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Filters Content type: News, Editors' picks, About HIV Topic: Discrimination & the law

In some jurisdictions, punitive laws and policies increase people’s vulnerability to HIV. In other jurisdictions, the law protects human rights and defends people against unfair treatment in employment, in healthcare and when using services.

Social & legal issues

UK: One step closer in decade-long battle for stronger disability hate crime laws

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Disability News Service
13 December 2021
Employment

UK: Armed Forces make major changes to end HIV being a barrier to service

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Ministry of Defence
1 December 2021
Employment

Statement: UK armed Forces announce major changes to allow people living with HIV to serve in the military

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National AIDS Trust
1 December 2021
Discrimination & the law

Australia introduces law that would allow some organisations to ‘discriminate’ based on faith

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The Independent
25 November 2021
Discrimination & the law

Sadly, HIV Discrimination Still Happens. Here's What to Do if You Experience It

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TheBody
24 November 2021
Employment

The US Military’s HIV Ban is Unjust

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Inkstick
5 November 2021
Discrimination & the law

Uganda president Yoweri Museveni rejects cruel anti-LGBT bill

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Pink News
21 August 2021
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

Amid continued criminalisation, Uganda endorses LGBT access for HIV treatment

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Erasing 76 Crimes
12 August 2021
Young people

Kenya: Age Restrictions By Law are Catalyst to HIV Infections

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AllAfrica
12 August 2021
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

Just 1 openly gay Olympian from the 71 nations with anti-homosexuality laws

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Erasing 76 Crimes
9 August 2021
Activism & civil society

IAS 2021: Closing session, Keynote address – Susan Cole Video

July 2021
Employment

The US military's HIV policies are discriminatory — and decades behind the times

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Washington Post
24 July 2021
Confidentiality, consent & medical ethics

Kenya: Mediheal Hospital Ordered to Pay Woman Sh2 Million for Disclosing Her HIV Status

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AllAfrica
5 July 2021
Discrimination & the law

Supreme Court to hear appeal of S.F. case that allowed some HIV/AIDS patients to sue for discrimination

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San Francisco Chronicle
5 July 2021
Activism & civil society

aidsmapCHAT: Pride 2021 special – series 4, episode 4 Video

June 2021
Economic & social inequality

aidsmapLIVE: Health inequalities & HIV Video

May 2021
Employment

UK: Investigation finds care agency’s recruitment practices were unlawful

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Equality and Human Rights Commission
17 May 2021
Discrimination & the law

Police must remove and end use of database warning markers for HIV to stop HIV stigma, says National AIDS Trust

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National AIDS Trust
11 March 2021
Discrimination & the law

What is discrimination?

About HIV
February 2021
Discrimination & the law

Islamic Republic of Iran bans stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV in health-care settings

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UNAIDS
27 January 2021
Government, leadership & policy

How Biden’s Executive Order on LGBTQ Equality Helps HIV Efforts

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POZ
25 January 2021
Transgender people

President Biden Issues Most Substantive, Wide-Ranging LGBTQ Executive Order In U.S. History

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Human Rights Campaign
21 January 2021
Discrimination & the law

US: Two OB/GYNs Sued For Allegedly Discriminating Against Patient With HIV

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Newsweek
15 January 2021
Employment

US: The Military Is Waging War on HIV-Positive Soldiers

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Bloomberg
22 September 2020