by Sero Project | Dec 11, 2022 | Criminalization Help, Issues & Advocacy
“The concerns of women’s organizations that are pushing for criminal law approaches to HIV need to be addressed clearly and positively. In particular, action needs to be taken against domestic violence and women’s subordination.— Member of...
by Sero Project | Dec 11, 2022 | Criminalization Help, Issues & Advocacy
Consequences for Public Health, Health Care Providers and Legal Services: HIV criminalization undermines public health efforts, is an impediment to care for people living with HIV, and puts an undue burden on resource-constrained legal systems. View...
by Sero Project | Dec 11, 2022 | Criminalization Help, Issues & Advocacy
Lambda Legal describes 15 ways these laws harm public health, result in unjust prosecutions, and serve primarily to stigmatize and oppress people living with HIV. View...
by Sero Project | Dec 11, 2022 | Criminalization Help, Issues & Advocacy
Using preferred language to address stigma. Created by and for People Living with HIV. View...
by Sero Project | Dec 11, 2022 | Criminalization Help, Issues & Advocacy
Almost every type of HIV-related discrimination and associated stigma—fromdenials of medical treatment or admission to schools and camps to unwarrantedfelony prosecutions for HIV “exposure”—is rooted in gross misperceptions aboutthe actual routes, risks and current...
by Sero Project | Dec 11, 2022 | Criminalization Help, Issues & Advocacy
Because HIV criminal exposure and transmission laws single out HIV for criminal prosecution and often prosecute acts like spitting and biting, which are not known to transmit HIV, these laws serve to feed stigma, misinformation, and discrimination against HIV positive...
