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April 1, 2015

The Positive Justice Project Steering Committee Voices Strong Opposition to Alabama Bill that Increase Penalties for Transmission of or Exposure to STIs

President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing Report Cover

March 5, 2015

The President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Recommends Ending the Use of Condoms as Evidence of Prostitution (2015)

The Interim Report of The President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing includes a

February 27, 2015

National Coalition Releases Principles for HIV Criminal Law Reform (2015)

In the wake of recent court decisions rejecting several applications of the criminal law to people with HIV, the Positive Justice Project (PJP), a national coalition challenging HIV criminal law policies in the United States, released a set of principles to guide the modernization of state HIV criminal laws across the country.

February 26, 2015

114 Organizations Endorse Letter to the Rehabilitation Services Administration Urging High Standards for Meeting the Needs of People Living with HIV

February 19, 2015

New York’s Highest Court Says ‘No’ to the Felony Prosecution of a Person Living with HIV for Having Consensual Sex (2015)

February 19, 2015 – Today, the New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, affirmed a lower court ruling reducing charges brought by the District Attorney’s Office in Onondaga County, New York, against a young Black man living with HIV for allegedly engaging in consensual sex without disclosing his HIV status to his sex partner.

February 19, 2015

Criminalizing Behavior: HIV Criminalization and Beyond

February 17, 2015

Healthcare Provider that Turned Away an HIV Positive Patient Reaches a Settlement Agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (2015)

February 12, 2015

Criminalizing Queer

January 30, 2015

Public Health and HIV Advocacy Organizations File an Amicus Brief in a U.S. Supreme Court Case Challenging Affordable Care Act Tax Subsidies (2015)

January 23, 2015