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Associations Between Transition-Specific Stress Experience, Nocturnal Decline in Ambulatory Blood Pressure, and C-Reactive Protein Levels Among Transgender Men, L. Zachary Dubois, Am. J. Hum. Biol. 24 (2012).

This study examines physiological manifestations of stress associated with the process of transitioning among transgender men. The goal of the study was to document the ... More

Criminalization of HIV Non-Disclosure, Exposure, and Transmission: Working Annotated Bibliography, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University (2012)

This annotated bibliography is a compilation of select literature focusing on the ethical, public health, and legal issues related to criminalization of HIV ... More

Science or Stigma: Potential Challenges to the FDA’s Ban on Gay Blood, Dwayne J. Bensing, 14. U. Pa. J. Const. L. 485(2011)

This article explores the constitutionality of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) twenty-six year ban on blood donations by men who have had sexual contact with ... More

Farber v. Jefferys, 2011 WL 5248207 (Nov. 2, 2011)

New York State Supreme Court Justice Louis B. York granted summary judgment in favor of Richard Jefferys, one of three defendants in a defamation lawsuit brought by Celia ... More

Franklin Collection Service, Inc. v. Patty Kyle, 955 So.2d 284 (2007)

In this decision from the Supreme Court of Mississippi, the court lays out the perimeters for causes of action arising from disclosure of medical information. Patty Kyle ... More

Criminal prosecutions for HIV non-disclosure: two cases before the Supreme Court of Canada, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (2012)

This note was written in anticipation of the February 8, 2012, arguments of two HIV non-disclosure cases before the Supreme Court of Canada. It offers fact summaries on ... More

Briefing Note: Criminalizing non‐disclosure of HIV status, Ontario Working Group on Criminal Law and HIV Exposure, (2012)

This briefing note provides an overview of HIV non-disclosure laws in Canada and recommendations for a different approach to the issue of HIV non-disclosure. It provides a ... More

Boyer v. Belleque, 2011 WL 5110120 (9th Cir. October 28, 2011)

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial by the U.S. District Court in Oregon of a petition for habeas corpus and found that the state court's ... More

News

February 2012

Positive Justice Project Urges Rational Response to HIV Criminal Case

New York, February 13, 2012 – Legal and public health experts are speaking out against criminal charges that have been brought against an HIV-positive man in Branson, MO in connection with an altercation with arresting officers.

Does your U.S. Representative support the REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act?

In September 2011, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced the REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act, the first piece of federal legislation to take on the issue of HIV criminalization. Currently, the bill has 25 congressional co-sponsors.

New Documentary on Criminal Prosecutions for Failure to Disclose HIV Focuses on the Impact on Women

New York, February 1, 2012 – In the Life Media tonight will air the first documentary to examine the effect that HIV-specific criminal laws, used to imprison people living with HIV who fail to disclose their HIV status before sex, have on women living with the virus. The program, titled Perpetuating Stigma, will air on public television stations across the country throughout February.

Special Initiatives

Positive Justice Project

The goals of the Positive Justice Project are to repeal HIV criminalization statutes and end HIV-specific prosecutions, increased punishment, and government-sponsored discrimination against people with HIV in the criminal justice system.

Teen SENSE

The Center for HIV Law and Policy's Teen SENSE initiative advances the principle that respect and accommodation for all gender expression and sexual orientation is central to HIV prevention and sexual health.

The Fine Print Blog

December 2011

We Have a Long Way to Go For Zero Discrimination

by Beirne Roose-Snyder and Catherine Hanssens

On the eve of this year's World AIDS Day, which had a theme of "Getting to Zero: Zero New HIV Infections. Zero Discrimination and Zero AIDS Deaths," we were contacted about the latest sad story of what people with HIV still have to deal with.

November 2011

Let’s Talk About Sex And The City

by Lauren Tetenbaum, JD/LMSW, Teen SENSE Consultant

In August of this year, the New York City government announced a mandate in which schools are required to teach a semester of comprehensive ("abstinence-plus") sexual health education in 6th or 7th grade and again in 9th or 10th grade.

October 2011

Hormonal Contraception and HIV: Weighing the Evidence and Balancing the Risks

by Jodi Jacobson, Editor-in-Chief, RH Reality Check
Originally published at RH Reality Check

An article in yesterday's New York Times by Pam Belluck suggesting that injectable contraceptive use might double the risk of HIV transmission among women and their partners sent a wave of anxiety through the global public health community.

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