by Mark S. King | Jun 28, 2024 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
Honestly, I was flattered to see a photo of me on Jennifer Vaughan’s social media feed. She posted it a few weeks ago, during the first days of Pride Month, and it showed me at the 2013 Atlanta Pride parade. I was a Grand Marshal that year, and in the picture...
by Mark S. King | Jun 3, 2024 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
A retreat being held this summer, known as SoberPoz, will welcome anyone living with HIV who identifies as participating in a program of recovery of some kind. This kind of safe space is terribly important and I want to explain why – and then encourage you to...
by Mark S. King | Apr 4, 2024 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
(This interview between myself and Kerry Thomas appears in the April/May 2024 issue of POZ Magazine.) When Kerry Thomas began serving a 30-year sentence in Idaho for nondisclosure of his HIV-positive status in 2008, becoming a prominent voice for people living with...
by Mark S. King | Sep 1, 2023 | Anita Mann and Acting Gigs, Book Review, Family and Friends, Film Review, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
The day has come. Today, My Fabulous Disease: Chronicles of a Gay Survivor is officially released. This book represents – and I know how this sounds – my life’s work. It features essays culled from writing over the course of four decades. It is joyful and...
by Mark S. King | Aug 30, 2023 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
You know what a fan I am of the annual United States Conference on HIV/AIDS (USCHA), produced by NMAC. I’ve been writing about it for years, and providing videos and photo essays for those of you who couldn’t make it or wanted to relive the highlights. If...