by Mark S. King | Nov 15, 2012 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
Richard is handsome and adorably shy. His sister began emailing me a few months ago, wondering if her brother might enjoy the HIV Cruise Retreat, because he isn’t able to disclose his status comfortably in his fairly small town. On the last night of the cruise I gave... 
by Mark S. King | Nov 8, 2012 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
Recently I got a pop-up message on Facebook from a name I didn’t recognize. “Hi Mark,” it said. “We went to high school together in Bossier City, Louisiana, and I remember you very distinctly.” “Uh oh,” I replied. Statements like that always make me nervous. Whatever... 
by Mark S. King | Jul 31, 2012 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
AIDS2012 was exactly as I had hoped: an enormous “summer camp” for advocates from around the globe, and I had a blast bringing their stories to you. Let others cover the medical updates and the big name speakers. I wanted to give you a sense of the people who are... 
by Mark S. King | Jul 18, 2012 | Family and Friends, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
Lynne Rhys and I were never supposed to become friends. It was just too unlikely. She is a divorced woman raising a teenaged daughter, and was barely aware of a “gay community” until she stepped tentatively out of the closet in midlife. She has a quiet and soft-spoken... 
by Mark S. King | Jun 14, 2012 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, My Fabulous Disease
“Now, people have their bat kites and their regular shaped kites,” Dad said to me when I was ten years old, “but the box kite, Mark, now there is the most aerodynamically sound of them all.” He demonstrated by making a box kite out of balsa wood and brown paper.... 
by Mark S. King | Apr 9, 2012 | Family and Friends, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease
In the Summer of 2008, I received a curious package from Bonnie Goldman, the editor of TheBody.com. Inside was a Flip video camera, what was then a new-fangled device that allowed you to take video footage with a camera the size of a pack of cigarettes. It came with a...
