by Mark S. King | Jun 25, 2019 | Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
For many years, I have viewed activist Larry Bryant, Jr. as one of the most highly regarded voices of conscience in the HIV/AIDS movement, and among Black men in particular. At the recent Reunion Project event in Washington, DC, a day of education and community for...
by Mark S. King | Jun 20, 2019 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
When Toronto drag queen Jade Elektra, aka HIV positive activist Alphonso King, Jr., stepped to the stage of the 2019 Toronto AIDS Vigil on Tuesday night, she knew she had a message. It wasn’t simply that she would become the first drag performer to sing live at the...
by Mark S. King | Jun 10, 2019 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
Jack Thompson, who just won the 2019 International Mr. Leather (IML), is a lot. And he carries it well. Jack is biracial. He’s gay. He’s transgender. He’s extremely kinky, depending on what scale you use to measure such things. Jack is also utterly transparent about...
by Mark S. King | Mar 5, 2019 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
(This nuanced press release from Treatment Action Group addresses the “another person cured of AIDS” story far better that I ever could. — Mark) New York, March 4, 2019 – Treatment Action Group (TAG) welcomes the report today of a possible long-term...
by Mark S. King | Feb 25, 2019 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
(I DISAVOW THIS EDITORIAL ENTIRELY, DUE TO THE UNDUE INFLUENCE OF GILEAD PHARMACEUTICALS ON THE EDITORIAL PROCESS. YOU CAN READ MY STORY ABOUT THIS HERE. This Op-Ed appeared in The Washington Blade on February 22, 2019.) When I was diagnosed with HIV in 1985, there...