by Mark S. King | Aug 14, 2023 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
In the early days of the AIDS crisis, as a young gay white man finding my way in the emerging HIV arena, I was King of the Mountain even if I wasn’t conscious of it. I worked with people who looked like me, on behalf of people like me, at organizations founded and led... 
by Mark S. King | Jun 12, 2023 | Film Review, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
Writer and comedian Michael Henry has become a sly critic of gay culture and sexual politics, regularly tackling issues such as body image, masculinity, and every aspect of queer desire you might imagine. His sharp wit and social insight have endeared him to nearly... 
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 | May 5, 2023 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
You must know this, because it matters. Because it has already changed your life, no matter who you are, and you may not even realize it. It was 1983. Just a year prior, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) became the fearful nameplate for the murderer of gay... 
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,...
