by Mark S. King | Jun 24, 2013 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
My first “AIDS job” in 1987 was at the first AIDS organization in Los Angeles, LA Shanti, and we provided emotional support to clients with AIDS who were usually in their last weeks of life. The intimacy our trained volunteers experienced with the dying, helping them... 
by Mark S. King | Jun 20, 2013 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
National HIV Testing Day is next Thursday, June 27, and there is no better time to praise the many HIV negative gay men who are making smart decisions to remain that way. Hooray, HIV negative gay men! Let’s show some love for our negative brothers, who’s with me? Oh,... 
by Mark S. King | Jun 6, 2013 | 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. Because as we search for a new national voice for people living with HIV (since the ugly demise of The National Association of... 
by Mark S. King | May 29, 2013 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
Every month or so, a group of people in my area host “poz socials,” a house party for people living with HIV. I found myself at one recently, because I thought it was important to make an appearance since becoming a literary superstar. I was settled into the living... 
by Mark S. King | Apr 3, 2013 | Family and Friends, My Fabulous Disease
This memory still brings back fear and melancholy, like a ghost story that stubbornly haunts me after all these years… Over and over, footage of Rock Hudson standing next to Doris Day was playing on television, and he looked ghastly. His skin was wrinkled and...
