by Mark S. King | Jun 28, 2017 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, Prevention and Policy
In thirty years of HIV work alongside black advocates, I have rarely written on the topic of race. It makes me uncomfortable, or perhaps I feel unequipped, unqualified. But it’s that very hesitancy, according to black gay academic Charles Stephens, that only... 
by Mark S. King | Jun 23, 2017 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
Patrick Mutch, the sunny and earnest new CEO of Chase Brexton Health Care in Baltimore, does not mind addressing the elephant in the room. In his first interview with My Fabulous Disease since being hired after a tumultuous year for the agency, he got right to the... 
by Mark S. King | Jun 20, 2017 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
Leo Forte, Chris Hanner, and Rock Evans in a scene from the video series “The PrEP Project.” “PrEP is a prevention strategy that deals with sex, namely bareback sex,” says gay film student Chris Tipton-King, “and I got tired of people tip-toeing around... 
by Mark S. King | Jun 12, 2017 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
No Justice No Pride protestors blocking the Capital Pride Parade. (Photo: Dylan Comstock) Hell hath no fury like a privileged white gay man who has waited too long for the next pride parade contingent to sashay by. When #NoJusticeNoPride blocked the DC Pride parade... 
by Mark S. King | Apr 21, 2017 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, Prevention and Policy
(Sean McKenna, as part of a portrait series by photographer David Meanix.) Last December I attended the most moving, transcendent World AIDS Day program I have witnessed in years. That’s not saying much, of course. These evenings are usually well-meaning but maudlin,... 
by Mark S. King | Feb 21, 2017 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
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