by Mark S. King | Mar 29, 2011 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease
(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.) Over and over, footage of Rock Hudson standing next to Doris Day was playing on television, and he looked... by Mark S. King | Feb 22, 2011 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
“The suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.” — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Ernest How was this judged, exactly? I was afraid you might ask. Not on the number of hits or any formal voting procedure. I relied purely on feedback received... by Mark S. King | Oct 18, 2010 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, My Fabulous Disease
When I was nineteen years old, I vacationed to Los Angeles and won a car on “The Price is Right.” In the following years, if I really liked you and wanted to impress you — or give you a small, wacky glimpse of my life — then at some juncture... by Mark S. King | Sep 16, 2010 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
In 1987, I was a 26 year old living in Los Angeles and trying to face the horror of having tested positive with HIV. Television blasted daily reports of the death toll, the suicides of people with HIV, and even the deterioration and death of Rock Hudson. But nothing... by Mark S. King | May 22, 2010 | Gay Life, My Fabulous Disease, Prevention and Policy
May is National Masturbation Month ” Hurry, folks! Only a few days left to celebrate! ” and I’ll admit to feeling smug, because I have more experience with masturbatory gay men than anyone else I know. During my years in Los Angeles in the...
