This essay is an excerpt from the LGBT/HIV criminal justice report, A Roadmap for Change: Federal Policy Recommendations for Addressing the Criminalization of LGBT People and People with HIV. His name was Paul. I slid into the chair next to him in my examination room to console him as he cried.
HIV Criminalization: A Physician's Perspective
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Mexico: Congresswoman presents HIV decriminalisation bill in Tlaxcala Congress
A bill to repeal the crime of the danger of contagion was presented before the Plenary of the Congress.
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Ukraine: Bill to remove HIV specific article from criminal code to be considered by parliament
A specific article on transmission of HIV or of an other incurable infectious disease will be removed from the Criminal Code
October 8, 2024
US: Advocating for HIV decriminalisation and health equity at Indiana's first HIV advocacy summit
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September 20, 2024
India: Mizoram Legislative Forum on HIV/AIDS discusses possibility of mandatory HIV testing for all citizens
Mizoram legislators bat for mandatory HIV testing amid rising cases
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Australia: Criminalisation fuels healthcare disparities for migrants living with HIV
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