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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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September 18, 2023

Forging Connections and Finding Inspiration at USCHA 2023

CHLP staff attended the U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS (USCHA) held from September 6 to 9 in Washington, D.C. Organized by NMAC, the event featured institutes and workshops addressing issues in HIV prevention, aging, prioritizing the issues of people with HIV and the next steps in ending the epidemic.
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September 18, 2023

Advocating for People Living with HIV in the Proposed Regulation Changes to the Older Americans Act

Kae Greenberg
CHLP Staff Attorney
On this National HIVAIDS and Aging Awareness Day, we are calling on our community, advocates, and policymakers to ensure that the specific needs and vulnerabilities of aging PLHIV are accounted for in their advocacy and included in ongoing national discussions and planning for the needs of America’s aging population.
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September 8, 2023

TheBody: Confronting Sexual Assault in the HIV Movement: Interview With Mandisa Moore-O’Neal

CHLP Executive Director spoke with Michael Chancley in an interview for TheBody about what it means to be vulnerable, held accountable, and transfo

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Visionary Justice

If you share CHLP's vision of radical, transformative, and Visionary Justice, please donate to our fundraising campaign. The entire CHLP team thanks you for your solidarity and support. We cannot create the world we all deserve without you! 

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What We Do

Positive Justice Project

A national coalition of organizations and individuals working to end HIV criminalization.

Sexual Health Literacy

Working for the rights of youth in state custody to comprehensive, LGBTQ-affirming sexual health care.

Molecular HIV Surveillance

Protecting the privacy and rights of people living with HIV and from the misuse of molecular surveillance data.

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Let's Talk Abolition: Pride Edition

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AIDS United Racial Justice Index Rollout

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HIV is Not a Crime: The Abolition of HIV Criminalization

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Information on HIV criminalization laws and policies in every state based on research for CHLP's Sourcebook on State and Federal HIV Criminal Law and Practice.

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Featured CHLP Publications

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The PJP Update, Positive Justice Project (September 2022)

September 12, 2022
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Map: HIV Criminalization in the United States, CHLP (updated 2022)

June 28, 2022
Timeline of State Reforms and Repeals of HIV Criminal Laws
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Timeline of State Reforms and Repeals of HIV Criminal Laws, CHLP (updated 2022)

June 28, 2022
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Map: An Overview of States Criminalizing Viral Hepatitis, CHLP (updated May 2022)

May 18, 2022
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U.S. HIV Laws and Prosecutorial Tools, CHLP (updated 2022)

April 4, 2022
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HIV Criminalization in the United States: A Sourcebook on State and Federal HIV Criminal Law and Practice, CHLP (updated February 2022)

February 27, 2022
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Latest Resources

CHLP's National Resource Center on HIV, Infectious Disease, Sexual Health and Identity is a comprehensive database of materials to inform and support sound laws and advocacy around stigmatized identities.

White Papers and Reports

State of HIV Stigma Report, GLAAD (2023)

GLAAD, in partnership with the Gilead COMPASS Initiative, has released data that tracks progress against HIV stigma, transmission and prevention of HIV, and attitudes and knowledge of people living with HIV in the United States.

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Enforcement of HIV Criminalization in Arkansas, The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law (2023)

Using data obtained from the Arkansas Crime Information Center and the Information Network of Arkansas, this study examines the enforcement of HIV criminalization laws in Arkansas since 1989.
Statutes, Regulations, and Agency Guidelines

Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Older Americans Act Regulations, RIN Number 0985-AA17, CHLP (August 2023)

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) within The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to "modernize the implementing regulations of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (OAA)",

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