Subject: Fwd: Steve Michael update
From: M Petrelis <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 13:41:03 EDT

dear friends,

good news from wayne turner, steve michael's partner.  steve made it through
the night and is doing as well as can be expected.  wayne was also able to go
home for some rest and food.  steve remains in the intensive care unit in
critical condition.

if you would like to send a get well card, a letter, or drawing,  perhaps a
donation for steve's pro-medical pot initiative on the d.c. ballot, wayne asks
that you send it via snail mail to:

Steve Michael
ACT UP/Washington
408 "H" Street, NE
Washington, DC  20002

i told wayne about the messages from some of you expressing your concerns and
prayers for steve.  wayne was happy to hear folks care and he will tell steve
about the emails, if he is conscious.

if steve dies of aids, wayne wants people to know that does not mean the death
of the ballot effort.  indeed, he hopes activists in the d.c. area will
redouble their work to pass steve's pro-medical pot proposition.

finally, wayne is attempting to send me a g.i.f. of a scanned photo of steve,
which he wants trasnmitted over the web.  he warned me that the image is
ghoulish, but it is steve desire to use his condition to remind us aids is not
over. 

that's it for now.  i will post more updates once wayne authorizes me to do
so.

ACT UP!!  FIGHT BACK!!  FIGHT AIDS!!

--mp