by Mark S. King | Mar 30, 2019 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
You are going to read this story and think it is too outrageous to be true. You would be wrong. And, especially if you are an HIV advocate attending AIDS Watch in Washington, DC, this week, you must demand that our elected officials answer for it. Here’s the... 
by Mark S. King | Feb 25, 2019 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
(I DISAVOW THIS EDITORIAL ENTIRELY, DUE TO THE UNDUE INFLUENCE OF GILEAD PHARMACEUTICALS ON THE EDITORIAL PROCESS. YOU CAN READ MY STORY ABOUT THIS HERE. This Op-Ed appeared in The Washington Blade on February 22, 2019.) When I was diagnosed with HIV in 1985, there... 
by Mark S. King | Feb 7, 2019 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, so let’s hear it for the Trump USA team behind his master race plan to end the HIV epidemic by 2030. I’ve even included an actual photo of their meeting on January 6th with a diverse group of stakeholders. Oh, wait.... 
by Mark S. King | Dec 19, 2018 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
The breaking point has been reached. After months of activism that has failed to convince the International AIDS Society (IAS) to withdraw their “AIDS2020” conference from San Francisco, activists have now announced an alternative conference, “HIV2020,” to be held in... 
by Mark S. King | Dec 13, 2018 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
“A Trump appointee walks into an AIDS conference” sounds like the beginning of a terrible joke, doesn’t it? Just wait until you hear the punchline. It’ll kill you. The sight of the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar standing before more than 4,000... 
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”...
