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Young gay men with HIV in the UK worry about disclosure, transmission and prosecution – older ones about confidence and sex

A large majority of gay men in the UK with HIV describe having one or more problems with sex, an analysis of a survey originally published in

Published
07 November 2012
By
Gus Cairns
HIV and criminal law
The boundaries of HIV criminalization

The conviction last week of Steven Boone for attempted murder raises once again the difficult question of how the criminal law should respond to persons living with HIV/AIDS who endanger or even infect others.

Published
06 November 2012
From
Ottawa Citizen
HIV and criminal law
Crown prosecutor homophobic, says HIV-positive man convicted of attempted murder

Boone’s lawyer Ian Carter said during the trial that thousands of pages of “shocking, offensive and even morally reprehensible” online sex chats between Boone and other gay men was “a lot of charged-up sexual fantasy talk.”

Published
05 November 2012
From
Ottawa Citizen
HIV and criminal law
Jury convicts ‘poz vampire’ Boone of attempted murder

Steven Boone has been found guilty of attempted murder of and administering a noxious substance — his semen — on three men, including a 17-year-old male, with whom he’d had unprotected sex.

Published
02 November 2012
From
Ottawa Citizen
HIV and criminal law
Think Having HIV Is Not a Crime? Think Again

At the beginning of the fourth decade of the HIV epidemic, profound stigma and discrimination is a fact of life for those with the disease -- not just socially, but within our legal system, says veteran HIV activist and POZ magazine founder Sean Strub.

Published
30 October 2012
From
Huffington Post
HIV and criminal law
HIV non-disclosure and criminal law: Implications of recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions for people living with HIV

On October 5, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decisions in the cases of Mabior and D.C. The Court decided that people living with HIV have a legal duty, under the criminal law, to disclose their HIV-positive status to sexual partners before having sex that poses a "realistic possibility" of HIV transmission. Not disclosing in such circumstances means a person could be convicted of aggravated sexual assault. This document explains what the Court’s decisions mean for people living with HIV, although many questions remain.

Published
30 October 2012
From
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
HIV and criminal law
Accused was looking for love, not trying to kill sex partners with HIV, court hears

A man on trial for attempted murder wanted to date — not kill — the sex partners he is accused of trying to infect with HIV, his lawyer argued Monday. The lawyer also said that thousands of pages of “shocking, offensive and even morally reprehensible” online sex chats between Steven Boone and other gay men where he effused about infecting others with his disease was “a lot of charged up sexual fantasy talk.”

Published
30 October 2012
From
Ottawa Citizen
HIV and criminal law
Crime and Punishment: An International HIV Disclosure Dilemma

There are times when many people outside the United States and Canada experience National Enquirer levels of disbelief at what's goes on in parts of North America in the field of sexual behavior and politics. The current criminalization of people with HIV who fail to tell their partners of their status is just such a moment in time.

Published
26 October 2012
From
TheBody.com
HIV and criminal law
After the Supreme Court - picking up the pieces

The legal landscape has shifted and we need to process that. Meanwhile, Bob Leahy outlines five things we aren't talking about much.

Published
26 October 2012
From
Positive Lite
HIV and criminal law
HIV-positive accused guilty of only two lesser charges, defence argues

An HIV positive man who had unprotected sex with two men should be found guilty of aggravated sexual assault since there was a “realistic possibility” he could have spread the disease during those encounters, his lawyer told a jury Wednesday. But other charges against 31-year-old Steven Paul Boone — including three counts each of attempted murder and administering a noxious substance and aggravated sexual assault against three other men who allegedly either had sex with a condom or oral sex with Boone — were still at issue, said defence lawyer Ian Carter.

Published
25 October 2012
From
Ottawa Citizen
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