CHLP fights stigma and discrimination at the intersection of HIV, race, health status, disability, class, sexuality and gender identity and expression, with a focus on criminal and public health systems. As part of this work, we support movement building that amplifies the power of individuals and communities to mobilize for change rooted in racial, gender and economic justice. We do this through legal advocacy, high-impact policy initiatives, and creation of cross-issue partnerships, networks, and resources.

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  1. Rethinking HIV-Exposure Crimes, Margo Kaplan, Indiana Law Journal (2012)

    The following summary is the abstract of the article written by the author, Margo Kaplan. This article challenges the current legislative and scholarly approaches to HIV-exposure crimes and proposes an alternative framework to address their flaws. Twenty- ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/14/2017 11:22am

  2. Talking Points on Nebraska's Proposed HIV Criminalization Statute, Legislative Bill 226, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2011)

    The Center for HIV Law and Policy and its Positive Justice Project have been closely following the proposed Legislative Bill 226 in Nebraska as well as assisting Nebraska advocates in organizing a response. The Assault with Bodily Fluids Bill would crimin ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 8/16/2017 11:14am

  3. Ian McGowan, Rectal Microbicides: Can We Make Them and Will People Use Them?, AIDS and Behavior (Feb. 2011)

    (The following summary is excerpted from the article's abtract.) The results of the CAPRISA 004 and iPrEx HIV prevention studies have demonstrated that topical or systemic use of antiretroviral agents can significantly reduce the risk of HIV acquisit ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  4. Rectal Microbicides: Can We Make Them and Will People Use Them?, Ian McGowan, AIDS Behav. (2011)

    (The following summary is excerpted and adapted from the article's abstract): The results of the CAPRISA 004 and iPrEx HIV prevention studies have demonstrated that topical or systemic use of antiretroviral agents can significantly reduce the risk of ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  5. Transmission Routes, Viral Loads and Relative Risks: The Science of HIV for Lawyers and Advocates, Center for HIV Law and Policy (2011)

    This document summarizes key scientific sources and selected quotations on the nature of HIV in ways that are accessible and useful for legal briefs and other advocacy work. The publication includes sections on HIV as a chronic disease, HIV as an impairme ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/28/2017 2:04pm

  6. Chart: HIV, STIs and Relative Risks in the United States, Center for HIV Law and Policy (2011)

    This chart presents data comparing HIV infection to other sexually transmitted infections. These data illustrate that other sexually transmitted infections can pose similar, and sometimes equally great or greater, risks than HIV. Herpes simplex virus type ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/28/2017 12:44pm

  7. U.S.-Based Advocacy Against HIV Criminalization: The Positive Justice Project, Slide Presentation, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2012)

    This slide presentation, presented on January 17, 2012 during the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Director's (NASTAD'S) Decriminalization Technical Assistance Webinar, summarizes the current use of criminal and civil commitment l ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/28/2017 12:31pm

  8. Viral Apartheid: Sexuality and Discrimination Involving HIV. Todd A. Heywood, Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance: State of Sexual Freedom in the United States 2011 Report (2011)

    This chapter, in a larger report on the State of Sexual Freedom in the United States, explores the current state of HIV criminalization in the United States, including four recent cases involving HIV disclosure laws, bodily fluid as a harmful biological d ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  9. Iowa Department of Public Health, Discussion of Revisions to Iowa Code 709C – Criminal Transmission of HIV (2012)

    The Iowa State Department of Health released this path-breaking discussion piece on the rationale for changing Iowa Code 709C, the state's law on criminalizing so-called "exposure" to the bodily fluids of persons with HIV. The paper summari ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/14/2017 11:09am

  10. Rhoades v. State of Iowa, Opening Brief of Applicant/ Appellant and Request for Oral Argument, Supreme Court of Iowa, Glazebrook & Moe, LLP, Lambda Legal (2012)

    Nick Rhoades's opening brief and request for oral argument to the Supreme Court of Iowa in his 2012 appeal of the denial of his application for post-conviction relief. In 2008, Rhoades was convicted of criminal transmission of HIV under Iowa Code § 7 ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/15/2017 12:10pm

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