areas to rural areas, particularly in the
South, in future years. In previous
See RYAN WHITE on PAGE 22
Canadian lawmakers leave
gay marriage law alone
Parliament's vote thwarts Conservative leader's
campaign promise to hold new vote on issue
By Rob Gillies Associated Press
TORONTO — Canada's
Parliament voted not to reopen the
gay marriage debate, letting stand a
law passed last year that legalized
marriage for same-sex couples.
The availability of same-sex mar-
riages in Canada has drawn thou-
sands of visitors from around the
world to get married.
During the last election campaign,
Conservative leader Stephen Harper
— now the prime minister — had
promised to hold a vote in the House
of Commons on whether Parliament
should reconsider the issue.
Harper's government, which
draws most of its support from the
conservative west, was seeking to
appease its base, even though
Christian activists acknowledged
this week the law would stand.
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18
Viewpoints
32
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34
Starvoice
51
Calendar
54
Classifieds
66
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