EBONY Magazine: Congresswoman Barbara Lee Calls California's HIV Criminal Law "Outdated"

In an interview with EBONY Magazine on August 16, 2012, Rep. Barbara Lee (D) called for an end to "outdated" laws on HIV criminalization in her own state and nationwide. "This is happening across the country. These laws are immoral, unjust and we need to bring awareness to this issue."

CHLP Executive Director Catherine Hanssens spoke to the implications of criminalization for the Black community: "Of the cases that we know of, they are disproportionately Black men...These laws are a great way to act on racism and/or homophobia and not call it that."