In addition to hundreds of television features King has appeared in more than 150 [inter]national publications ranging from Newsweek and Time Magazines to The Washington Post and The Chicago Tribune. He has appeared as a special guest on more than 100 broadcast and television shows to include: The Oprah Winfrey Show, Inside Edition and CNN. King has been listed in Ebony Magazine’s 50 most Intriguing Blacks and honored as an NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literary Work.
King’s candid account of relationships: marriage, separation and intimate involvements with the opposite s*x continues to stimulate research, academic fora and catalogs of television series, books and documentaries on , “Straight” Black men who sleep with men. In 2006 King produced, “The DL Exposed” an award winning documentary that was broadcasted on Black Entertainment Television (BET). The documentary was the number one watched program on BET that year.
Due to his contributions to the literary world, King has been the keynote speaker at approximately 250 education, health and faith based organizations to include: Tuskegee Institute, Harvard, Howard, Princeton, Alabama A&M, Southern, Florida A&M and Tulane Universities; African American Conference for HIV/AIDS, Center of Disease Control and NABSE. His candid and realistic approach to majority issues and minority concerns and, commitment to multiculturalism has made King one of the most influential Americans. King earned a BS degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and served eight (8) years in the United States Air Force (USAF).
