by Mark S. King | May 17, 2018 | Anita Mann and Acting Gigs, Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News
It’s no surprise to me that the two causes I am most passionate about, HIV and addiction — the two issues that drive my activism — are both things that my older brother, Richard “Dick” King, cared about first. He showed me the way. May 16th marked the...
by Mark S. King | May 10, 2018 | Anita Mann and Acting Gigs, Film Review, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
Most of playwright Mart Crowley’s bitchy zingers hit their target in the first-ever Broadway production of his 1968 play, The Boys in the Band, that much should be noted. The starry cast, composed of nearly every prominent openly gay actor working today, made sure of...
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...