by Mark S. King | Jun 1, 2015 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease
June is Pride Month in the LGBT community, and I was honored to be asked by Visual AIDS to curate a “web gallery” on the topic. Immediately, I considered a question that I had once posed to readers of my blog. If living with HIV is nothing to be ashamed... 
by Mark S. King | May 25, 2015 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease
This post will never be as romantic as I would like it to be. And it could never be as romantic as the truth. On the evening of July 22, 2012, Michael Mitchell went to a mixer at Cobalt, a gay club in Washington, DC. The international AIDS conference was being held in... 
by Mark S. King | May 9, 2015 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease
“A boy’s best friend is his mother.” — Norman Bates, Psycho I was standing at the ticket counter of the movie theater and couldn’t believe my ears. They were telling me that Theater of Blood, with the great Vincent Price, was rated... 
by Mark S. King | Apr 21, 2015 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has quietly reinstated funding to a Louisiana AIDS advocacy event, two weeks after pulling their support because one of the event organizers is involved in a whistleblower lawsuit against AHF. But AHF is really, totally committed to... 
by Mark S. King | Apr 20, 2015 | Book Review, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
On October 1, 1991, I joined furious LGBT protestors who took to the streets of West Hollywood, California. The newly elected Governor Pete Wilson, who had met with advocates during his campaign and assured them he would support AB101, a state-wide LGBT...
