by Mark S. King | Apr 13, 2021 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
If you are a person living with HIV, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and your local health department probably already have your HIV genetic profile. They have been examining it and comparing it to a genetic analysis of other people. People in... by Mark S. King | Mar 13, 2021 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
Two broadcasts this week took a look at the words we use as people living with HIV – and the words others use to describe us. Those words can be hurtful or weaponized, even among ourselves. As a participant in both conversations, the question boils down to, “how... by Mark S. King | Mar 3, 2021 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
The Black women that have shaped and inspired my HIV activism — and my personal growth — weren’t present in my life before my HIV diagnosis in 1985. I’m trying hard to even place a significant Black woman in my (very caucasian) upbringing and early college... by Mark S. King | Feb 11, 2021 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
The Counter Narrative Project (CNP) continued their boundary-busting content creation by hosting a recent virtual event honoring the legacy of Mario Cooper. Cooper, who died in 2015, has been described as the “Nexus Between AIDS Activists and Black... by Mark S. King | Jan 18, 2021 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
Deirdre Johnson’s poem of grief and empowerment, below, begins a series of guest posts on My Fabulous Disease from Black women living with HIV. It’s my salute to Positive Women’s Network USA’s (PWN) upcoming “Celebrate and Honor Black Women in the HIV Movement Day” on...