QCQ Elections This Month
I Q-NoIm PAQE 5 January 1988
by Dean Gaskey
Q-Notes Staff
It’s that time of year again. The
holidays are over and time to get back
to business. Yearly elections for the
board of QCQ are set for the 31st of
January at 7:30 p.m. at the Carolina
Community Project house at 2300 E.
7th Street, Charlotte, N.C.
The nomination procedure is as
follows: the nomination committee
will present a slate of candidates at the
meeting on the 24th of January. At
that meeting ballots will be set for the
election on the 31st.
These are very important offices.
These are the people who will decide
the direction and activities for the year
1988. If you are interested in serving
on the board or know someone who is,
contact Joel Smith, Bob Johnson,
Linda L., John Quinlan or A1 M. as
they make up the nominating commit
tee, or if you wish call QCQ at
704/339-0679 and ask for Jim. He will
be ^ad to assist you in making a
nomination. If you wish to write a
nomination, send it to QCQ, P.O. Box
228141, Charlotte, N.C. 28222.
Circle the 31st on your calendar and
plan to attend the election at the
Carolina Community Projects house.
SC Company Offers AZT
By Craig Nelms
A Mount Pleasant, S.C., company is
now providing Retrovir, or AZT, on a
mail order basis to people with AIDS.
Family Pharmaceuticals of America,
Inc., was established 7 years ago on the
suburban community situated between
downtown Charleston and the Low-
country beaches of SuUivan’s Island and
Isle of Palms. According to Kim Richar-
son, RPh, the company is currently
servicing between twenty and twenty-
five people around the United States.
Family Pharmaceuticals ships order
to a person’s home, at a cost of $204.85
for one hundred capsules. In a recent
interview, Richardson stated that the
price includes the costs of shipping and
handling, and a modest $3.00 profit per
order. Because Burroughs Welcome, the
manufacturer of Retrovir, will be drop
ping the price for the drug, Richardson
expects to lower his price-per-order by
$35.00.
Orders cannot be charged to insur
ance. Instead, customers must pre-pay
for their orders, using VISA, Master
card, a cashier’s check, or a money
order. Doctors can call in prescriptions
at the company’s toll-free numter, 1-
800-922-3444. Prescriptions should be
written to include refiU instructions.
Family Pharmaceuticals is one of a
handfiil of pharmacies nationwide offer
ing a home-deUvery service for Retrovir
users. Kim Richardson says the major
advantage to the consumer is the confi
dentiality afforded by home-deUvery;
the courier involved has no way of
knowing what is in the box, and cus
tomers do not have to worry about local
pharmacies handling their orders.
Home dehvery is also more convenient
for many people. The major disadvan
tage is the necessity of providing cash
upfront, rather than obtaining the drug
at a city where insurance forms will be
filed by the provider.
— VOLUNTEERS —
NEEDED
for
MAP
Buddy
Program
YOU CAN HELP!
CONTACT LES KOOYMAN
or call 333-AIDS
Miss World Crowned
By Jim Yarbrough
(^Notes Staff
At the climax of the 1987-88 Miss
World Pageant, held in Durham, Tif
fany Bonet, representing Egypt, was
crowned the winner. Farah McCrae
came in as first runner up; Petite De
Jonville, second runner up, and Kelly
Rae took third runner up.
The three day competition was a
World Enterprise Production, hosted by
The Power Company and Danny Leon
ard. Truly a gala event, the contestants
were judged in national costumes, eve
ning gowns, female interviews and tal
ent.
As a preliminary to the Miss World
Pageant ’88, QCQ will be sponsoring
The Miss Charlotte World Pageant at
Scorpio’s on Wednesday, February 24,
1988. The entry fee is $35.00. To enter,
contact QCQ at 339-0679 to register or
to get more information.
Tiffany Bone’t
Miss World, 1987-88
Left to Right (back row): Kelly Rae, Tiffany Bone’t, Farah McCrae,
Darlene Dunkin (front): Scarlett Daily, producer Danny Leonard.
To Your Health
(Continued from page 4)
(such as rebirthing), there are many
professional organizations for each
method. Ask which organizations your
therapist is affiliated with, and then
check him/her out with such a group.
Also, ask MAP and similar organiza
tions if they are familiar with the
therapist you are considering.
Second, be aware that some tech
niques must be used cautiously in
special cases. For example, Stypman
indicates that the therapy process
would need to be altered for someone
wjth a heart condition. It may also be
inappropriate for someone who is se
verely psychotic. Your therapist
should have access to doctors and
psychiatrsts who can evaluate you for
severe medical conditions, and admin
ister medications in the severest of
cases. Example: a client with manic
depression would see Stypman for
psychotherapy and use of alternative
therapies, but would also maintain
contact with the psychiatrist with
whom Stypman has made arrange
ments. The psychiatrist would make
sure that the underlying chemical
problem (which causes the manic de
pression) was corrected.
Third, if you have AIDS, cancer,
diabetes, or any other serious condi
tion, do not give up traditional medi
cine. A good therapist will consider
your healing team to consist of your
self, your MD and your therapist.
He/she will totally give up conven
tional care for a serious condition
should be avoided. Wholistic therapy
considers your mind to be your best
line of defense, but not your only one.
CHOOSE AGAIN, a group for peo
ple with cancer, AIDS and other ill
nesses, meets every Tuesday at Rise
Counseling. A love offering is appreci
ated, but no one should avoid the
group because of financial difficulty.
For more information, call Noel Styp
man at (704) 365-1982.
New Communicable
Disease Rules Take Effect
By John Quillin
On February 1, 1988, North Carolina
will have new rules to help deal with the
AIDS crisis. Adopted by the North
Carolina Commission for Health Ser
vices the new measures delicately bal
ance the thorny issues of the individu
al’s right to privacy and dignity with the
public’s ri^t to protection from a
deadly disease. The Commission man
aged this in part by striking down a
proposal for MANDATORY contact
notification in favor of a VOLUN
TARY system.
On November 16, 1987, the Com
mission published proposed rules which
included mandatory contact notifica
tion. According to the proposal, anyone
who tested positive for exposure to the
HIV (AIDS) virus would be RE
QUIRED to submit a list of names of
sexual and needle partners. The state
would then assume responsibility for
assuring that those people were in
formed that they might have been ex
posed to the AIDS virus.
In order to gauge pubhc reaction to
the proposal, the Commission con
duct^ six public meetings around the
state. Over 600 people attended, and
speakers unanimously denounced man
datory notification.
The Commission responded to the
pubhc comments by adopting a system
of voluntary partner notification. Under
this system, counseling is offered to help
the test-positive person tell his/her sex
ual and needle partners about possible
exposure. If the person cannot or will
not tell their contacts themselves, the
state will offer the service of contacting
partners for them.
The new measures also provide for
the continuation of free, anonymous
testing at every County Health Depart
ment in North Carolina.
By adopting a voluntary contact noti
fication system, the state now qualifies
for additional federal money to be used
for AIDS education. The state of North
Carohna has not allocated any state
funds for AIDS education. It reUes
instead totally on federal money for this
purpose.
Civilized
Behaviors
SOCKS: Fashion
or Fetish
This is the premiere article of a new
column that will be featured monthly in
Q-Notes. Designed to deal with fashion,
fads, trends and cultural events that
happen in Charlotte ^d North Caro
lina, it will also be soliciting your input
to make this feature a ereat success.
This month the column discusses
the evolution of socks, if you will, from
the designer and fetish standpoints.
Also, an organization will be discussed
which deals with prople who adore feet
and spend much time and money in
dulging their interest.
For years people wore three colors
of socks: black, dark blue and white.
Occasionally a pair of nondescript ar-
gyles might be seen. Why the boredom?
TTiose were basically the only socks
inade. Pierre Cardin was the first de
signer to market a line of socks in
response to the vacuum of sock fashion
and to contract with the normally ac
cepted colors. His mid-seventies line
. featured bright pinks, yellow, plaids and
ai^yles. Soon, other designers followed
foot. Magazines such as Gentlemen’s
Quarterly and Esquire introduced socks
as ail integral part of the new lines of
clothing. Today, socks are the finishing
touch to fashion. Thanks to the early
designers the old mold of foot fashion
was broken.
When you glance at someone, what
is the first thing you look at? The eyes?
The Hair? The body? The feet? The
feet! For some people nothing is as
refreshing as well-dressed foot. For a
person with a fetish for feet or socks,
nothing is nicer than a colorful pair of
a^les. Favorite colors for socks are
pink and red or any patterned sock. As
his friends, he loves socks. When he
goes shopping he rushes to the sock
section, looks in amazement like a child
at Christmas and gazes at the new
colors, textures and sizes. There is only
one drawback with having many socks,
the fear of running out of drawer space.
For a while his friends think it is weird
for one man to own over 400 pairs of
socks. Later, they just say, “Let us see
those socks.’’
Doug Gaines is the spokesperson for
the “Foot Fraternity.’’ He sends mail
ings to interested persons. Included is a
most unusual poster of a nude man
surrounded by feet, socks and different
kinds of foot attire. It surely catches the
eye. After gazing at it for a few minutes
you can finally bring yourself around to
reading the letter. It starts with a brief
biography about Doug and how he felt
that he' was the only one in the world
with such a unique interest. “From
personal experience,” it reads, “I know
how difficult it sometimes can be to
find others to share our unique inter
est,” i.e., clothing fetishes.
After a few meetings with other
people with his general interest, Doug
finally started scoping for other men
with his specific interests. In 1980 he
formed the “Foot Fraternity.” Since
then he has received over 5000 inquiries
from all over the world. The main
purpose of the oiganization is to allow
Its members to meet other people in
their part of the United States, by letter,
pictures, personal meetings, and per
haps, small parcel packages. Some of
the services of “The Frat” is to forward
letters, publish a paper advertising Buy-
Sale-Trade for articles of clothing, and
pubhsh fiction and non-fiction stories.
After enrolling in the fraternity, these
services are free.
If you or someone you know is
interested in contacting the “Foot Fra
ternity,” send a self-addressed envelope
to: The Fraternity, P.O. Box 24102,
Cleveland, Ohio 44124.