by Mark S. King | Sep 9, 2017 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
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by Mark S. King | Sep 5, 2017 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
As Much as I Can, the theatrical event playing at the historic Harlem Parish in New York City, May 8-24, 2018, isn’t content with merely showing you the lives of gay black men in a city plagued with high rates of HIV infection. Instead, this emotionally searing...
by Mark S. King | Aug 5, 2017 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
When it was revealed a few days ago that insurer UnitedHealthCare (UHC) had rejected a patient’s pre-authorization claim for the drug Truvada as PrEP due to “high risk homosexual behavior,” all hell broke loose. Advocates and organizations sprang into action with...
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 | Jul 19, 2017 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, Prevention and Policy
(This essay appears in my collection of essays, My Fabulous Disease: Chronicles of a Gay Survivor, available now at online outlets or your local bookstore.) The annual Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco is noted for its unbridled embrace of every kinky star in our...