by Mark S. King | Apr 5, 2023 | A LIST OF ALL "MFD" VIDEOS, Book Review, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
There must have been something in the water at those New York City ACT UP meetings back in the day. There had to be. The band of ferocious, cheeky AIDS activists (immortalized in the Oscar-nominated documentary, How to Survive a Plague) has produced scientists,... 
by Mark S. King | Mar 20, 2023 | Book Review, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
We all know the saying about freedom of speech. It doesn’t mean you have the right to yell “fire!” in a crowded movie theater. That kind of speech can risk lives. But what if the theater is already burning on all sides, and someone tries to convince people not... 
by Mark S. King | Mar 15, 2023 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, Prevention and Policy
(I tested HIV positive 38 years ago today. My 2017 POZ Magazine essay still rings true.) The young woman sitting across from me on the bus is in her mid-20s. She turns to her companion and her voice grows serious. “I know someone who died,” she says in the hushed tone... 
by Mark S. King | Jan 13, 2023 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
(As it appeared today, January 13, 2023, in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.) ‘The bungalow that housed a mix of horror and heroics is gone, but its legacy isn’t.’ The humble, sagging bungalow that sat until recently at the corner of 12th Street and... 
by Mark S. King | Dec 2, 2022 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
We’re probably far enough along in the history of HIV/AIDS to tag various figures as, well, historic. Fitness expert Nelson Vergel qualifies for that category, having taken the lead from the earliest years of the epidemic to educate people living with HIV about...
