by Mark S. King | Aug 3, 2017 | Gay Life, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
Discrimination against LGBT people is often once-removed, shielded under double-speak and fraudulent intentions. So, it’s refreshing, really, when a company comes right out and says in black and white that gay men aren’t worthy of the same protections as everyone...
by Mark S. King | Jun 23, 2017 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
Patrick Mutch, the sunny and earnest new CEO of Chase Brexton Health Care in Baltimore, does not mind addressing the elephant in the room. In his first interview with My Fabulous Disease since being hired after a tumultuous year for the agency, he got right to the...
by Mark S. King | Jun 20, 2017 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
Leo Forte, Chris Hanner, and Rock Evans in a scene from the video series “The PrEP Project.” “PrEP is a prevention strategy that deals with sex, namely bareback sex,” says gay film student Chris Tipton-King, “and I got tired of people tip-toeing around...
by Mark S. King | May 2, 2017 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
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by Mark S. King | Mar 22, 2017 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News
Thirty-two years ago this month, I received a phone call from a nurse at my doctor’s office telling me that I had tested HIV positive. We didn’t schedule a follow-up visit or begin a treatment plan, because there wasn’t a single medication approved for the virus,...