by Mark S. King | Oct 24, 2018 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, Prevention and Policy
The Kinsey Sicks have been at this a long time. The acapella singing group of gay men in drag are celebrating 25 years of performing shows that are equal parts camp comedy and very of-the-moment political humor. Benjamin Schatz is an original member of the group,... 
by Mark S. King | Oct 20, 2018 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
The AIDS activists who regularly stormed the homes, offices and even churches of the powerful beginning in the late 1980’s weren’t the only ones who were scared for their lives. Frank Young served as FDA Commissioner during the massive “Seize Control of the FDA”... 
by Mark S. King | Oct 16, 2018 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, Prevention and Policy
(This essay appears in my collection of essays, My Fabulous Disease: Chronicles of a Gay Survivor, available now at online outlets or your local bookstore.) Lesley was my closest friend to become sick in the 1980’s, and he fought bravely until his death from... 
by Mark S. King | Oct 10, 2018 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
Very little happens by accident. The most iconic moments in HIV/AIDS activism – the appearance of the early SILENCE=DEATH meme, the footage of AIDS activist Peter Staley being peeled from a building during a protest, the photos of Sen. Jesse Helms’ home wrapped in an... 
by Mark S. King | Sep 27, 2018 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
It is every bit as absurd as it sounds. The International AIDS Society (IAS) plans to hold their global AIDS2020 conference in San Francisco – an insanely expensive and privileged city located in a country that has become dangerously inhospitable to the very... 
by Mark S. King | Sep 11, 2018 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
“What family doesn’t have its ups and downs?” — Eleanor of Aquitaine, The Lion in Winter The 2018 United States Conference on AIDS (USCA), the HIV advocacy, education and networking behemoth produced by the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC), is the...
