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Celebrating 20 years in 2025, 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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December 4, 2025

Scalawag: The criminalization of HIV is a form of state punishment

In this World AIDS Day week think piece for Scalawag magazine, CHLP’s Kytara Epps argues that HIV criminalization functions not as a public-health measure but as a form of state punishment.
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December 1, 2025

CHLP’s Positive Justice Project Introduces New Guiding Principles to Inform and Inspire Decriminalization Work

Today, on World AIDS Day, the Positive Justice Project (PJP) is releasing its reimagined Guiding Principles. During the ongoing onslaught against our communities, these principles offer guidance for the movement to end HIV criminalization and construct systems of care and compassion for all people, especially those living with and deeply impacted by HIV.
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November 21, 2025

CHLP Hosts Positive Justice Project Partners Group Meeting in Atlanta

CHLP recently hosted an in-person meeting of the Positive Justice Project (PJP) Partners Group in Atlanta. The meeting brought together 13 leaders from state, regional, and national organizations working to fight against HIV and STI criminalization.
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New: 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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Featured CHLP Publications

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Preparing for a Supreme Court Decision That Could Change Health Care Coverage for Millions of Americans, Equality Federation and CHLP (2025)

May 27, 2025
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Timeline of State Reforms and Repeals of HIV Criminal Laws, CHLP (2025)

May 27, 2025
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Mapping HIV Criminalization Laws in the U.S., CHLP (2025)

November 12, 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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Model Policy on Data Privacy, CHLP (2024)

November 26, 2024
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Aging & HIV: An introduction to legal issues facing people living and aging with HIV, CHLP (2024)

August 12, 2024
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Explore this collection of more than 1,000 legal resources to support and increase the advocacy power and expertise of attorneys, community members, service providers, and all people living with HIV.

 

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Recent Webinars

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Abolition for our people: Abolition 101 - Grounding our movement in liberation

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Housing as Healthcare: Unlocking doors to stable housing for PLAHIV

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100 Days In: How HIV Advocates are Meeting the Moment

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CHLP's 2025 Fundraising Campaign

As we celebrate CHLP's 20th anniversary year, we have launched a fundraising campaign to raise $25,000 in 2025. This campaign will increase our capacity to do our work and fortify the organization for years to come.

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