by Mark S. King | Jun 8, 2012 | Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News
I knew it. I felt it. It was as clear as the incessant call of crystal meth itself, on those nights when a seductive phantom of the drug cozies up to me in bed and brings its knitting. In a Huffington Post news article on accused killer Luka Rocco Magnotta, buried in...
by Mark S. King | May 21, 2012 | Anita Mann and Acting Gigs, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
The music my friends liked when I was a teenager intimidated me. It was the head-banging rock of the early seventies, and it felt alien and unappetizing. Most of all, it just felt… straight, in a way I knew I could never be. Alone in my room, I listened to my beloved... by Mark S. King | Feb 23, 2012 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News
The image in my mind has never left me, even after many years of trying, of applying layers of wallpaper to that corner of my mind. I am in someone’s bedroom — it could have been anyone, really — and I am offered a syringe to inject crystal meth. The... by Mark S. King | Feb 7, 2012 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
What if you could witness a face-to-face confrontation between a man living with HIV and the sex partner accusing him of not revealing his status? Wouldn’t you like to be a fly on that wall? The fireworks could be mighty, as emotions raged between the furious accuser... by Mark S. King | Dec 29, 2011 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
This may be the defining HIV issue of our time, and it is a true test of our compassion and understanding of both HIV stigma and the law. Please read this closely. Around the country, and without leadership or guidelines from the Federal government, individual states...
by Mark S. King | Sep 26, 2011 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
You’re part of a healthcare revolution in cyberspace, my friends. It’s changing the way people find treatment information, relate to their doctor, and support one another. And you’re about to meet some of the marvelous people who are leading the...