by Mark S. King | Jul 14, 2014 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
(NOTE: My AIDS2014 coverage is exclusive to TheBody.com this year and you can find my daily videos on their main page beginning this Sunday, July 20th.) Are you ready for a theater piece about HIV that takes place on an enormous bed that doubles as a boxing ring? How... 
by Mark S. King | Mar 11, 2014 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
There is a classic episode of Oprah from 1987 that can still raise my blood pressure. That year, the tiny town of Williamson, West Virginia, became part of a national discussion about AIDS when Mike Sisco, who had returned to his home town to die of the disease, dared... 
by Mark S. King | Feb 28, 2014 | Book Review, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
In the late 1980’s, I let this odd, fussy man into my office at LA Shanti, my first AIDS agency job. He seemed earnest and harmless and he just wanted a few minutes of my time. “I have the cure for AIDS,” he politely announced. Sadly, he wasn’t... 
by Mark S. King | Jan 27, 2014 | Gay Life, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
“We don’t know the side effects of this drug. It’s too expensive. Insurance won’t cover it. It hasn’t been studied enough. It will encourage slutty behavior. And why the hell don’t people just use condoms?” —... 
by Mark S. King | Nov 28, 2013 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
My brother Richard smiles a lot. He has an easy laugh. But there was a time, years ago, when he held a poisonous drink in his hands and begged his dying lover not to swallow it. A time when Richard held the concoction they had prepared together and wept. Emil...
