by Mark S. King | Aug 5, 2017 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
When it was revealed a few days ago that insurer UnitedHealthCare (UHC) had rejected a patient’s pre-authorization claim for the drug Truvada as PrEP due to “high risk homosexual behavior,” all hell broke loose. Advocates and organizations sprang into action with... 
by Mark S. King | Aug 3, 2017 | Gay Life, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
Discrimination against LGBT people is often once-removed, shielded under double-speak and fraudulent intentions. So, it’s refreshing, really, when a company comes right out and says in black and white that gay men aren’t worthy of the same protections as everyone... 
by Mark S. King | Aug 1, 2017 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, 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.) When my guard is down, it comes to me. It flashes across my mind, an uninvited assault, sometimes when I am... 
by Mark S. King | Jul 19, 2017 | 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.) The annual Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco is noted for its unbridled embrace of every kinky star in our... 
by Mark S. King | Jul 12, 2017 | Book Review, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
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by Mark S. King | Jun 30, 2017 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
It is coursing through our veins, sustaining life and fighting disease, and yet we fear it. The sight of a few drops can make an adult faint. A bucket of it in a movie is the very definition of horror. Even as Donald Trump contributes his perverted, sexist new layer...
