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Making positive justice possible.

CHLP is an abolitionist legal and policy organization that envisions and works for a world where HIV and other stigmatized health conditions are no longer criminalized but met with compassion and the resources to thrive.

In the News

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CHLP collaborates with advocates in Oklahoma to oppose a bill that would have criminalized thousands of Oklahomans living with sexually transmi

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CHLP was named one of the 34 organizations selected to receive a total of $3 million in funding from the Gilead COMPASS Initiative as part of its 2024 Transformative Grant awards.
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CHLP's Amir Sadeghi and Positive Women's Network's Elder Antoinettea Etienne penned this op-ed for City & State New York in opposition to S7809

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Visionary Justice

If you share CHLP's vision of radical, transformative, and Visionary Justice, please donate to our fundraising campaign. The entire CHLP team thanks you for your solidarity and support. We cannot create the world we all deserve without you! 

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Find Laws In Your State

Information on HIV criminalization laws and policies in every state based on research for CHLP's Sourcebook on State and Federal HIV Criminal Law and Practice.

Support CHLP

More than 90% of every donation we receive goes directly to support our advocacy programs on behalf of people living with HIV.