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Statement on the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States: Updated to 2020, The Center for HIV Law and Policy, et al.
This statement on the July 2015 updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) limits its assessment of needed action steps to 1) broad public ignorance about HIV, STIs and identities associated with stigmatized diseases; 2) the criminalization of HIV; 3) HIV related discrimination in criminal justice and immigration detention facilities, and in the military; and 4) the need for focused prevention, health services and policy reform on behalf of sex workers and people who inject drugs.
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Routes, Risks And Realities Of HIV Transmission And Care: Current Scientific Knowledge And Medical Treatment, The Center for HIV Law and Policy
Almost every type of HIV-related discrimination is rooted in gross misperceptions about the actual routes, risks and current realities of HIV transmission and treatment. We created this fact sheet as part of a larger effort to replace that ignorance with information about what is currently well-known about how HIV is and is not transmitted, and how modern HIV care has transformed the health and longevity of people living with HIV.
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A Roadmap for Change: Federal Policy Recommendations for Addressing the Criminalization of LGBT People and People Living with HIV
This new report, co-authored by Catherine Hanssens, Aisha-Moodie Millis, Andrea Ritchie, Dean Spade and Urvashi Vaid, with input from more than 50 legal, advocacy and grassroots organizations working on LGBT/HIV criminal justice issues, recommends federal action to address pervasive profiling, punishment and imprisonment of LGBT people and people living with HIV.
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Testimony Before the New York City Council Committee on Education, Committee on Health, and Committee on Women’s Issues On Student Health Services, Comprehensive Health Education, and Sexual Health Educational Training
CHLP staffer Pepis Rodriguez, testifying before New York City Council committees considering bills on student health services and sexual health education in schools, called for a resolution supporting written guarantees of LGBTQ-inclusive sexual and reproductive health and literacy services for youth in out of home care.
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Criminal Law, Racial Justice
Studies Show HIV Criminalization Laws Disproportionately Punish People of Color
Blog Post | Posted on February 23, 2016
Criminal Law, Stigma
Reckless Disregard for the Facts: Ohio Judge Says HIV Nondisclosure and Transmission is Worse Than Assault With a Deadly Weapon
Blog Post | Posted on February 12, 2016
Opinion: Judge shows remarkable ignorance about HIV
Blog Post | Posted on February 11, 2016
Employment, HIV as a Disability Under Antidiscrimination Law
HIV Stigma as a Public Health Issue: Increasing Employment Opportunities for those Living with HIV
Blog Post | Posted on February 9, 2016
Employment, HIV as a Disability Under Antidiscrimination Law
New EEOC Publications on HIV/AIDS and Employment Discrimination
Resource | Posted on February 9, 2016
Allison Nichol receives 2016 Alexander Forger Award for Excellence in HIV Legal Services and Advocacy
Blog Post | Posted on February 4, 2016
The PJP Update - November/December 2015
Resource | Posted on January 11, 2016
Criminal Law, LGBTQI, Racial Justice, Stigma
Why Are We Putting People in Jail for Having HIV? A Grassroots Guide to HIV Criminalization: Facts, Foolishness, and Solutions
Resource | Posted on November 25, 2015
Criminal Law
Elements of a Just Criminal Law Response to Allegations of NonConsensual Exposure to a Serious Infectious Disease: A Guide For Policy Makers
Resource | Posted on November 2, 2015
Criminal Law
Guide to State-Level Legislative Advocacy
Resource | Posted on November 2, 2015
Criminal Law
Ryan White Planning Councils and Advocacy Model
Resource | Posted on November 2, 2015
Criminal Law
HIV Criminalization Talking Points and References, FAQs, and Helpful Resources
Resource | Posted on November 2, 2015
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Employment, HIV as a Disability Under Antidiscrimination Law
New EEOC Publications on HIV/AIDS and Employment Discrimination
Resource | Posted on February 9, 2016
Family Law Issues, HIV Denialism, Pregnancy and Newborns, Youth
In Re: Child of J.M. and L.N., 2013 WL 5778225 (Minn. Ct. App. 2013).
Resource | Posted on February 1, 2016
The PJP Update - November/December 2015
Resource | Posted on January 11, 2016
Criminal Law, LGBTQI, Racial Justice, Stigma
Why Are We Putting People in Jail for Having HIV? A Grassroots Guide to HIV Criminalization: Facts, Foolishness, and Solutions
Resource | Posted on November 25, 2015
Confidentiality and Disclosure, Criminal Law, Prevention and Sexual Health, Stigma
Charlie Sheen HIV Status Announcement Provides Teachable Moments
Resource | Posted on November 20, 2015
Criminal Law, Stigma
Ginn v. State, 667 S.E.2d 712 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008).
Resource | Posted on November 12, 2015
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Criminal Law, Racial Justice
Studies Show HIV Criminalization Laws Disproportionately Punish People of Color
Blog Post | Posted on February 23, 2016
Opinion: Judge shows remarkable ignorance about HIV
Blog Post | Posted on February 11, 2016
Allison Nichol receives 2016 Alexander Forger Award for Excellence in HIV Legal Services and Advocacy
Blog Post | Posted on February 4, 2016
Other Infectious Diseases
Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea: A Growing Threat
Blog Post | Posted on January 26, 2016
Prevention and Sexual Health
HIV Prevention Advocacy in the 2016 Election Year: Priorities and Challenges
Blog Post | Posted on January 21, 2016
Prisons and Jails, Stigma, Women/ Women's Resource Advocacy Connection
C. Virginia Fields Blogs on HIV Stigma for Huff Post Black Voices
Blog Post | Posted on January 13, 2016
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Criminal Law, Stigma
Reckless Disregard for the Facts: Ohio Judge Says HIV Nondisclosure and Transmission is Worse Than Assault With a Deadly Weapon
Blog Post | Posted on February 12, 2016
Employment, HIV as a Disability Under Antidiscrimination Law
HIV Stigma as a Public Health Issue: Increasing Employment Opportunities for those Living with HIV
Blog Post | Posted on February 9, 2016
Stigma
New Research Examines Attitudes About HIV and Support for HIV Criminal Laws Among Alabama Convicted Offenders
Blog Post | Posted on November 2, 2015
Criminal Law, LGBTQI, Prisons and Jails
Criminal Justice Working Group Addressing Systemic Criminalization, Discrimination of LGBT People and People Living with HIV
Blog Post | Posted on September 23, 2015
Confidentiality and Disclosure
HIV and Medical Forms: To Disclose Or Not To Disclose?
Blog Post | Posted on August 18, 2015
Criminal Law, LGBTQI, Other Infectious Diseases, Prevention and Sexual Health, Reproductive Health and Rights, Stigma, Women/ Women's Resource Advocacy Connection
Stop the Insanity
Blog Post | Posted on June 9, 2015
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