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Grant Funding Laboratory
July 16, 2026

CHLP Joins Opposition to OMB Rule Politicizing Grant Funding

On July 13, 2026, CHLP submitted a comment demanding a full withdrawal of the proposed rule OMB-2026-0034-0001 “Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance,” which would catastrophically overhaul the federal process of issuing and administering grants and cooperative agreements.
Alt: Light purple background with beige, dark purple and red surveillance icons of eyeballs, hands, binary code floating around a black silhouette of a human holding a tablet. At the top, “HIV BASIC: Bodily Autonomy, Surveillance & Informed Consent” is in white block type in red boxes. Black type describes the consensus statement and a QR code and the words “Sign the Statement” is at the bottom in white block type in a purple box. White logo block at the bottom with PWN-USA, TLC, HJN, CHLP and SERO logos.
July 8, 2026

Hundreds of Organizations and Individuals Demand Robust Health Data Safeguards To Sever Public Health from Criminalization

The HIV Bodily Autonomy, Surveillance, and Informed Consent (HIV BASIC) Collective announces the publication of The Consensus Statement on HIV BASIC, endorsed by more than 150 organizations and 180 individuals.
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June 26, 2026

CHLP Public Interest Fellow Ken Cavanaugh Named to Windy City Times’ 2026 30 Under 30

Former CHLP summer intern Ken Cavanaugh has been named to the 2026 class of Windy City Times 30 Under 30, which recognizes LGBTQ+ individuals and allies in Chicago who have made significant contributions to the LGBTQ+ community.
State Capitol Building Baton Rouge Louisiana
June 2, 2026

Louisiana Enacts Significant Reform of HIV Exposure Law

Louisiana took a significant step toward ending HIV criminalization after Governor Jeff Landry signed House Bill 808 into law on May 15, 2026. The legislation narrows the state's HIV exposure law by limiting prosecutions to conduct that poses a substantial likelihood of transmission and creates new protections for people living with HIV.
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April 15, 2026

Federal Court Allows Landmark ADA Challenge to Proceed Against Tennessee HIV Criminalization Law

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.
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April 13, 2026

CHLP Convenes National Team ATAC Partners in Chicago to Advance ADA Challenges to HIV Criminalization

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.
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March 25, 2026

Beyond Do No Harm Network Storytelling Project Highlights HIV Criminalization Through Voices of CHLP’s Jada Hicks and Tennessee Advocate Lashanda Salinas

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.
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March 16, 2026

Call for Sign-ons: The Consensus Statement on HIV Bodily Autonomy, Surveillance, and Informed Consent (HIV BASIC)

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.
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February 26, 2026

Being Human is Not a Crime: HIV, Immigration, and State Violence

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.
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February 19, 2026

U.S. Military's Ban on Enlistment by PLHIV is Reinstated

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.