Issues & Advocacy
HIV Long-Term Survivors Declaration
This declaration establishes and reminds humanity that we are into the fourth decade of the HIV epidemic and half the people living with HIV are age 50 and older. By 2020 that number will be 70%. This is a wakeup call to focus on the needs and reality of older...
List of Links to Videos on HIV Criminalization
Wonderful list of video links on HIV criminalization. To view the videos, click the View Resource button below.
A Tragedy, Not a Crime
Campbell has HIV, and the "deadly weapon" was saliva, which he spat into the officers' faces. But saliva has never been shown to transmit HIV, so the "deadly weapon" Campbell wielded was no more lethal than a toy pistol - and it wasn't even loaded... To learn more,...
Criminalization 101
Over the last several years, as I've talked to a wider circle of advocates, people with HIV and policy leaders about HIV criminalization, it has become apparent to me that many people are not well-informed on the topic. Some instinctively favor prosecuting people with...
PWN: Fight Stigma with Language
Fighting Stigma with Language
Where HIV Is a Crime, Not Just a Virus
Since 1987, when prosecutions in Germany, Sweden and the United States were first recorded, an increasing number of countries around the world have enacted laws that prosecute people living with HIV who are thought to have put others at risk. To learn more, click the...
10 Reasons to Oppose HIV Criminalization (2008) Open Society Institute
"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 Parliament"Priscilla...
HIV Criminalization: A Challenge to Public Health and Ending AIDS
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.
15 Ways HIV Criminalization Laws Harm Us All
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.
HIV #LanguageMatters
Using preferred language to address stigma. Created by and for People Living with HIV.