This past week, U.S. representative Barbara Lee reintroduced a bill to repeal HIV criminalization laws across the nation, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. Earlier this year, LGBT people went on red alert when a public health bill in Kansas proposed that people living with HIV could be quarantined.
US: Advocate editorial supports REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act
News curated from other sources
US: Bill introduced in Illinois to reform HIV criminalisation law
Advocates and Legislators Introduce Bill to Decriminalize HIV in Illinois
February 26, 2021
Nigeria: Jigawa State adopts law recommending death penalty in cases of rape resulting in HIV transmission
Jigawa Assembly passes law stipulating life sentence for rapist
February 20, 2021
US[Update]: Virginia House of Delegates passes bill to amend HIV criminalisation law
Virginia General Assembly passes bill to modernize HIV laws
February 20, 2021
US: Bipartisan effort to modernize Georgia’s HIV laws
Republican lawmaker wants to modernize Georgia’s HIV laws
February 19, 2021
Australia: New South Wales mandatory testing bill is unnecessary and could be counterproductive
Mandatory disease testing bill ‘could put officers at risk’
February 12, 2021
News by the HIV Justice Network
Editorial: “Leave no-one behind” when working to end HIV criminalisation
February 26, 2021
It's all about justice and love this Valentines!
February 10, 2021