by Mark S. King | Jan 2, 2013 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
“My most courageous self, the best man that I’ll ever be, lived more than two decades ago during the first years of a horrific plague… I miss the man I was forced to become.” — “Once, When We Were Heroes,” 2007 AIDS did not kill Spencer Cox in the first,... 
by Mark S. King | Dec 13, 2012 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News
Our first meeting on-camera was in 2006. The memory of it pains me still, despite my enthusiasm for appearing on national television for any reason whatsoever. “And how long have you been off drugs?” he asked. The look in his eyes carried a journalist’s skepticism.... 
by Mark S. King | Oct 22, 2012 | Book Review, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease
The story behind the title of Michael Kearns’ memoir The Truth is Bad Enough is as delicious as the title itself. As Kearns’ parents – themselves worthy of a Tennessee Williams subplot — battled each other at their divorce proceeding when Michael was a child,... 
by Mark S. King | Jul 31, 2012 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
AIDS2012 was exactly as I had hoped: an enormous “summer camp” for advocates from around the globe, and I had a blast bringing their stories to you. Let others cover the medical updates and the big name speakers. I wanted to give you a sense of the people who are... 
by Mark S. King | Jul 28, 2012 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
Our little summer camp for global AIDS advocates (and physicians, and commercial interests) has come to a close, and there are images that will be knocking around in my head for weeks to come (and some, forever). The seven foot Mexican drag queen handing out condoms...
