by Mark S. King | Jan 13, 2015 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, Prevention and Policy
One of the times I contracted gonorrhea, which in my day was affectionately called The Clap, I was 20 years old and had just moved to West Hollywood, California. It was 1981, disco was still thumping in the bars, and the bath houses were packed. My dance card... 
by Mark S. King | Jan 6, 2015 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
They come from different cultures and regions of the world, but these fifteen HIV activists all share one important trait: a fierce devotion to HIV issues and a commitment to leave their mark on 2015. Their advocacy has been noticed by some of the most prominent... 
by Mark S. King | Nov 28, 2014 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
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 begged his dying lover not to swallow it. A time when Richard held the concoction they had prepared together and wept. Emil... 
by Mark S. King | Nov 10, 2014 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease
When Mary E. Bowman stepped to the stage five years ago at SpitDat, an open mic night in Washington, DC, she was 20 years old and terrified. She was about to perform “Dandelions,” her first poem to reveal a secret that her own family had long kept quiet: that Mary had... 
by Mark S. King | Aug 6, 2014 | Gay Life, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
In 1977, I ran for senior class president, hoping against hope that my penchant for wearing platform shoes and fellating men in my spare time might somehow get overlooked by my high school classmates in Bossier City, Louisiana. I lost that faith when my campaign signs...
