The Fine Print Blog

Deon Haywood in the Women with a Vision office; May 24, 2012. Photograph by Eliot Kamenitz/The Times-Picayune/Lando

HIV’s Grip on the American South Draws Much-Needed Attention to the AIDS Crisis in the American South

Scott Campbell
Executive Director, Elton John AIDS Foundation
New Yorker article on Women With A Vision draws much-needed attention to the AIDS crisis in the American South.

A Lamentable Example of Overcriminalization: HIV Criminalization

Norman L. Reimer
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Executive Director

The Press on Marjorie Hill's Departure Had Us Thinking...

Catherine Hanssens
Before we polemically assault a community leader, perhaps we should hold the feet of responsible government officials to the fire.
Red AIDS Ribbon with Handcuffs

HIV Criminalization in Iowa: Rhoades v. Iowa

Catherine Hanssens and Iván Espinoza-Madrigal
An account of the Iowa Court of Appeals decision in Rhoades v. Iowa, a case involving Nick Rhoades, a gay man living with HIV who was charged with criminal transmission of HIV based on his HIV status, and evidence of consensual sex that posed little or no risk of transmission to his partner.

By Iván Espinoza-Madrigal and Rashida Richardson

We have a long way to go before Minnesotans are safe from irrational, retaliatory targeting based on the fact that they stepped up to get tested.

Speaking of that Dream...

 By Catherine Hanssens & Iván Espinoza-Madrigal

 "The arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice, but it doesn't bend on its own." Let's stand up for HIV equality in the military.