The Center for HIV Law and Policy challenges barriers to the rights and health of people affected by HIV through legal advocacy, high-impact policy initiatives, and creation of cross-issue partnerships, networks, and resources. We support movement building that amplifies the power of individuals and communities to mobilize for change that is rooted in racial, gender, and economic justice.

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  1. Per-Contact Risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission Between Male Sexual Partners, Eric Vittinghoff et al., American Journal of Epidemiology (1999)

    This study of 2,169 homosexual and bisexual men sought to find the rates of seroconversion (becoming HIV positive) during various sexual acts—both protected and unprotected—per sexual contact. Out of the entire group, 60 seroconversions occurred over the ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 10/29/2019 5:07pm

  2. State v. Thomas, 983 P.2d 245 (Idaho Ct. App. 1999)

    Thomas was found guilty of transferring body fluid while HIV positive in violation of Idaho law, Idaho Code Ann. § 39-608. Thomas received a maximum fifteen-year sentence, with eligibility for parole in seven years. In 1996, Thomas met C.G., the complaina ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  3. A Positive Woman's Survival Kit, 1999, International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW)

    This compilation of personal stories interspersed with factual information regarding various aspects of women's experience with HIV/AIDS aims to help HIV-positive women learn from the similar experiences of others. Included are sections on disclosure ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  4. HIV and Its Transmission, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1999

    This fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) outlines the ways in which HIV can and cannot be transmitted from one individual to another. HIV is primarily transmitted through sexual contact, by sharing needles and/or syringes, ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 1/23/2015 5:46pm

  5. Montalvo v. Radcliffe, 167 F.3d 873 (4th Cir. 1999)

    This opinion affirms a holding for the defendant, a Karate school that denied admission to a 12-year-old boy living with AIDS, in a case brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The defendant conceded that the school was a place of public ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 3/31/2016 10:20am

  6. Neithamer v. Brenneman Prop. Servs., Inc., 81 F.Supp.2d 1 (D.D.C. 1999)

    The District Court found that demonstrating the existence of a material dispute as to one party's perception of another party's disability is enough to maintain a prima facie case of discrimination under the FHA. Here, a gay, HIV-positive man so ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm