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3/25/2020 6:59pm

Webinar: A Guide to State-level Organizing: HIV Criminalization and Reform (2020)

A webinar presented by The Center for HIV Law and Policy and the Positive Justice Project Advisory Group on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 to assess the best practices of reform and advocacy work, to connect together and reinforce the urgency of social movements.

3/13/2020 2:40pm

Extraordinary Measures in Extraordinary Times

3/5/2020 4:56pm

Washington State Advocates Succeed in Reforming State’s HIV Criminal Law (2020)

UPDATE: Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed HB 1551 into law on Thursday, March 19, 2020. (Click for video.)

On Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in a well-earned victory for advocates in Washington State, the Senate passed a bill that reformed the state’s HIV criminalization law. Governor Jay Inslee, who supports the bill, is expected to sign it into law.

3/3/2020 9:39am

The Appeal Looks at Florida's HIV Criminalization Laws and Reform that Offers Little Relief for Sex Workers (2020)

CHLP recently spoke with The Appeal about HIV criminalization reform efforts in Florida. Top-down movements won't work for the people overrepresented in the enforcement of criminal law -- and that's the case with laws that criminalize disease exposure, too.

Ultimately, we energize and mobilize communities towards action and change with a broad, inclusive movement, with an ambitious goal. This truth doesn't change just because there's a (seemingly) unworkable political majority in your state.

12/17/2019 12:43pm

SAFE SEX Workers Study Act Introduced on 16th International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers (2019)

Reps. Ro Khanna (CA-17), Barbara Lee (CA-13) and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), introduced the SAFE SEX Workers Study Act, a bill to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct the first national study on the health and safety of sex workers.