by Mark S. King | Jun 16, 2014 | Book Review, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease
Charles Sanchez skips a lot. It is a natural, vivacious skip, an outpouring of unabashed joy that melds the cheerfulness of The Sound of Music with the bliss of the Pharrell Williams “Happy” video. Nothing stands in the way of his delight. Not even life... 
by Mark S. King | May 27, 2014 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, My Fabulous Disease
We’re on a dirt road in the cotton fields, sitting in the back of his Plymouth. It had been my idea to stop and look at the sky, and it doesn’t come off like a sneaky move now, because the moon is full and bright and gorgeous. I’ve been playing along... 
by Mark S. King | May 22, 2014 | Family and Friends, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
I used to get saved at the drop of a hat. I loved the pageantry of church youth revivals, the thrill of coming forward to give my life to Christ, and that tingly feeling of being part of something greater than myself, of feeling truly blessed. Of being forgiven. The... 
by Mark S. King | May 19, 2014 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease
May is National Masturbation Month — Hurry, folks! Only a few days left to celebrate! — and I will admit to feeling smug, because I have more experience with gay men masturbating than anyone else I know. During my years in Los Angeles in the 1980’s,... 
by Mark S. King | Apr 23, 2014 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
“Talk to me like you talk to your friends when no one is around.” That was my only request when I sat down with each of four HIV negative gay men to create a short film about their lives and attitudes (video below). They held back nothing, sharing details...
