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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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November 21, 2023

CHLP Testifies Before New York City Council on the Needs of Older Adults Living with HIV

On November 17, 2023, CHLP’s Kae Greenberg and Amir Sadeghi testified before a trio of New York City Council committees at the first-ever hearing o

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October 26, 2023

News Release: CHLP Commends Historic Lawsuit Challenging Tennessee’s Aggravated Prostitution Laws

On Tuesday, October 24, the ACLU, the ACLU Foundation of Tennessee, and the Transgender Law Center filed a historic complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee on behalf of OutMemphis and four anonymous individual women. The lawsuit, OutMemphis v. Lee, is a challenge to Tennessee's aggravated prostitution statute as a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the U.S. Constitution.
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October 24, 2023

CHLP and TransEquity Host Community Conversation on HIV Criminalization in Brooklyn

Brooklyn Town Hall event on the topic of HIV criminalization features a wide-ranging discussion that touched on everything from Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U), Public Health Law 2307 and sex education in New York City, consensual sex work, and much more.
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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.

Pleadings and Briefs

OUTMemphis v. Lee, US District Court for Western District of Tennessee, ACLU et al. (2023)

On Tuesday, October 24, the ACLU, the ACLU Foundation of Tennessee and the Transgender Law Center filed this complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee on behalf of OutMemphis and four anonymous individual women. The lawsuit, Out Memphis v.

Letters and Other Advocacy Documents

PACHA Anniversary Letter to CDC on MIPA in MHS/CDR Policy, CHLP et al (October 2023)

This letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requests that networks of people living with HIV (PLHIV) be involved in determining molecular HIV surveillance (MHS) policy.

Community/NGO Statements & Resolutions

Molecular HIV Surveillance and Cluster Detection and Response Resolution, PACHA (October 17, 2022)

In this resolution, PACHA urges the CDC to update its guidance to state, territorial, and local health departments and public health departments to collaborate with key stakeholders and PLHIV and assess whether MHS should be implemented locally, as well as how MHS activities might be constituted

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