by Mark S. King | Jun 15, 2018 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Trump
The garden party fundraising event last month in Montgomery County, Maryland, had all the usual markers of a political candidate on the rise. Well-dressed children frolicked on the lawn of the stately home while guests helped themselves to finger foods and glasses of...
by Mark S. King | May 3, 2018 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
The article appeared in New York Magazine in 2008. I remember it quite distinctly. Titled “Another AIDS Casualty” and written by David France, the profile of once-famous New York AIDS physician Dr. Ramon “Gabriel” Torres was a heart-wrenching read. The story outlined...
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 20, 2018 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, Prevention and Policy
You may have heard me sing the praises of The Positive Women’s Network – USA (PWN) before, but until now I haven’t had the opportunity to show you, up close and personal, why I believe they are the mightiest force of HIV advocacy in the country today. Now you can get...
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...