by Mark S. King | Jul 26, 2012 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
It’s difficult sometimes, writing about an event that so easily lends itself to images and sound. Such is the case with the AIDS2012 March to End AIDS, the subject of today’s video blog episode from the conference. The people included in the video can...
by Mark S. King | Jun 21, 2012 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, Prevention and Policy
(This essay appears in my collection of essays, My Fabulous Disease: Chronicles of a Gay Survivor, available now at online outlets or your local bookstore.) I took a shower this morning. I am clean. I might work out at the gym later, or maybe the trash bag will break... by Mark S. King | Feb 23, 2012 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News
The image in my mind has never left me, even after many years of trying, of applying layers of wallpaper to that corner of my mind. I am in someone’s bedroom — it could have been anyone, really — and I am offered a syringe to inject crystal meth. The... by Mark S. King | Feb 7, 2012 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
What if you could witness a face-to-face confrontation between a man living with HIV and the sex partner accusing him of not revealing his status? Wouldn’t you like to be a fly on that wall? The fireworks could be mighty, as emotions raged between the furious accuser... by Mark S. King | Jan 19, 2012 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, My Fabulous Disease
Even in darkness, in the bitter cold of northern Pennsylvania on a January night, the town of Milford can’t help displaying its charm. I’m walking through Main Street and the shops splash warm light in my path as strolling shoppers offer smiles and salutations. This...