by Mark S. King | Jun 7, 2016 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News
So don’t mind if I fall apart There’s more room in a broken heart. — Carly Simon, “Coming Around Again” When Will Armstrong emerges from heart surgery in just a few days, he will have weeks of hospitalization ahead. He will also have expensive new hardware... 
by Mark S. King | Jun 6, 2016 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
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by Mark S. King | Jun 5, 2016 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
The young woman sitting across from me on the bus is in her mid-20s. She turns to her companion and her voice grows serious. “I know someone who died,” she says in the hushed tone reserved for tales of mortality. Her friend looks up from his phone. “He was a good... 
by Mark S. King | Jun 2, 2016 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
The issues of race, gender and privilege crackled through the recent HIV Is Not A Crime (II) conference like a live wire, throwing sparks at every turn. From the main stage to the hallways, attendees called out white classism, the utter failure of the criminal... 
by Mark S. King | Apr 27, 2016 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
The college student had real concern in his eyes when he asked me a question during a recent presentation at American University. “Isn’t it true,” he asked, “that the HIV epidemic continues because people who know they are positive keep infecting other people?” It is...
