by Mark S. King | Dec 29, 2016 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
Here’s some news that might make our transition into the new year a little more satisfying. Richard Larison, the embattled chief executive officer of Chase Brexton, Baltimore’s largest provider of health care to the city’s most vulnerable communities, has... 
by Mark S. King | Dec 15, 2016 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
Image detail from AIDES France Révélation campaign about being undetectable. “We are not dirty, we are not a threat, and we are not disease vectors. In fact, we are the solution. People living with HIV who achieve viral suppression, who become undetectable, are... 
by Mark S. King | Nov 28, 2016 | Book Review, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News
In the towering new novel Christodora, author Tim Murphy harnesses decades of personal and professional experience as an HIV journalist into a story that sweeps back and forth between the last several decades and beyond. It has the scope of great literature, but... 
by Mark S. King | Nov 15, 2016 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
I am on my feet at the Thanksgiving table, and my fists are slamming into the linen napkins. Silverware is quaking, pottery is rattling. The force of a particularly hard blow to the tabletop sends a dinner roll catapulting from the bread basket. My screams are... 
by Mark S. King | Nov 11, 2016 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
The spirit of the annual HIV Cruise Retreat can be summed up in one enlightening story. Matthew had some bad luck as he boarded the ship for our 8-day tour of the Caribbean. His luggage didn’t make it. He literally had his carry-on bag (which included his meds, thank...
