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Building the Infrastructure for Liberation

CHLP's new impact report tells the story of how CHLP creates the relationships, leadership, legal strategies, movement infrastructure, and collective power that make positive justice possible.

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Abolition for our people

Join us on a shared path of grounding and growing our work and our movement in abolitionist thinking and values. In this webinar series, we explore what it means to build justice that heals rather than harms, and to create systems rooted in care, accountability, and collective liberation for our people. 

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Abolition for Our People: We are each other's harvest: Addressing harm through transformative and restorative justice

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Abolition for Our People: Assessing the landscape: Authoritarianism and the fight for public health justice

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Abolition for Our People: Cultivating Positive Justice - Ending HIV criminalization through principled coalition-based advocacy

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Abolition for Our People: Abolition 101 - Grounding our movement in liberation

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HIV Crim Map of USA

Updated: Mapping HIV Criminalization Laws in the U.S.

The new release of CHLP's HIV criminalization maps represent a substantial update resulting from a comprehensive research process and updated methodology based on CHLP’s Sourcebook on State and Federal HIV Criminal Law and Practice.

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In the News

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November 12, 2026

Sex / Health Alliance Commits to Sustaining Decriminalization Efforts at New Orleans Convening

In October, the Sex / Health Alliance convened for an in-person gathering of core partners and grantee organizations. The Sex / Health Alliance was established in 2022 to mobilize resources for community-centered organizing and advocacy aimed at dismantling laws that criminalize consensual sexual behavior and health status.
“Episode 13” graphic for the “Justice Ain’t Cheap” podcast, with three smiling hosts’ portraits: Saida Agostini-Bostic, Richard Burns, and S. Mandisa Moore-O’Neal. Purple and magenta design.
November 10, 2026

Justice Ain’t Cheap Podcast Features CHLP Executive Director S. Mandisa Moore-O’Neal

CHLP Executive Director S. Mandisa Moore-O’Neal joined longtime LGBTQ+ activist and philanthropic leader Richard Burns for earnings and Legacies of the HIV/AIDS Movement, the latest episode of the Justice Ain’t Cheap podcast, hosted by Funders for LGBTQ Issues President Saida Agostini-Bostic.
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August 31, 2026

Harm Reduction as Our Resistance: Preventing Overdose by Building Systems of Care

Sean McCormick
CHLP Staff Attorney

On International Overdose Awareness Day, we reflect on the impact of overdose on our communities and demand responses rooted in care, dig

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Advancing justice, rooted in liberation

CHLP's new strategic plan asks: How do we help create a future where people living with HIV and other stigmatized health conditions live freely—without surveillance, discrimination, stigma, violence, or criminalization? 

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Featured CHLP Publications

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A Community Guide to Record Clearing, CHLP (2025)

December 5, 2025
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Positive Justice Project Guiding Principles, CHLP (2025)

December 1, 2025
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Mapping HIV Criminalization Laws in the U.S., CHLP (2026)

September 15, 2026
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New York's Shadow Prisons, CHLP (2025)

July 1, 2025
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Timeline of State Reforms and Repeals of HIV Criminal Laws, CHLP (2025)

May 27, 2025
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What is Molecular HIV Surveillance and does it put me at risk? CHLP (2024)

November 26, 2024
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Making positive justice possible.

CHLP is an abolitionist legal and policy organization that envisions and works for a world where HIV and other stigmatized health conditions are no longer criminalized but met with compassion and the resources to thrive.

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