by Mark S. King | Nov 20, 2018 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
Remembering the moment in March of 1985 when I learned I was HIV positive is difficult. I speak and write about it often, but the actual emotions aren’t easy to access. I know it was horrific because my brain tells me it was, but putting myself back into the mind of...
by Mark S. King | Aug 1, 2018 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
One of the great joys of my HIV/AIDS writing and video blogging over the years has been capturing the sights, sounds, and incredible people of the International AIDS Society’s (IAS) biannual conference. I’ve spent sleepless nights in hotel rooms everywhere from Vienna...
by Mark S. King | Jul 16, 2018 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
The International AIDS Conference will be held in Amsterdam on July 23-27, and My Fabulous Disease – that’s me! — will once again be there to share daily video reports from the event. I have attended and provided video coverage for each of the bi-yearly...
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 | Nov 20, 2017 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
This world lost a remarkable young man on November 12th, when Antron-Reshaud Olukayode, a 33-year-old HIV educator, writer, and performance artist from Atlanta died of AIDS. Antron lived with HIV for fifteen years. He died of AIDS. It is enormously important that we...