On March 31, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee issued a ruling on a motion to dismiss in OUTMemphis v. Lee, allowing a first-of-its-kind challenge to an HIV criminalization law using the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to move forward.
Earlier this month, CHLP convened attorneys, advocates, and law students in Chicago for a two-day summit focused on strengthening legal strategies to challenge HIV criminalization laws using the ADA.
A new storytelling media project by the Beyond Do No Harm Network spotlights the human impact of HIV criminalization through stories by CHLP Senior Positive Justice Project (PJP) Attorney Jada Hicks and Tennessee advocate Lashanda Salinas.
On March 16, a coalition of people living with HIV (PLHIV), privacy advocates, public health legal and policy experts, and abolitionists is raising the alarm about the risks of ongoing public health surveillance practices that lack sufficient safeguards to protect criminalized and marginalized communities in the United States.
An HIV is Not a Crime Day statement by CHLP calling for cross-movement solidarity to resist carceral systems and affirm that no person’s health or immigration status should ever be grounds for punishment.
In an opinion issued on Wednesday, February 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit restored a policy barring people living with HIV from enlisting in the U.S. military, the nation’s largest employer.
CHLP recently organized a new student outreach initiative – Radical Roots: HBCUs for Justice – that builds knowledge, reduces stigma, and sparks action around HIV criminalization by partnering with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the South.
The Trump administration has paused recruiting people living with HIV, signaling a return to discriminatory enlistment policies. Although people living with HIV were historically barred from enlistment and deployment, recent court rulings have limited these restrictions, recognizing that individuals with undetectable viral loads can safely and effectively serve.
In comments submitted to the Federal Register in December, CHLP joined a coalition of 67 HIV advocacy organizations in opposing the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) 2025 proposed Public Charge rule.
