Tag: HIV criminalization
HIV is not a crime: Help Us End HIV Criminalization
HIV is not a crime. But according to our allies at the Positive Justice Project, most states continue to unfairly single out and target people living with HIV for criminal prosecution. This practice of ‘HIV criminalization’ is a relic of the fear-based public policy response of the early HIV epidemic. We believe it is time [...]
Prosecuting Sex Work: Just Doesn’t Work
Aimed at departing from the oft-used criminalization approach in dealing with the issue of sex trafficking, a presentation at the 2012 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting in San Francisco examined the issue through the lens of public health prevention as a growing strategy to combat human trafficking. The definition of human trafficking includes [...]
Iowa Activists Advance in Push to Repeal HIV Criminalization Law
This week Iowa activists working to repeal a state law that criminalizes non-disclosure to sexual partners of one’s HIV positive status reported a big win as the state’s HIV planning council endorsed the goal of repealing the ineffective and unjust statute. Iowa is just one of many fronts of struggle against the misguided use of [...]
