January
2006
URGENT
NEWS!!
MAC,
THE FOUNDER OF
THE BI MEN NETWORK,
DESPERATELY
NEEDS YOUR HELP
NOW!!
Dear
Bi Men Members
and Friends:
I
am the webmaster
for the Bi Men
Network websites
and I must report
some really upsetting
news. My client
and friend, whom
I consider my
brother, Mac McCloud
has been in the
hospital in Long
Beach, CA since
the first week
of December, and
he has no insurance!
Mac had a heart
attack, staph
infection, and
blood poisoning.
He laid on the
floor of his home
for 12 hours before
anyone found him.
He was near death
and in intensive
care for over
a week! His doctors
say he must go
into a rehab center,
but the rehab
centers will not
take him without
insurance.
People
have been emailing
me and asking
if this is a Scam.
This is a very
serious situation,
and it is certainly
not a scam! Mac
is in Long Beach
Community Hospital
listed under the
name L. Stewart
McCloud. He's
in room 260. The
hospital phone
number is: 1-562-498-1000.
I've included
letters from Mac's
mother and a colleague
whom you can also
contact below.
Feel free to email
me at my own website:
Amazing
Dreams Publishing
and Design.
UPDATE:
As
of 1/6/06, Mac
has been moved
to a different
facility:
Shoreline Health
Care Center
4029 Anaheim St.
Long Beach, CA
ph. no. 562-494-4421
I am posting updates
on his progress
on this web page:
www.bimen.org/helpmacnow.htm
I also wanted
to say thanks
to everyone who
has been making
donations to help
Mac with his medical
bills. Mac has
over 250,000 members
in the Bi Men
Network, and if
every one just
put a dollar or
two in an envelope
and sent it to
Mac, his medical
bills and rehab
would be totally
paid! What's a
couple of dollars,
an envelope, and
a stamp cost?
Every person in
the Networking
Groups could afford
that for sure!
It
is hard to do
the kind of volunteer
work Mac does
and not even be
able to afford
health insurance.
I've seen this
situation over
and over again,
where the people
who do the most
important work
on the Earth are
rarely compensated
for it during
their lives, but
Mac and the Bi
Men Network deserve
better!
PLEASE
HELP THE MAN WHO
HAS HELPED THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS
OF MEN WORLDWIDE!
Mac has a huge
heart, and has
given it many
times over to
men who were terrified
and even suicidal.
If we all pull
together we can
make it so that
Mac can continue
his work and his
mission: to have
a safe place for
bisexual men worldwide!
Two dollars, an
envelope, and
a stamp is not
much to ask of
anyone in any
circumstance!
It would be great
if everyone pitched
in just a little,
because if we
don't the Bi Men
Network may end
up like so many
of our GLBT bookstores--closed
forever.
Please make your
donation towards
this man's mission
by clicking the
banner or linked
text below or
sending a check
directly to his
mailing address.
Please help the
man who has helped
so many of you
by contributing
NOW!
LET'S
MAKE THE NEW YEAR
THE BEST IT'S
EVER BEEN
FOR MAC
AND HIS BI MEN
NETWORK!
If
this banner doesn't
go to the Help
Mac Now webpage,
http://www.bimen.org/helpmacnow.htm,
you can go directly
to Paypal
and send a donation
to this email
address: good_biguy@webtv.net
If you don't have
a credit card,
please send your
contribution to
his home address:
Stewart ("Mac")
McCloud
1826 East Third
Street, #1
Long Beach, CA
90802
USA
His relatives
are picking up
his mail.
I was asked by
Mac's mother and
sister to do what
I could for him.
After two weeks
of Mac being in
and out of consciousness,
I finally got
his passwords
to access his
networking groups.
He is a member
or owner of over
800 groups, and,
unfortunately,
I can not tell
which ones he
owns and which
ones he's a member
of. Please forgive
me if this email
is going to groups
that he is not
the owner of.
I do not mean
to SPAM anyone.
I'm just trying
to help a friend.
Please help me
to help Mac by
sending a donation
for his medical
bills today!
Sincerely,
Tracey
Stevens
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Amazing Dreams
Publishing &
Design
www.amazingdreamspublishing.com
www.adgraphicdesign.com
groups.yahoo.com/group/SupportForLesbiansComingOut
A Letter From
Mac's Mother,
Honey McCloud:
My son, Stewart
(Mac) McCloud,
lives in a very
small studio apartment.
He sleeps on a
mattress on the
floor and drives
an old Honda.
Stewart has a
law degree, but
finds the work
he does now with
the Bi Men Network
his "calling."
He is dedicated
to it, but lives
hand to mouth
with NO health
insurance and
has no money or
time for anything
but the BARE necessities.
He spends 15+
hours a day on
his website, trying
to help men who
have no one else
to turn to or
nowhere else to
go.
I used to believe
in the adage -
as you sow you
shall reap--well,
I would really
like to see some
of the members
of the Bi Men
Network helping
so that my son
would feel worthy
and appreciated!!!
He feels so strongly
about this work
- I just wish
he would receive
some gratitude.
Besides the cellulitis,
heart attack,
blood poisoning,
and THREE staph
infections - I
think it is a
miracle my son
is still alive!
I pray that another
miracle will happen
and that he will
'reap' some of
the care that
he has given to
the Bi Men Network
Members. My son
told me today
that if he doesn't
get any support,
he will have to
find some sort
of a job to pay
the bills and
give up his mission
of having a supportive
place for bisexual
men worldwide.
The rehab place
doesn't take patients
without insurance
- and it sounds
as though Mac
will need about
4 more weeks of
care. I surely
hope that you
members of the
Network will cough
up some donations!
When you think
of how many folk
you see sitting
outside of Starbucks
sipping their
$3 cup of coffee...I
pray that the
bi-men can gather
the strength to
address an envelope!
Sincerely,
Honey McCloud
An Offer From
Bi Men Network
Supporter, Sheldon
Lewin:
Dear Gentlemen;
“WE are married,
some of us are
engaged to be
married, and some
are separated,
divorced or widowed.
WE face unique
challenges in
life often hiding
OUR feelings from
wives, friends,
and family. Others
among US have
had their marriages
and families destroyed.
Some have even
lost jobs. WE
are accused of
"fence sitting"
by heterosexuals
and homosexuals.
Some of US find
ways to incorporate
OUR feelings into
marriages and
families and decide
whether or not
to act on them.
Some have tremendously
supportive wives/partners
and yet others
of us struggle
in silence and
loneliness. At
times WE feel
totally invisible,
alone, misunderstood.
I am referring
to bisexual men
or men who self
identify as bisexual.
WE ALL SHARE ONE
COMMON FRIEND
- Stewart "Mac"
McCloud who has
provided an outstanding
resource for our
hidden community
- www.bimen.org.
Mac has created
a forum to explore
our unique lives
with others in
like situations.
Mac has a huge
heart, and has
given it many
times over to
men who were terrified
and even suicidal.
Now he NEEDS OUR
HELP!!! "MAC"
is seriously ill
in Long Beach
Community Hospital
after suffering
a massive heart-attack.
He is uninsured
as are 40 million
people in the
United States.
As a clinical
therapist specializing
in working with
bisexual men,
I will be sending
my latest research
article "Developmental
Stages of Bisexual
Men" with
helpful tips for
bisexual men and
a FREE 15 minute
consultation to
all those who
contribute $10.00
or more VIA PAY
PAL on my website
- www.bi-men-therapy.com.
Include your phone
numbers on payment
for return consultation
calls!! Please
help the man who
has helped so
many of us by
contributing here
today!!!
Wishing You All
A Happy and Healthy
New Year.
Sheldon Lewin
MSW, LCSW
Clinical Psychotherapist
www.bi-men-therapy.com
UPDATE FROM
TRACEY: 1/5/06
I talked with
Mac today. Good
news: he is up
and moving slowly
with a walker.
Bad News: his
doctor was desperately
trying to get
Mac signed up
with Medicare,
but they turned
Mac down. More
Bad News: Mac
has to be in the
hospital for at
least two more
weeks. What this
means is that
Mac will be liable
for at least 5
weeks in a hospital
and 1 week in
ICU. I'm not
sure what that
totals in cost,
but I am sure
it is not going
to be cheap!
If each one of
us would just
pitch in $2.00,
Mac would not
have to worry
about a thing
for 2006!
Now maybe you
are one of the
lucky ones, who
is cruising along
with your insurance
paid by the place
your work. I had
that luxury myself
until 911 happened
and I was laid
off, like over
a million other
people, and couldn't
find a job. I
opened my own
business, Amazing
Dreams Publishing,
which has over
1,000 resources
for lesbian and
bi women who are
coming out. It
has been a struggle
to make ends meet,
but I believe
in my heart that
this is the most
important work
I've ever done
in my life, but
I still can't
afford insurance.
Mac also feels
the same way about
the work he does
for the Bi Men
Network. He has
given up everything
to do the work
that he truly
believes is his
calling, and now
the person who
has given it his
all needs a bit
of help from us!
Won't you please
put $2.00 in an
envelope and send
it to Mac today?
Here's his address:
Stewart ("Mac")
McCloud
1826 East Third
Street, #1
Long Beach, CA
90802
USA
He is still in
the hospital,
and his relatives
are picking up
his mail.
Please help the
man who has helped
thousands of men
worldwide!
I also asked Mac
if Las Vegas was
still on and he
replied "Tell
my guys that Mac
will be fully
recovered and
ready to go to
Las Vegas! THE
SHOW MUST GO ON!!!"
What a guy!
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