by Mark S. King | May 13, 2020 | Anita Mann and Acting Gigs, Family and Friends, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease
When a group of entertainers were creating an online fundraiser for the Triangle Club, a Washington, DC, facility providing meeting space for LGBTQ people in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction, I knew it was time for Anita Mann to emerge from the duffel bag in... 
by Mark S. King | Apr 7, 2020 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Trump
The first time it happened, a couple of weeks ago, I was waking up from a nap. My eyes were moist. The dream began to fade but the emotion lingered, and so did the central image. Mom was standing in the kitchen, looking at me fondly, saying something reassuring. It... 
by Mark S. King | Apr 5, 2020 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Trump
I really needed to get out of the house and escape COVID isolation, it’s as simple as that. So, I took a little drive around the neighborhood to give my car a spin. It’s been parked for more than a week. Do you know the Toni Tennille albums, recorded post-Captain? She... 
by Mark S. King | Mar 20, 2020 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
The flyer was in my mailbox, folded and placed by an unknown neighbor. “NEED CORONAVIRUS HELP?” it read, explaining a local “Self-Quarantine Response Team” was here to support those “with compromised immune systems, those in quarantine – or even those who must work or... 
by Mark S. King | Feb 7, 2020 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
First things first. I don’t believe the national HIV agency, NMAC, acted thoughtlessly toward people living with AIDS – only one of the accusations leveled against them — when NMAC decided to change the name of their annual conference from “the United States...
