Interview With a Circuit Partier: Whats the Pastoral Response?
After talking recently with Michelangelo Signorile, author of Life Outside, and critic of the gay male circuit party scene, I wanted to talk with someone who is experiencing that scene. My question is: What is the appropriate pastoral response to individuals involved with the circuit? The one man I know to be a regular on the circuit party scene is a friend from the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles. Steve Smith agreed to talk about his experiences for this column. Talking with Steve gave me a clearer understanding of the humanity behind the behaviors about which some people have been sounding an alarm. Steve Smith, at age 37, has stopped his cocktail treatments on the advice of his doctor, because the drugs just aren’t working for him anymore. In spite of trying different combinations, his viral load continues to soar into the hundreds of thousands, and his CD4 cells keep falling. HIV positive since 1988, he’s a handsome guy with a sexy gym body. He is a bright, articulate, and accompli
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