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Mark S. King (born December 23, 1960) is an HIV/AIDS activist, blogger, writer, and actor. King tested positive for HIV in 1985 and became an HIV/AIDS activist soon after. He is the creator of the video blog, My Fabulous Disease, which has been nominated three times for GLAAD Media Awards.


Early life

Mark King, one of six siblings, was born on December 23, 1961 to a military family that settled in Shreveport, Louisiana.[1] He graduated from the University of Houston in 1981.

Career

Following college, King went to Hollywood to pursue a career in acting, and appeared in television commercials. While in California, he also owned and operated a gay fantasy phone service, Telerotic.[2] His memoir, A Place Like This, focuses on his time in Los Angeles during the early years of the AIDS pandemic.

After King tested HIV positive in 1985, he became an AIDS activist, and was the first public relations director for the Los Angeles Shanti Foundation.[3] He later served as director of education and communication for AID Atlanta,[4]

King publishes a video blog, My Fabulous Disease, the subjects of which include HIV and AIDS, LGBTQ+ issues, substance abuse, politics, sex, and his own family. King advocates against HIV criminalization[5] and is a proponent of U=U (undetectable = untransmittable)[6] and the use of PrEP[7]. My Fabulous Disease was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award in 2015,[8] 2017,[9] and 2018.[10]

King has presented at, and reported on, regional, national, and international HIV/AIDS conferences, including the International AIDS Conference. His coverage of AIDS2016 in Durban, South Africa, was featured in materials for the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.[11]

King's articles, blog entries, videos, and commentaries have appeared in Huffpost, TheBody.com, The Advocate, and Poz Magazine, among others. He has been interviewed or cited on NBC,[12] CNN,[13] NPR,[14] Salon,[15] and the Washington Post.[16] He also participated in the original "Let's Stop HIV Together" campaign launched in 2012 by the Centers for Disease Control.[17]

In 2013, HIV Equal included him in a list of thirteen notable HIV/AIDS activists..[3]

Personal life

King tested positive for HIV in 1985, the year testing became publicly available. King is openly gay, and is also open about his addiction to alcohol and drugs, particularly crystal methamphetamine.[18] He has been sober since 2012. In 2015 he married Michael Mitchell.[19]

Selected Publications

A Place Like This: A Memoir (2007)[20]

"Suicide, A Love Story," in Shades of Blue, Amy Ferris, ed. (2015)[21]

My Fabulous Disease (video blog)[22]

"David Furnish talks Sir Elton, PrEP and U=U at AIDS2018 Confab," Queerty, August 1, 2018 (interviewing David Furnish)[23]

"Finding Larry Kramer," Poz Magazine, May 15, 2018 (interviewing Larry Kramer)

Films and Television

Featured participant, Meth (2006)[24]

Producer, actor, Merce, Seasons 1 & 2[25]

Contestant, The Price is Right (1980)[26]

Selected Conferences

2018 OHTN Research Conference, Toronto, ON (plenary speaker)[27]

2018 United States Conference on AIDS (plenary speaker)[28]

2015 NLGJA Conference (plenary panel moderator)[29]

2013 ADAP Advocacy Association Annual Conference (panelist)[30]

Awards and Recognition

2015, 2017, 2018 -- GLAAD Media Award Nominee, for My Fabulous Disease[8][9][10]

2014, 2016 -- Excellence in Blogging Award, National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, First Place, for My Fabulous Disease[31][32]

2013 -- Listed in "Legendary Activists in the Fight Against AIDS" in HIV Equal[3]

2013 -- Selected as a Grand Marshall for Atlanta Pride Parade[33]

2011, 2018 -- Listed in Poz Magazine's "Poz 100"[34][35]

2010 -- Included in "The Best of 'It Gets Better'", The Advocate, October 4, 2010[36]

References

  1. ^ Needle, Chael. "Mark S. King: Cover Story | A&U Magazine". Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  2. ^ "Mark S. King / Author at LGBTQ Nation". LGBTQ Nation. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  3. ^ a b c "Legendary Activists in the Fight Against HIV :: HIV Equal". www.hivequal.org. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  4. ^ Sack, Kevin (1999-01-29). "H.I.V. Peril and Rising Drug Use". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  5. ^ King, Mark S. (2010-09-06). "Sex while HIV Positive: The New Criminals". My Fabulous Disease. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  6. ^ "Five Reasons 'HIV Undetectable' Must Equal 'Untransmittable'". marksking.com. 2016-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-11. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  7. ^ King, Mark S. (2014-01-27). "The Sound and Fury of the PrEP Debate (and the Facts to Win It)". My Fabulous Disease. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  8. ^ a b "GLAAD Media Awards 2015: All the Nominees!". E! Online. January 21, 2015. Retrieved 2018-12-13. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  9. ^ a b "GLAAD Media Awards 2017: Complete List of Nominations". E! Online. January 31, 2017. Retrieved 2018-12-13. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  10. ^ a b "Stories of people living with HIV among 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards nominees". GLAAD. 2018-01-18. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  11. ^ "The Grandchildren of Elizabeth Taylor are HIV Activists Too". Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. 2016. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  12. ^ "Three decades later, men who survived the 'gay plague' speak out". NBC News. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  13. ^ "Living Positive with HIV: Don Lemon Interviews Mark King of Myfabulousdisease.com". CNN. December 2, 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  14. ^ "Though Not A Death Sentence, HIV/AIDS Still Holds A Powerful Stigma". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  15. ^ "On World AIDS Day, HIV patients offer a reminder: "We are not a threat to you" | Salon.com". www.salon.com. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  16. ^ Bernstein, Lenny (November 24, 2017). ""I Don't Feel Like I'm a Threat Anymore." New HIV Guidelines are Changing Lives". Washington Post. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  17. ^ "Let's Stop HIV Together | Individual Campaign Images | Newsroom | NCHHSTP | CDC". www.cdc.gov. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  18. ^ "Redemption After Meth Addiction". www.hivplusmag.com. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  19. ^ "A Day With HIV: Mark S. King". LaurieMedia. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  20. ^ King, Mark S. (2007). A Place Like This: A Memoir. ISBN 978-0595474752.
  21. ^ Ferris, Amy (2015-09-29). Shades of Blue. ISBN 978-1580055956.
  22. ^ "My Fabulous Disease". marksking.com. Retrieved 2018-12-11. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  23. ^ King, Mark (2018-08-01). "David Furnish talks Sir Elton, PrEP and U=U at AIDS2018 confab". www.queerty.com. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  24. ^ "Meth". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2018-12-11. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  25. ^ "mercetheseries". mercetheseries. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  26. ^ Mark S. King, Winning on The Price is Right 1980, retrieved 2018-12-11
  27. ^ "HIV Endgame 3: Breakthrough Initiatives" (PDF). OHTN Research Conference. Retrieved 2018-12-13. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  28. ^ The HIV Survivor Monologues: Emotional Whiplash, retrieved 2018-12-13
  29. ^ "Three Great HIV Story Ideas You Could Write Tomorrow - NLGJA". Retrieved 2018-12-13. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  30. ^ "2013 Annual Conference | Event Panelists". www.adapadvocacy.org. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  31. ^ "NLGJA Announces 2014 Excellence in Journalism Award Winners and Honorees - NLGJA". Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  32. ^ "NLGJA Announces 2016 Excellence in Journalism Award Winners and Honorees - NLGJA". Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  33. ^ "Atlanta Pride announces 2013 parade grand marshals". Georgia Voice - Gay & LGBT Atlanta News. 2013-08-08. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  34. ^ "The POZ 100: 51 to 75". POZ. 2011-11-21. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  35. ^ "The POZ 100: L-M". POZ. 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  36. ^ "The Best of It Gets Better". www.advocate.com. 2010-10-04. Retrieved 2018-12-14.


Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:Gay (male) media Category:Gay writers Category:HIV/AIDS activists Category:LGBT writers from the United States Category:LGBT memoirists Category:People with HIV/AIDS Category:Substance dependence

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