Mark S. King
@marksking.bsky.social
Activist and writer of all things HIV adjacent. 2020 GLAAD Awardee and author of 'My Fabulous Disease: Chronicles of a Gay Survivor'
AIDS 2026 offered no resolution or clear plan forward. Before long, the delegates who shared their confusion and grief with me will look past financial concerns. Instead, their time and energy will shift to memorializing all the bodies. www.poz.com/article/huma...
The Human Pain Behind Global HIV Funding Cuts
Advocates express their outrage at the 26th International AIDS Conference.
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My blog, My Fabulous Disease, has just won Excellence in Blogging for a fourth time from @nlgjaofficial.bsky.social It was recognized for a piece that was heartbreaking and infuriating to write: marksking.com/family-and-f...
Exposed Document Links HIV Leaders to ‘Betrayal of People with HIV’ - My Fabulous Disease
Several HIV community leaders signed a legal document in support of pharma - and in opposition to plaintiffs representing people living with HIV.
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13 years ago this month, my cover story in @pozmagazine.bsky.social addressed #HIV stigma among #gay men. It still exists. Now stop looking at my feet.
Long-term #HIV survivor at #sevendaysinjune event: "I will forget their names." #HLTSAD marksking.com/my-fabulous-...
At Atlanta ‘Seven Days in June’ Event: “I Will Forget Their Names” - My Fabulous Disease
At the Atlanta 'Seven Days in June' event, Mark S. King vows to remember names - and forget others.
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Surviving HIV for the last 41 years has meant stepping over a lot of dead bodies. Today is #HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day. #HLTSAD #HIVLongTermSurvivorsDay #LongTermSurvivors
ATL PEEPS: Get your Pride Month off to a grand start! Join @outonfilm.org on June 2nd at 7 pm for a screening of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, a "Cock In a Frock On a Rock" Costume Contest and an after party at Apres Diem. I'll be hosting.
Two iconic long-term HIV/AIDS survivors have created something timely, practical, and ferocious. #SevenDaysInJune marksking.com/my-fabulous-...
Something Huge is Happening. Get on Board Right Now. - My Fabulous Disease
A national campaign created by two prominent HIV survivors is catching fire across the country and you need to join it right now.
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Retiring @aidsalabama.bsky.social CEO Kathie Hiers shares her favorite memory of HIV/AIDS work. It ain't about HIV, not exactly. And it stinks. marksking.com/my-fabulous-...
“Do You Smell that Smell?” Kathie Hiers Shares Her Best Story. - My Fabulous Disease
Outgoing AIDS Alabama CEO Kathie Hiers shares her favorite story from her decades of HIV work and it's hilarious.
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Time to register FREE for my virtual 65th Bday celebrating all long-term HIV/AIDS survivors, hosted by @thereunionproject.bsky.social marksking.com/my-fabulous-...
Mark is Turning 65 - Let's Celebrate Long-Term Survivors! - My Fabulous Disease
Register free for Mark's virtual 65th birthday and join in the fun by submitting your own message celebrating long-term survivors.
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Great book with juicy Atlanta queer history. Plus, the author is doing a reading/signing on 10/8 at Margaret Mitchell House at 7pm.
Rough Draft@roughdraftatlanta.com · last yr.‘The Many Passions of Michael Hardwick’ recalls a pivotal moment in LGBTQ+ activism and the Supreme Court Courtesy Norton Author Martin Padgett has a way of summoning back an Atlanta that now only exists in memory, historical archives, and YouTube videos. In his first book, “A Night at the Sweet…
Mark King said it best! No fear. Only joy. Love yourself today, and every day, for National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. @marksking.bsky.social #hiv #hivawareness #gaypride
"My joy is a big f*** you to AIDS." #HIV #survivor www.lgbtqnation.com?fbclid=IwVER...
LGBTQ Nation
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After 40 years living with HIV, I'm still kicking it and delivering a message. SILENCE=DEATH means standing up to policies that endanger our very lives. #ADayWithHIV
You know, Mark S. King (@marksking.bsky.social) doesn’t get on his knees for just anybody. That’s why I’m so grateful to him and Derrick Mapp for putting together this fuchsia couch for the @posaware.bsky.social booth at #uscha2025. We get by with a little help our friends—sometimes, a lot of help!
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
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Did Having #HIV Increase the Risk of Heywood's Cancer? What you should know. marksking.com/my-fabulous-...
Did Having HIV Increase the Risk of Heywood's Cancer? - My Fabulous Disease
Todd Heywood, known by his friends as simply “Heywood,” has been an outspoken HIV survivor, renowned investigative journalist, and queer advocate for most of his life. So it should come as no surprise...
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Another book review I wrote, perfect for #Pride. I have a hard enough time writing what little I do about myself. I can't imagine having the courage to write a memoir. Luckily, I have amazing friends like @marksking.bsky.social who do. #booksky #HIV #AIDS victorianoe.com/blog/book-re...
Book Review: My Fabulous Disease: Chronicles of a Gay Survivor by Mark S. King
I have friends who write in a variety of genres: romance, sci fi/fantasy, biography, horror, sports, children’s picture books; playwrights, too. They have poured their hearts and souls into their work...
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Today is HIV AIDS Long Term Survivor Awareness Day. I tested positive 40 years ago. My health history and very body will hold clues for treatment breakthroughs to come. That's good enough for me. #HLTSAD
Art is activism. Atlanta's own @outonfilm.org is conducting a Kickstarter to support queer filmmakers. Every Buck brings another important story closer to reality. www.kickstarter.com/projects/out...
Out On Film Fundraiser 2025
Invest in the future of LGBTQ+ cinema & queer representation at a time when diversity, equity & inclusion are under attack.
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White gay men of privilege like myself are blessed if we have teachers like Craig. We are not entitled to it. It's a gift when it happens. marksking.com/my-fabulous-...
The Hardworking Humility of Craig Washington - My Fabulous Disease
Atlanta icon Craig Washington has worked on behalf of Black queer Atlanta for decades. His living legacy is being celebrated.
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