by Mark S. King | Jan 13, 2023 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
(As it appeared today, January 13, 2023, in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.) ‘The bungalow that housed a mix of horror and heroics is gone, but its legacy isn’t.’ The humble, sagging bungalow that sat until recently at the corner of 12th Street and... 
by Mark S. King | Dec 2, 2022 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
We’re probably far enough along in the history of HIV/AIDS to tag various figures as, well, historic. Fitness expert Nelson Vergel qualifies for that category, having taken the lead from the earliest years of the epidemic to educate people living with HIV about... 
by Mark S. King | Nov 22, 2022 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
(I will never explain the early days of AIDS better then this, so I post this essay to commemorate World AIDS Day every year.) My brother Richard smiles a lot. He has an easy laugh. But there was a time, years ago, when he held a poisonous drink in his hands and... 
by Mark S. King | Oct 12, 2022 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
After scrapping the in-person USCHA conference for two years due to COVID, and efforts to locate the event in San Juan, Puerto Rico being threatened by two hurricanes – including Ian only weeks ago – it would seem the industrious folks at NMAC (which produces USCHA)... 
by Mark S. King | Oct 6, 2022 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
Among the many resources available to those who access the new (and entirely free) HIV Justice Academy, an online resource for those interested in addressing HIV criminalization, is a new edit of a video created ten years ago. At the time, Sean Strub was in the early...
