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Experiences of stigma
Australia: Half have HIV status disclosed without giving OK

JUST over half of people with HIV have had their health status disclosed without their permission, and most have felt stigmatised, two new reports will reveal.

Published
29 October 2012
From
The Age
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
Sex workers
Non-disclosure of HIV sero-status by Indian female sex workers

Commercial heterosexual sex is an important contributor to the HIV epidemic in India. No previous study had been done of whether female sex workers or their clients disclosed their HIV status if they had HIV. A survey found that 58% of HIV positive female sex workers and 41% of HIV-positive clients had never disclosed their HIV status to any sexual partner.

Published
23 October 2012
From
BMJ
HIV and criminal law
HIV and disclosure: How the Supreme Court of Canada got it wrong

The Supreme Court of Canada's ruling that people living with HIV have a legal duty to tell their sexual partners about their HIV infection except in a narrow set of circumstances — where the risk that HIV would be transmitted approaches zero -- are a step backward for HIV prevention efforts, unjust for people living with HIV, and do nothing to advance sexual assault jurisprudence, says Alison Symington in the Toronto Star.

Published
23 October 2012
From
Toronto Star
HIV and criminal law
Viral load will be no defence against prosecution for HIV exposure or transmission in Norway

HIV campaigners reacted with dismay today to the issuing of a report by a Norwegian Commission on HIV and the Law which, while making one significant concession in

Published
20 October 2012
By
Gus Cairns
HIV and criminal law
Canadians Living with HIV: 'We are not criminals'

Positive Canadians fear new supreme court ruling that is intended to protect will end up causing even more harm

Published
19 October 2012
From
Monday Magazine
HIV and criminal law
Top court decision on HIV disclosure will be major issue in Ottawa attempted murder trial, lawyer says

Ambiguities in a landmark Supreme Court ruling that found HIV-positive people do not need to disclose their status if they have low viral loads and wear condoms will have a “direct impact” on the Ottawa jury trial of a man accused of trying to kill people by spreading the disease, says his lawyer.

Published
10 October 2012
From
Ottowa Citizen
HIV and criminal law
Sweden: Majority of MPs want to reform HIV disclosure obligation and 'HIV exposure' criminal liability

Two articles commemorating 30 years of HIV in Sweden in Svenska Dagbladet by journalist Tobias Brandel suggest that public – and political – opinion is being positively impacted by a two-year campaign to raise awareness and advocate against overly-broad HIV criminalisation.

Published
09 October 2012
From
HIV Justice Network
Promoting HIV testing
South Africa: Taking HIV Testing to Homes

Home-based HIV testing, which enables people to have an HIV test in the privacy of their own home without having to go to a health facility, is one of the newest efforts to be introduced in South Africa to get people to know their HIV status.

Published
20 September 2012
From
allAfrica.com
Relationships and feelings
Dating And Fear In The Age Of HIV: 'I'd Like To Sleep With You -- And I'm HIV-Positive'

The dearth of proud, openly positive gay people online in most cities is a lost opportunity for all of us. More open disclosure can lead toward better, more informed, and safer sex. It would also go far toward removing some of the shame we have toward the disease.

Published
11 September 2012
From
Huffington Post
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