HIV criminalization

Virginia could be the first state in the South to decriminalize HIV transmission.

HIV cannot be transmitted through saliva and the paramedic was wearing a mask. But Florida law on HIV still allows him to be prosecuted.

CBS published (then deleted) an article that made it seem that HIV could be spread through saliva. Even worse – the police officers that supplied the info are still promoting that as fact.

He earned the nickname “Gentleman Thad” for his Southern ways, but he was less than honorable to the LGBT community.

The man would use sabotaged condoms in order to infect his partners – and then he would taunt them about it over text message.

The crime could have landed you eight years in prison; now it’s a maximum of six months. So why did it change?

A new bill would make it a misdemeanor instead of a felony to intentionally expose someone to HIV.

Russia’s HIV rate is higher than any in Europe, and one of the highest in the world, but it’s overwhelmingly because of heterosexuals and IV drug users.

The panel ruled that the trial court abused its discretion by admitting excerpted recordings of phone calls Johnson made while jailed.

Clinton stressed the need to reform laws that criminalize HIV and have sent people to jail based on old or junk science.