by Gavin Myers HIV is not a crime, enough with all this jail! HIV is NOT a crime! ACT UP! Decriminalize! Healthcare…Treatment is a human right! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! These were the impassioned refrains of several dozen HIV activists who protested HIV criminalization outside the 2012 Presidential Debate at Hofstra University in Long Island Tuesday night.
An Anti-HIV Criminalization Protest Outside the Hofstra University 2012 Presidential Debate
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