by Mark S. King | May 19, 2014 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease
May is National Masturbation Month — Hurry, folks! Only a few days left to celebrate! — and I will admit to feeling smug, because I have more experience with gay men masturbating than anyone else I know. During my years in Los Angeles in the 1980’s,... 
by Mark S. King | Apr 2, 2014 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
Maybe we should blame the criminal prosecutions of people with HIV on the mythical legend of Gaetan Dugas, also known by his slanderous nickname, Patient Zero. Dugas was a gay flight attendant from Canada who, according to Randy Shilts’ 1987 book And the Band... 
by Mark S. King | Feb 28, 2014 | Book Review, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
In the late 1980’s, I let this odd, fussy man into my office at LA Shanti, my first AIDS agency job. He seemed earnest and harmless and he just wanted a few minutes of my time. “I have the cure for AIDS,” he politely announced. Sadly, he wasn’t... 
by Mark S. King | Feb 25, 2014 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease
The music my friends liked when I was a teenager intimidated me. It was the head-banging rock of the early seventies, and it felt alien and unappetizing. Most of all, it just felt… straight, in a way I knew I could never be. Alone in my room, I listened to my beloved... 
by Mark S. King | Jan 27, 2014 | Gay Life, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
“We don’t know the side effects of this drug. It’s too expensive. Insurance won’t cover it. It hasn’t been studied enough. It will encourage slutty behavior. And why the hell don’t people just use condoms?” —...
