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Civil rights attorney appointed Legal Director of The Center for HIV Law and Policy.

Rashida Richardson talks about HIV criminalization and the Positive Justice Project's state and national organizing to bring it to an end, hosted by the Manhattan HIV Care Network.

Prior to 2010, U.S. immigration law prohibited people with HIV from entering the country. Although HIV status is no longer a bar to entry into the country, Reuters reported on May 22, 2013, that HIV-affected immigrants, particularly women, face uncertainty and barriers to travel.

CHLP Legal Director, Iván Espinoza-Madrigal will be outlining some of the basic legal issues in employment discrimination affecting LGBT and HIV+ people.  May 29, 1:00pm-2:30pm EDT. 

The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) has updated two resources that could be helpful to HIV anti-discrimination advocates and attorneys representing PLWH.

This new toolkit has everything you need to get your member of Congress to become a REPEAL Act co-sponsor.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) was joined by Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) to introduce H.R. 1843, the Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal (REPEAL) HIV Discrimination Act. The REPEAL Act expresses the sense of Congress that federal and state laws, policies, and regulations should not place a unique or additional burden on individuals solely as a result of their HIV status.

CHLP's Adrian Guzman Testifies on NYC Administration for Children's Services Close to Home Draft Plan on Limited Secure Placement 

Rashida Richardson of CHLP and PJP member Athena Moore of NBLCA will present "Women, HIV and Criminal Law: What Can You Do?" at the Iris House 8th Annual Women as the Face of AIDS Summit.

HIV Criminalization, Immigration, and Domestic & Sexual Violence