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Sir Elton John and David Furnish Join Line-up Saluting HIV/AIDS Survivors
Sir Elton John and David Furnish, Olympian Greg Louganis, and Broadway star Javier Munoz. Sir Elton John and David Furnish have sent a special video message of support for long-term HIV/AIDS survivors,...
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Review: Peter Staley’s Memoir “Never Silent” is a Real Life Thriller
Cover art detail from Never Silent by Peter Staley Activist Peter Staley’s much-anticipated new memoir, Never Silent, opens with almost unbearable nail-biting suspense, sweeping us into the...
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Meet the Gay Men Behind POZ Magazine’s “Meth Still Kills” Feature Story
No sooner had POZ Magazine editor Oriol Gutierrez accepted my pitch to do a feature story about meth, gay men and HIV than a stunning Facebook post came across my feed. Someone I knew, Mark Wingo, had...
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The Thing about Being Naked with Damon Jacobs
Mark S. King and Damon L. Jacobs Damon Jacobs is moving around his hotel room, setting up a tripod and attaching his camera, all the while chatting away enthusiastically about nothing in particular....
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Naughty ‘n Nice Holiday Videos with an HIV Twist
‘Tis the season, y’all. And you know how much I love a nice holiday video. Okay, maybe a naughty one, too. The folks at Mistr, the telehealth platform that provides free PrEP (pre-exposure...
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Surviving Life Itself
Photo by Matt Roth (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...
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The Saints & Sinners Festival Gives Queer Writers a Big, Cozy Hug (and...
Details from “Incident at the Carousel Bar,” by artist Timothy Cummings, from the Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival program cover. Any LGBTQ writer who has endured the gauntlet of getting...
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Greg Louganis Praises ‘Bold’ New Book about Love, Sex and Survival
Mark S. King and Greg Louganis in 2018 It felt presumptuous of me to believe I have much in common with historic Olympian Greg Louganis. His level of fame, his record-shattering sports career, and the...
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Does This Book Release Make Me Look Anxious?
Credit: Darrell Snedeger for Positively Aware Magazine The day has come. Today, My Fabulous Disease: Chronicles of a Gay Survivor is officially released. This book represents – and I know how this...
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The Day After He was Murdered, I Got a Card from Josh Kruger
Mark S. King and Josh Kruger at a 2016 queer journalism event. My husband Michael and I were sitting on the front steps of our new home in Atlanta. I tell you this because it is one of those moments...
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