by Mark S. King | Jun 28, 2011 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
Storytelling is a crucial part of our culture, and not simply for entertainment value. Sharing our stories can heal our pain, educate others, and help us relive our happiest triumphs. This video is quite simple, really. One man explains to you what happened to him,... 
by Mark S. King | Jun 21, 2011 | Film Review, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease
When I was 15 years old, I couldn’t wait to attend a local community theater production of The Boys in the Band. I was intrigued by the play’s dark and mysterious reputation, and had heard that it included a lot of homosexuality (funny how that word... by Mark S. King | Jun 14, 2011 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
I shuttered myself from most of the hoopla surrounding the “AIDS at 30” milestone (we seem to have agreed on June 5, 1981, when an item in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report reported deaths among gay men). The trauma of those early years is tough... by Mark S. King | Jun 7, 2011 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease
For most of my life I’ve been judgmental and a little impatient with gay people who didn’t just come out. Are the risks really that dire? I suspected they were just chicken shit, or unwilling to stand up to their family or to whatever screwed up religious... by Mark S. King | May 31, 2011 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
This is directed to HIV negative gay men. Listen carefully. This is your time. I’ve lived with HIV more than half my life, and people often praise me far more than I deserve, simply for surviving. They use words like brave and courageous. You know what takes...
