The Center for HIV Law and Policy challenges barriers to the rights and health of people affected by HIV through legal advocacy, high-impact policy initiatives, and creation of cross-issue partnerships, networks, and resources. We support movement building that amplifies the power of individuals and communities to mobilize for change that is rooted in racial, gender, and economic justice.

The Intersection of Sex Work and HIV Criminalization: An Advocate's Toolkit, The Center for HIV Law and Policy and National LGBTQ Task Force (2017)

CHLP Original Publication | Letters and Other Advocacy Documents

HIV criminalization reform has focused on laws criminalizing non-disclosure of a person’s positive HIV status prior to consensual sex. Available data, while limited, indicates that sex workers living with HIV are disproportionately affected by HIV criminal laws; often, this occurs through criminal law provisions that increase sentences for sex workers living with HIV. 

Despite this, the movement for HIV criminal law reform has yet to meaningfully engage in advocacy for sex work decriminalization. This toolkit highlights the connections between sex work and HIV decriminalization advocacy, and outlines ways to improve collaboration that strengthen our efforts to change these laws.

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