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U.S. Attorney General should initiate a review of federal and state laws, policies, and regulations regarding criminal and related civil commitment cases involving people living with HIV.

The Door's annual youth conference will feature CHLP-led sessions on sexual health care for youth in out-of-home care and HIV criminalization. 

Immigration court's ruling that HIV+ Detainee is a "Danger to the Community" Defies Current Science

Criminalizing HIV is an ineffective misuse of law according to an article featured in the Body.  As noted in the article, CHLP's REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act Outreach Toolkit can help advocates to effectively engage state representatives.

The Innocence Project hosted a discussion on the rights of LGBT and HIV-affected people at the intersection of immigration and criminal justice systems. As part of this discussion, CHLP addressed the additional negative impact of HIV-specific criminal laws on immigration protection and relief. 

The LGBT community inherited an inspiring legacy of courage and activism from Stonewall. This is the spirit that empowered HIV activists during the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, and continues to inspire new generations of leaders fighting for LGBT and HIV equality today. The LGBT community has come a long way since 1969, but more work remains to end stop-and-frisk, condom confiscation, and HIV criminalization.

The U.S. Senate vote yesterday moved us one step closer to some important fixes to our broken immigration policy.  

CNN en Español and NTN24, tonight, will feature in-depth analysis from CHLP Legal Director Iván Espinoza-Madrigal on the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's gay rights decisions on the movement for LGBT and HIV equality, particularly people of color and immigrants.

In two landmark decisions today, the U.S. Supreme Court sent a powerful reminder that individual "moral and sexual choices" are protected by the U.S. Constitution, and that laws and policies designed to exclude people based on their characteristics and identity are intolerable forms of discrimination, marginalization, and institutionalization of second-class citizen status. 

Radio Bilingüe, the Spanish-language public radio in the U.S., held a discussion today on the Supreme Court's gay rights cases. As CHLP's Legal Director Iván Espinoza-Madrigal explained in the programming, the gay rights cases confirm that our "moral and sexual choices" are Constitutionally protected.