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Social, economic, legal and political issues that may affect the lives of people living with HIV, including stigma, discrimination, criminalisation, travel and insurance.

HIV & criminal law

Germany: Aachen Court re-evaluates key ‘mens rea’ requirement in German law, rules HIV transmission without disclosure is negligent injury, not intentional harm

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HIV Justice Network
31 March 2015
Combatting stigma

Meet Britain’s First HIV-Positive Parliamentary Candidate

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Buzzfeed
31 March 2015
HIV & criminal law

Brazil: HIV-specific criminal law introduced amid media frenzy and moral panic over ‘barebacking’ gay subculture

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HIV Justice Network
30 March 2015
HIV & criminal law

Kenya: Court nullifies section outlawing reckless spread of HIV

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Standard
30 March 2015
Harm reduction

Needle exchange Is allowed after HIV outbreak in an Indiana county

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New York Times
28 March 2015
Combatting stigma

'Looking,' a Show With an HIV-Positive Character, Is Canceled

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Poz magazine news
27 March 2015
Epidemiology

Indiana governor to declare health emergency in HIV epidemic

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Indianapolis Star
26 March 2015
Activism & civil society

Larry Kramer: 'Genocide Is Being Inflicted on Gay People'

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The Advocate
26 March 2015
Exposure to HIV through medical procedures

Blood scandal victims condemn Penrose inquiry

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Scotsman
26 March 2015
Exposure to HIV through medical procedures

Penrose Inquiry: The key questions over contaminated blood

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BBC
26 March 2015
Telling people you have HIV

HIV Status Disclosure and Ripping the Band-Aid Off Quick

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The Body
24 March 2015
People & personal stories

Living with HIV: six very different stories

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The Guardian
24 March 2015
Human rights

S.Africa HIV-positive women forced to sterilise: rights groups

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Yahoo News
20 March 2015
Combatting stigma

“An unspoken world of unspoken things”: a study identifying and exploring core beliefs underlying self-stigma among people living with HIV and AIDS in Ireland

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Swiss Medical Weekly
18 March 2015
Transgender people

Misogyny in Fag Space: How to Have a Dick Without Being a Dick

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Beta Blog
18 March 2015
Discrimination & the law

Thai junta may pass law banning men who have sex with men from monkhood

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Prachatai. org
11 March 2015
History of HIV & AIDS

Rev. Malcolm Boyd, Who Held the First AIDS Mass, Dies at 91

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Poz magazine news
10 March 2015
Combatting stigma

HIV & AIDS in the news: A guide for reporting in a new era of prevention & treatment

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GLAAD
6 March 2015
People who inject drugs

Here's One Simple Way We Can Change The Conversation About Drug Abuse

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Huffington Post
5 March 2015
Discrimination & the law

Emirati man with HIV held for more than a decade at health facility

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The National
4 March 2015
History of HIV & AIDS

Two Strains of HIV Cut Vastly Different Paths

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New York Times
3 March 2015
History of HIV & AIDS

Gorilla origins of the last two HIV-1 lineages confirmed

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Eurekalert Inf Dis
3 March 2015
HIV & criminal law

Should An HIV-Positive Body Be Considered a Deadly Weapon?

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Bloomberg
2 March 2015
The search for a cure

Doctor who cured ‘Berlin patient’ of HIV: ‘We knew we were doing something very special’

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Fred Hutch News
2 March 2015