by Mark S. King | Jun 7, 2023 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
You’re never too old to learn how terribly ignorant you are. When I first heard about plans for a World AIDS Museum in Fort Lauderdale, FL, some years ago, I might have rolled my eyes a little bit. Who’s going to that? I wondered. Those of us who were there aren’t... 
by Mark S. King | Apr 13, 2023 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
The HIV Cruise Retreat, which has brought tropical fun and a sense of community to people living with HIV, their families and allies for the last twenty years, will sail to the Caribbean this fall. The fact the cruise is happening after the passing of organizer Paul... 
by Mark S. King | Apr 5, 2023 | A LIST OF ALL "MFD" VIDEOS, Book Review, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
There must have been something in the water at those New York City ACT UP meetings back in the day. There had to be. The band of ferocious, cheeky AIDS activists (immortalized in the Oscar-nominated documentary, How to Survive a Plague) has produced scientists,... 
by Mark S. King | Mar 30, 2023 | Book Review, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
Any LGBTQ writer who has endured the gauntlet of getting their book to a reading audience knows what a frustrating, fitfully satisfying process it can be. God only knows how many queer masterworks are trapped in laptops because the writer has no idea how to navigate... 
by Mark S. King | Jan 13, 2023 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
(As it appeared today, January 13, 2023, in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.) ‘The bungalow that housed a mix of horror and heroics is gone, but its legacy isn’t.’ The humble, sagging bungalow that sat until recently at the corner of 12th Street and...
