Mark King

1 month ago | poz.com | Mark King

“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.” – Larry Kramer, “1,112 and Counting,” The New York Native, 1983 Forty years ago, on March 15th, 1985, I received my HIV positive test result. Reaching this milestone is beyond anything I could have imagined as a frightened 24-year-old, and I havewritten about the experience, and about the many eventful years since, many times.

1 month ago | marksking.com | Mark King

“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.”– Larry Kramer, “1,112 and Counting,” The New York Native, 1983Forty years ago, on March 15th, 1985, I received my HIV positive test result. Reaching this milestone is beyond anything I could have imagined as a frightened 24-year-old, and I have written about the experience, and about the many eventful years since, many times.

2 months ago | poz.com | Mark King

The phrase sat there on my Facebook feed, staring back at me like an accusation. “If you aren’t resisting, you are assisting,” the post read. I felt flush with self-conscious guilt. It wasn’t a familiar feeling, not after nearly forty years of speaking up and staking my ground as a long-term HIV survivor. And yet somehow, in this new surreal era of governmental upheaval, the slate of our past contributions has been wiped clean and replaced with a new query. What have you done lately?

2 months ago | marksking.com | Mark King

by | Feb 19, 2025 | Family and Friends, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump | The phrase sat there on my Facebook feed, staring back at me like an accusation. “If you aren’t resisting, you are assisting,” the post read. I felt flush with self-conscious guilt. It wasn’t a familiar feeling, not after nearly forty years of speaking up and staking my ground as a long-term HIV survivor.

2 months ago | powerboating.com | Mark King

By Mark KingIt’s a fine summer day and you’re cruising along in your boat when suddenly your engine sputters to a stop. After flagging down a passing vessel, its skipper agrees to give you a tow. He tosses one of his stern lines and tells you to tie it to your bow cleat, promising to have you back at the dock in no time.