by Mark S. King | Mar 17, 2019 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
(The HIV community was dealt a sad blow this week when it was announced that the iconic non-profit HIV treatment advocacy organization, Project Inform, will end its programs. Project Inform’s Director of Research Advocacy, David Evans, has been working with the...
by Mark S. King | Nov 20, 2018 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
Remembering the moment in March of 1985 when I learned I was HIV positive is difficult. I speak and write about it often, but the actual emotions aren’t easy to access. I know it was horrific because my brain tells me it was, but putting myself back into the mind of...
by Mark S. King | Aug 1, 2018 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
One of the great joys of my HIV/AIDS writing and video blogging over the years has been capturing the sights, sounds, and incredible people of the International AIDS Society’s (IAS) biannual conference. I’ve spent sleepless nights in hotel rooms everywhere from Vienna...
by Mark S. King | Apr 30, 2018 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
Mike Signorile has been sharing uncomfortable truths – or, at least, gay culture as he sees it – for a few decades now. I might know something about that. So, it was a pleasure to return to his radio show, now on Sirius XM Channel 127, to discuss my essay for POZ...
by Mark S. King | Apr 17, 2018 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
It began with a death and a lingering question. After a friend – an advocate who knew what to do to stay alive – died of an AIDS-related cause a few months ago, I was left wondering why. Together with other deaths in the news of people “unexpectedly” dying the same...