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DOJ demands Tennessee repeal its discriminatory HIV criminalization law
The law requires HIV-positive sex workers who get arrested to register for life as violent sex offenders.
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Trans sex worker & ACLU sue Tennessee over HIV criminalization law
The law turns one misdemeanor into a felony, but only for HIV-positive people.
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Democratic governor signs law punishing HIV transmission with up to 10 years in prison
As of 2022, 35 states have outdated and discriminatory laws that criminalize HIV exposure (and predominantly punish Black people).
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New Jersey senate votes to decriminalize transmitting HIV
People living with HIV in New Jersey could face five years in prison for having sex, far more than any other STI.
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Virginia moves forward on bill to decriminalize HIV transmission
Virginia could be the first state in the South to decriminalize HIV transmission.
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Florida man charged with “criminal transmission of HIV” after he spit on a paramedic
HIV cannot be transmitted through saliva and the paramedic was wearing a mask. But Florida law on HIV still allows him to be prosecuted.
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Employee fired for publishing man’s name & HIV status in misleading report
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.
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Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran is retiring. Here’s why we won’t miss him.
He earned the nickname “Gentleman Thad” for his Southern ways, but he was less than honorable to the LGBT community.
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Gay man found guilty of purposefully infecting others with HIV in landmark British trial
The man would use sabotaged condoms in order to infect his partners – and then he would taunt them about it over text message.
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California just dramatically lowered the punishment for willfully exposing someone to HIV
The crime could have landed you eight years in prison; now it’s a maximum of six months. So why did it change?
