by Mark S. King | Oct 22, 2013 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
Just because it’s over doesn’t mean it didn’t happen… Doesn’t mean it wasn’t beautiful, even with the pain. — “Beautiful Sadness,” sung by chanteuse and gay favorite Jane Oliver In the first minutes of Dallas... 
by Mark S. King | Sep 24, 2013 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, Prevention and Policy
Note: This essay has been shared more than 15,000 times from this site since it posted in July of 2012. Some readers responded angrily, and the barebacking aspect of the story brought both cheers and derision (one comment accused director Max Sohl of “crimes... 
by Mark S. King | Jun 24, 2013 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
My first “AIDS job” in 1987 was at the first AIDS organization in Los Angeles, LA Shanti, and we provided emotional support to clients with AIDS who were usually in their last weeks of life. The intimacy our trained volunteers experienced with the dying, helping them... 
by Mark S. King | Mar 24, 2013 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, Prevention and Policy
I have some amazing friends for you to meet. Beginning two years ago, TheBody.com asked me to produce a series of videos (“A Day in the Life: Keeping Up With Your HIV Meds”) that would profile a person living with HIV, what their day looks like, and how... 
by Mark S. King | Feb 27, 2013 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
The turning point could be traced to August of 1998. It was the month that, for the first time in well over a decade, the Bay Area Reporter did not have a single AIDS obituary submitted for publication. The promise of protease inhibitor medications had been realized,...
