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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.

In this World AIDS Day week think piece for Scalawag magazine, CHLP’s Kytara Epps argues that HIV criminalization functions not as a public-health measure but as a form of state punishment.

Today, on World AIDS Day, the Positive Justice Project (PJP) is releasing its reimagined Guiding Principles. During the ongoing onslaught against our communities, these principles offer guidance for the movement to end HIV criminalization and construct systems of care and compassion for all people, especially those living with and deeply impacted by HIV.

CHLP recently hosted an in-person meeting of the Positive Justice Project (PJP) Partners Group in Atlanta. The meeting brought together 13 leaders from state, regional, and national organizations working to fight against HIV and STI criminalization.

CHLP has updated its set of maps in its signature Mapping HIV Criminal Laws in the U.S. resource. The updates include a new Donation Offenses map and other changes reflecting recent legislative changes and ongoing research into the nuances of HIV criminalization.

CHLP Public Health and Advocacy Strategist Kytara Epps was honored as one of the National Black Justice Collective's (NBJC) 100 to Watch Black LGBTQ+/SGL Emerging Leaders.

The statement from CHLP condemns a recent executive order by the Trump administration that attacks evidence-based public health approaches like Housing First and harm reduction, while expanding carceral strategies such as civil confinement and increased surveillance of marginalized communities.

This article in Verite News, a nonprofit news outlet based in New Orleans, focuses on the devastating impact of Louisiana's HIV exposure law as lawmakers seek to expand it to include other STIs.

In an op-ed published in Louisiana's largest daily newspaper, The Advocate, CHLP Executive Director S. Mandisa Moore-O’Neal and HIV advocate Millicent Foster speak out against a proposed Louisiana bill that would have criminalized nearly every adult in the state for knowing if they had a sexually transmitted infection (STI).