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"HIV-AIDS education is vital to our
youth, and the messages of ECHO are
necessary to assure that gay and lesbian
Jews know that there is a place for them
in the Jewish community," Sorkin said.
"I hope that these programs will be
able to continue since they have the
potential to improve the quality of life."
The community cannot afford to be
complacent, Roth said, pointing out
that Michigan is one of the five worst
states for gay and lesbian rights.
"There's no legal protection, local
state and federal," she said. "Whatever
human rights or civil rights.laws there
are, aren't enforced. There are pockets
where you can live, but you have to be
careful."
Young people, whether gay or
straight, are bombarded by informa-
tion, Roth said. "But information is not
knowledge."
Adolescent girls, especially, feel they
need to have sex to get and keep a boy.
And, to many,
having a boyfriend
is vital to their
sense of worth.
"They tell you,
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HIV-AIDS -educa-
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in school,'" Roth
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they have in
school doesn't get
to the root of the
Roth
problem, which is
self esteem."
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MJAC was literally a lifesaver.
When his family first contacted
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"I've been living with AIDS for seven
years now," said Grossman, who now
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MJAC gave Grossman's parents the
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in Michigan's drug assistance program,
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the $30,000 needed each year for medi-
cines.
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maintain my house, to find the right
doctors to help me survive," he said.
A presenter at MJAC meetings,
Grossman said people frequently tell
him, "If it weren't for me, they wouldn't
know where to turn."
"Before I needed it, I always
thought MJAC was just a name, a
piece of paper," Grossman said. "Now
it's the most important piece 'of paper
in my life." ❑

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