SEPTEMBER 1998

NUMBER ONE

This list emphasizes national organizations, as well as newsletters and electronic information. Contact organizations on this list for a referral to a group in your area.

ORGANIZATIONS & WEBSITES

AIDS Action Council
Advocacy; info on public policy and treatment access. 1875 Connecticut Ave. NW, Ste. 700, Washington, DC 20009; 202-986-1300
AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service (ACTIS)
Info in Spanish and English on federal and other clinical drug trials. 800-TRIALS-A; TTY/TDD 800-243-7012; www.actis.org
AIDS Education Global Information System (AEGIS)
Daily news updates, newsletters, trials, search engines; run by Sister Mary Elizabeth. www.aegis.com
aidsinfonyc.org
Cooperative site run by ATDN, PWA Health Group, Treatment Action Group (TAG), and other organizations. www.aidsinfonyc.org
AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA)
1313 North Vine St., L.A., CA 90028; 213-993-1600; 204.179.124.76/apla/; Nutrition and Protease Inhibitors
AIDS Treatment Data Network (ATDN)
Clinical trials listing, many glossaries, ADAP, alternative treatments; also in Spanish. 611 Broadway, Ste. 613, NYC, NY 10012; 800-734-7104; aidsinfonyc.org/network
Critical Path AIDS Project
Treatment info, clinical trials, newsletter library. www.critpath.org
Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC)
Legal issues, prevention, treatment, counseling and support groups. 129 W. 20th St., NYC, NY 10011; 212-807-6664; www.gmhc.org
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
459 Fulton St., Ste. 107, San Francisco, CA 94102; 415-255-4547
Health Care Communications
A commercial website with updates on conferences and physicians' and activist reports; www.healthcg.com
HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS)
Info in English and Spanish on FDA-approved treatments. www.hivatis.org
HIV Law Project
Legal advocacy; 212-674-7590
HIV Insite
A top-notch website run by UCSF; hivinsite.ucsf.edu
HIVNet-Information Server. www.hivnet.org
Housing Works
Info, advocacy for HIV-positive homeless. 594 Broadway, NYC, NY 10012; 212-966-0466
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
120 Wall St., 15th Fl., NYC, NY 10005; 212-809-8585
National Association of People With AIDS
Info, advocacy, referrals. 1413 K St. NW, 7th Fl., Washington, DC 20005; 202-898-0414
Project Inform
1965 Market St., Ste. 220, San Francisco, CA 94103; Treatment hot line 800-822-7422; 415-558-8669; www.projinf.org
PWA Health Group
Buyers' club that provides treatment info. 150 W. 26th St., Ste. 201, NYC, NY 10001; 212-255-0520; aidsinfonyc.org/pwahg
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
HIV info. treatment, newsletter, referrals. P.O. Box 426182, San Francisco, CA 94142; 415-487-3000; www.sfaf.org

PUBLICATIONS

AIDS Clinical Care
Latest info on clinical HIV treatment. Published monthly by the Mass. Medical Society. P.O. Box 9085, Waltham, MA 02254; 800-843-6356
AIDS/HIV Treatment Directory
Comprehensive info on approved and experimental treatments, clinical trials, by AmFAR. 733 Third Ave., 12th Fl., NYC, NY 10017; 800-38-AmFAR
AIDS Treatment News
The ultimate resource, by John James. P.O. Box 411256, San Francisco, CA 94141; 800-TREAT12; aidsnews@aidsnews.org
BETA: Bulletin of Experimental Treatment for AIDS
e-mail beta@thecity.sfsu.edu; www.sfaf.org/beta.html
LAP Notes
By the Lesbian AIDS Project at GMHC. 129 W. 20th St., 2nd Fl., NYC, NY 10011; 212-337-3532
Notes from the Underground
Alternative news, by the PWA Health Group
PI Perspective
Published four times a year by Project Inform
Positively Aware
Published six times a year by the Test Positive Aware Network. 1258 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago, IL 60657; 773-404-8726; www.tpan.com
POZ
Glossy bimonthly for HIV-infected and -affected; PWA profiles, news, opinion, treatment info. 349 W. 12th St., NYC, NY 10014-1721; 212-242-2163; www.poz.com
SIDA Ahora
En español, by the People With AIDS Coalition. 50 W. 17th St., 8th Fl., NYC, NY 10011; 212-647-1415
TAG Line
Treatment newsletter by the Treatment Activist Group. 200 E. 10th St., Ste. 601, NYC, NY 10003; 212-924-3935; www.aidsinfonyc.org/network/tag
Treatment Issues
Published by GMHC
Treatment Review
Published six times a year by ATDN
Women's Information Service and Exchange (WISE)
Newsletter available through Project Inform

SPECIAL GROUPS (see also Publications listings.)

CHILDREN
Pediatric AIDS Foundation
1311 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404; 310-395-9051, 800-362-0071; www.pedaids.org

PEOPLE WITH HEMOPHILIA
Committee of Ten Thousand. (COTT) 800-488-COTT
Hemophilia and AIDS/HIV Network for the Dissemination of Information (HANDI)
c/o the Nat'l Hemophilia Foundation. 800-424-2634; en espaņol, ext. 3054

INJECTION DRUG USERS
Harm Reduction Coalition
2 W. 27th St., 9th Fl., NYC, NY 10001; 212-213-6376
We the People
425 South Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19147; 215-545-6868; www.critpath.org/wtp

TRANSGENDER
International Foundation for Gender Education
Transgender hotline, referrals. 781-899-2212; e-mail ifge@ifge.org

PEOPLE OF COLOR
National Asian/Pacific Islander Consortium on AIDS and STDs
c/o Asian/Pacific Islander American Health Forum. 116 New Montgomery St., Ste. 531, San Francisco, CA 94105; 415-512-3408; e-mail etta@apiahf.org
National Black Leadership Commission AIDS
105 E. 22nd St., Ste. 711, NYC, NY 10010; 212-614-0023; e-mail kimblca@aol.com
Latino Commission on AIDS
80 Fifth Ave., Ste. 1501, NYC, NY 10011; 212-675-3288
National Minority AIDS Council
1931 13th St. NW, Washington, D.C., 20009; 202-483-6622
National Native American AIDS Prevention Center
134 Linden St., Oakland, CA 94607; 510-444-2051; www.nnaapc.org

LESBIANS
Lesbian AIDS Project
A division of GMHC. 212-337-3532 or 212-337-3507

PRISONERS
American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project
1875 Connecticut Ave. NW, Ste. 410, Washington, DC 20009; 202-234-4830
AIDS in Prison Project. www.aidsinfonyc.org/aip/index.html
Prisoners' Rights Project of the Legal AID Society
15 Park Row, 23rd Fl., NYC, NY 10038; 212-577-3530

TEENAGERS
Adolescent AIDS Program
Montefiore Medical Center, 111 E. 210th St., Bronx, NY 10467; 718-882-0023
AIDS Community Alliance
Works with HIV-positive and -affected individuals. 44 North Queens St., Lancaster, PA 17603; 717-394-3380
Bay Area Young Positive
Youth-run, offers counseling, resources, newsletter. 518 Waller St., San Francisco, CA 94117; 415-487-1616; e-mail BAYPOZ@aol.com

WOMEN
Sister Connect
Hot line for women with HIV. 800-747-1108
Women Alive
Treatment newsletter on the Web. 800-554-4876; www.thebody.com/wa/wapage.html
Women's Information Service and Exchange. c/o Project Inform. (see Organizations, above)
WORLD
Newsletter by and for HIV-positive women. P.O. Box 11535, Oakland, CA 94611; 510-658-6930