Living with HIV for 35 years—and just getting started.

HIV-positive writer and activist Mark S. King has used his life to morph pain into purpose. (Image: MarkSKing.com)

Acclaimed writer and activist Mark S. King knows how to turn ashes into soil, which makes him more than worthy of being one of The Advocate‘s Champions of Pride

Discovering he was HIV-positive in 1985 led him on an inspiring…