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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