30/07/2023
Issue number 155 of HIV community magazine Plus is out now. It includes the eleventh annual Treatment Guide. The editorial committee say "we give lots of facts, figures, and information on all the current medications available for the prevention and treatment of HIV — but the joy comes from the fact every year more and more lifesaving treatment options become available. The joy comes from knowing no one needs to “suffer” with HIV any longer, and that now people living with HIV can live long, happy, healthy lives". Also featured in the magazine is influencer and dancer Jojo Siwa who is working with the Elton John AIDS Foundation to improve the lives of people living with HIV. If anyone knows the history of HIV treatment, it’s the cover star, Mark S. King. King was first diagnosed with HIV in 1985, a full decade before today’s lifesaving antiretroviral treatments were developed. Thankfully, he survived those darker times and overcame addiction in the process, which he writes candidly about in his new memoir, My Fabulous Disease. The GLAAD Award-winning blogger created the memoir by compiling decades of blog and journal entries. “We have a problem with alcoholism and addiction in our community,” King told Plus. “And it is a constant threat. It is the disease more likely to kill me than HIV…. I think there’s so many of us in our community who struggle with that or know someone who they can’t reach anymore.”. You can read the magazine for free and find many more resources on HIV at hivplusmag.com.
