by Mark S. King | May 16, 2023 | Film Review, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
There are so many governmental and community programs that refer to “ending the HIV epidemic” that you might be excused for rolling your eyes a little when you hear about one. What do they even mean? Ending the HIV epidemic how, you might wonder. And for whom? Those... 
by Mark S. King | May 5, 2023 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
You must know this, because it matters. Because it has already changed your life, no matter who you are, and you may not even realize it. It was 1983. Just a year prior, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) became the fearful nameplate for the murderer of gay... 
by Mark S. King | Apr 5, 2023 | A LIST OF ALL "MFD" VIDEOS, Book Review, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
There must have been something in the water at those New York City ACT UP meetings back in the day. There had to be. The band of ferocious, cheeky AIDS activists (immortalized in the Oscar-nominated documentary, How to Survive a Plague) has produced scientists,... 
by Mark S. King | Mar 20, 2023 | Book Review, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
We all know the saying about freedom of speech. It doesn’t mean you have the right to yell “fire!” in a crowded movie theater. That kind of speech can risk lives. But what if the theater is already burning on all sides, and someone tries to convince people not... 
by Mark S. King | Mar 15, 2023 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, Prevention and Policy
(I tested HIV positive 38 years ago today. My 2017 POZ Magazine essay still rings true.) The young woman sitting across from me on the bus is in her mid-20s. She turns to her companion and her voice grows serious. “I know someone who died,” she says in the hushed tone...
