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,...
by Mark S. King | Jul 9, 2012 | 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 star in our sexual... by Mark S. King | Dec 29, 2011 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
This may be the defining HIV issue of our time, and it is a true test of our compassion and understanding of both HIV stigma and the law. Please read this closely. Around the country, and without leadership or guidelines from the Federal government, individual states... by Mark S. King | Mar 8, 2011 | Anita Mann and Acting Gigs, Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News
When Mark first started My Fabulous Disease, I was pretty sure it was going to directly result in the destruction of humanity. One year later, we’re all still here. I can’t believe I lost that bet. Myles Helfand, Editor, The Body, The Complete HIV/AIDS... by Mark S. King | Mar 1, 2011 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, Prevention and Policy
The idea that HIV positive people still want sex is as old as The Denver Principles, the 1983 manifesto drawn up by gay men with AIDS that demanded “as full and satisfying a sexual and emotional life as anyone else.” The document also stated that people...