Jul 9, 2024 · The 2020 GLAAD Award for Outstanding Blog has been awarded to My Fabulous Disease. The GLAAD Awards were established in 1990 to recognize “outstanding representations of the LGBTQ community in media.” Long-term HIV survivor and activist Mark S. …

MARK S. KING is an award winning blogger, author, speaker, and HIV/AIDS activist who has been involved in HIV causes since testing positive in 1985.

Sep 1, 2023 · My Fabulous Disease: Chronicles of a Gay Survivor is an anthology spanning four decades – in turns emotional, biting and hilarious – from activist and writer Mark S. King. The sum of these chronicles is a manifesto of survival. But they also are …

“Mark provided a thoughtful and engaging look at the personal, social and historical factors that underlie the growth of crystal meth use among gay and bi men. Mark’s reflections deeply resonated with me personally and generated a lively conversation about the role of crystal meth in our community in Toronto.”

by Mark S. King | Mar 14, 2025 | Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump “If this article doesn’t scare the shit out of you, we’re in real trouble… Our continued existence depends on just how angry you can get.”

Sep 2, 2021 · A few years later, exhausted from the ordeal and facing financial struggles, David’s father shot himself in the backyard of the home he inherited from his son. Here you have this horrible fallout that just kept going and going.

Jan 10, 2025 · by Mark S. King | Oct 7, 2024 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy. This is a story about GLAAD’s 2024 State of HIV Stigma Report and why its botched release generated widespread condemnation …

Feb 19, 2025 · In Tim Murphy’s recent piece for Positively Aware, in which he gathers tips and responses from various HIV community leaders, I alone appear to be up to, well, not much. From the article: “I’m feeling every day of my nearly 65 years right now,” says King. “I’ve been here before. I made it out of the 1980s alive.

Aug 8, 2022 · Tez Anderson and Mark S. King (photo: Derrick Mapp) Tez Anderson is a truth-bomb talking poster boy of long-term HIV survival. As one of the founders of the Let’s Kick ASS (AIDS Survival Syndrome) program, he advocates ferociously for the needs and visibility of aging people living with HIV.

You’ve found the site of Mark S. King, award-winning columnist, author and video blogger. I’m an absurdist, a lover of human frailty, and a gay man in recovery living with HIV. What’s not to love?