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 28, 2010 | Anita Mann and Acting Gigs, Family and Friends, Gay Life, My Fabulous Disease
Zombies are deeply misunderstood, in my mind. They’re outcasts, picked on, and are the perfect stand-ins for things we fear or don’t understand. Things like death. Or gay people. Or disease. Or getting a disease from gay people that could lead to death.... by Mark S. King | Jun 15, 2010 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
What would I talk about if I had my very own public service announcement? I’d probably waste the whole thing telling some embarrassing story about growing up gay. Or how much I hate being a queer man pushing 50. What if, though, I really allowed myself to cut... 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... by Mark S. King | Apr 29, 2010 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
So, living with HIV is still quite a shocker, it appears. Whether true or rumored, whether “HIV Positive” is voluntarily displayed as an act of activism or the status is maliciously spread on the internet, the label still packs quite a punch. And I have to...