HIV criminalization laws are still on the books in 37 states. These laws are outdated, stigmatizing, racist, and need to change!
#HIVIsNotACrime #HIVSky
#HIVIsNotACrime #HIVSky
Today is #HIVIsNotaCrime Awareness Day.
In more than two dozen U.S. states, people living with HIV can be imprisoned due to their status.
HIV criminalization laws are a form of anti-Black structural homophobia as they disproprotionately impact Black same gender loving men.
In more than two dozen U.S. states, people living with HIV can be imprisoned due to their status.
HIV criminalization laws are a form of anti-Black structural homophobia as they disproprotionately impact Black same gender loving men.
February 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
HIV criminalization laws are still on the books in 37 states. These laws are outdated, stigmatizing, racist, and need to change!
#HIVIsNotACrime #HIVSky
#HIVIsNotACrime #HIVSky
November 15, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Lawmakers should be working to support people living with HIV & AIDS, not using their diagnosis to punish them.
Say it with us: #HIVIsNotACrime
Say it with us: #HIVIsNotACrime
February 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Lawmakers should be working to support people living with HIV & AIDS, not using their diagnosis to punish them.
Say it with us: #HIVIsNotACrime
Say it with us: #HIVIsNotACrime
Today is #HIVIsNotaCrime Awareness Day.
In more than two dozen U.S. states, people living with HIV can be imprisoned due to their status.
HIV criminalization laws are a form of anti-Black structural homophobia as they disproprotionately impact Black same gender loving men.
In more than two dozen U.S. states, people living with HIV can be imprisoned due to their status.
HIV criminalization laws are a form of anti-Black structural homophobia as they disproprotionately impact Black same gender loving men.
February 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Today is #HIVIsNotaCrime Awareness Day.
In more than two dozen U.S. states, people living with HIV can be imprisoned due to their status.
HIV criminalization laws are a form of anti-Black structural homophobia as they disproprotionately impact Black same gender loving men.
In more than two dozen U.S. states, people living with HIV can be imprisoned due to their status.
HIV criminalization laws are a form of anti-Black structural homophobia as they disproprotionately impact Black same gender loving men.
Great video showing how Zimbabwe decriminalised HIV, including community engagement, public sensitisation, parliamentary advocacy, and, most importantly, the participation of people living with HIV.
@hivjustice.net @iasociety.bsky.social #HIVIsNotACrime #Stigma #IASHeartofStigma
@hivjustice.net @iasociety.bsky.social #HIVIsNotACrime #Stigma #IASHeartofStigma
March 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Great video showing how Zimbabwe decriminalised HIV, including community engagement, public sensitisation, parliamentary advocacy, and, most importantly, the participation of people living with HIV.
@hivjustice.net @iasociety.bsky.social #HIVIsNotACrime #Stigma #IASHeartofStigma
@hivjustice.net @iasociety.bsky.social #HIVIsNotACrime #Stigma #IASHeartofStigma
📢 Today is #HIVIsNotACrime Awareness Day! 🛑⚖️
Across the world, people living with HIV continue to be criminalised, discriminated against, and denied their rights. With shrinking resources and growing political opposition, the fight for justice has never been more urgent.
Across the world, people living with HIV continue to be criminalised, discriminated against, and denied their rights. With shrinking resources and growing political opposition, the fight for justice has never been more urgent.
February 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
📢 Today is #HIVIsNotACrime Awareness Day! 🛑⚖️
Across the world, people living with HIV continue to be criminalised, discriminated against, and denied their rights. With shrinking resources and growing political opposition, the fight for justice has never been more urgent.
Across the world, people living with HIV continue to be criminalised, discriminated against, and denied their rights. With shrinking resources and growing political opposition, the fight for justice has never been more urgent.
Friday, February 28, marks the fourth-annual HIV Is Not a Crime Awareness Day (#HINACDay; #HIVIsNotACrime). It's a global effort to inform the public about unjust laws that target people living with HIV and the efforts to modernize those laws. #loveislove #hivisnotacrime #queer #lgbtqia
February 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Friday, February 28, marks the fourth-annual HIV Is Not a Crime Awareness Day (#HINACDay; #HIVIsNotACrime). It's a global effort to inform the public about unjust laws that target people living with HIV and the efforts to modernize those laws. #loveislove #hivisnotacrime #queer #lgbtqia
Members of the Canadian Coalition to Reform HIV Criminalization representing on Parliament Hill today calling for the government to act on thier promises and to change punitive laws #HIVISNOTACRIME
November 28, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Members of the Canadian Coalition to Reform HIV Criminalization representing on Parliament Hill today calling for the government to act on thier promises and to change punitive laws #HIVISNOTACRIME
November 28, 2024 at 11:00 PM
#HIVisnotacrime day exists to raise awareness for the criminalization of HIV.
"Criminalizing HIV transmission in Washington State has had very little effect on preventing HIV exposure, but has heightened stigma toward people living with HIV/AIDS...
"Criminalizing HIV transmission in Washington State has had very little effect on preventing HIV exposure, but has heightened stigma toward people living with HIV/AIDS...
February 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
#HIVisnotacrime day exists to raise awareness for the criminalization of HIV.
"Criminalizing HIV transmission in Washington State has had very little effect on preventing HIV exposure, but has heightened stigma toward people living with HIV/AIDS...
"Criminalizing HIV transmission in Washington State has had very little effect on preventing HIV exposure, but has heightened stigma toward people living with HIV/AIDS...
In 2026, there are still jurisdictions—including some states in the US—that criminalize HIV transmission or enhance criminal charges for HIV+ people.
No one should face this type of discrimination & criminalization, because #HIVIsNotACrime.
February 28, 2026 at 9:02 PM
In 2026, there are still jurisdictions—including some states in the US—that criminalize HIV transmission or enhance criminal charges for HIV+ people.
No one should face this type of discrimination & criminalization, because #HIVIsNotACrime.
On this day in queer history: July 21, 1987:
The U.S. enacted a travel ban on people with HIV/AIDS. It stayed in place for over 20 years, rooted in fear, not science.
#QueerHistory #AIDSHistory #HIVIsNotACrime #Pride365
The U.S. enacted a travel ban on people with HIV/AIDS. It stayed in place for over 20 years, rooted in fear, not science.
#QueerHistory #AIDSHistory #HIVIsNotACrime #Pride365
July 21, 2025 at 4:28 AM
On this day in queer history: July 21, 1987:
The U.S. enacted a travel ban on people with HIV/AIDS. It stayed in place for over 20 years, rooted in fear, not science.
#QueerHistory #AIDSHistory #HIVIsNotACrime #Pride365
The U.S. enacted a travel ban on people with HIV/AIDS. It stayed in place for over 20 years, rooted in fear, not science.
#QueerHistory #AIDSHistory #HIVIsNotACrime #Pride365
Thank you @pozmagazine.bsky.social readers for voting for 'Criminalized Lives: HIV & Legal Violence' as the best representation of HIV in literature for 2024! 🏆
#HIVISNOTACRIME
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#HIVISNOTACRIME
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POZ Awards 2024 / Winners
Here are the winners as voted by POZ readers!
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December 12, 2024 at 2:03 AM
Thank you @pozmagazine.bsky.social readers for voting for 'Criminalized Lives: HIV & Legal Violence' as the best representation of HIV in literature for 2024! 🏆
#HIVISNOTACRIME
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#HIVISNOTACRIME
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NEW: Zimbabwe made history by repealing its HIV criminalisation law! 🇿🇼✨
Our powerful new case study & documentary explores how activists fought for justice – and won. 💪🏾📜
📺 Watch & learn how communities can advocate so that #HIVisNotaCrime everywhere! 🔗👇
👉 www.hivjustice.net/news/new-cas...
Our powerful new case study & documentary explores how activists fought for justice – and won. 💪🏾📜
📺 Watch & learn how communities can advocate so that #HIVisNotaCrime everywhere! 🔗👇
👉 www.hivjustice.net/news/new-cas...
March 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
NEW: Zimbabwe made history by repealing its HIV criminalisation law! 🇿🇼✨
Our powerful new case study & documentary explores how activists fought for justice – and won. 💪🏾📜
📺 Watch & learn how communities can advocate so that #HIVisNotaCrime everywhere! 🔗👇
👉 www.hivjustice.net/news/new-cas...
Our powerful new case study & documentary explores how activists fought for justice – and won. 💪🏾📜
📺 Watch & learn how communities can advocate so that #HIVisNotaCrime everywhere! 🔗👇
👉 www.hivjustice.net/news/new-cas...
The HIV community lost a fierce and steadfast advocate, Bryan C. Jones, who was pivotal in the #UEqualsU campaign and was a leader in the fight against HIV criminalization. Rest in peace and power, Bryan. You will be missed. #HIVIsNotACrime @thebodydotcom.bsky.social www.thebody.com/hiv/hiv-aids...
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January 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The HIV community lost a fierce and steadfast advocate, Bryan C. Jones, who was pivotal in the #UEqualsU campaign and was a leader in the fight against HIV criminalization. Rest in peace and power, Bryan. You will be missed. #HIVIsNotACrime @thebodydotcom.bsky.social www.thebody.com/hiv/hiv-aids...
Why is the federal government still refusing to decriminalize HIV?
#HIVISNOTACRIME
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@hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social @xtramagazine.com @hivjustice.net
#HIVISNOTACRIME
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@hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social @xtramagazine.com @hivjustice.net
Why is the federal government still refusing to decriminalize HIV? | Xtra Magazine
Advocates have demanded change for decades. Canada’s government says there’s no path forward for legal reform
xtramagazine.com
June 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Why is the federal government still refusing to decriminalize HIV?
#HIVISNOTACRIME
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@hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social @xtramagazine.com @hivjustice.net
#HIVISNOTACRIME
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@hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social @xtramagazine.com @hivjustice.net
These laws are not up to date with the science of undetectable = untransmittable (U=U). #HIVIsNotACrime
February 27, 2026 at 8:18 PM
These laws are not up to date with the science of undetectable = untransmittable (U=U). #HIVIsNotACrime
Last push for the Poz Award, am currently tied! Vote, if of interest, and help the issue of HIV criminalization be popularly recognized by this US publication #HIVISNOTACRIME
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November 22, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Last push for the Poz Award, am currently tied! Vote, if of interest, and help the issue of HIV criminalization be popularly recognized by this US publication #HIVISNOTACRIME
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HIV criminalization and the Canadian government’s failed law reform project, from Chad Clarke & Colin Johnson
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##HIVISNOTACRIME
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##HIVISNOTACRIME
HIV criminalization and the Canadian government’s failed law reform project: Another. Incredible. Disappointment. Surprise! | CATIE Blog
The Government of Canada has broken its promise to reform the laws that criminalize people living with HIV. In November 2024, the Federal Justice Minister’s office informed the Canadian Coalition to…
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April 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
HIV criminalization and the Canadian government’s failed law reform project, from Chad Clarke & Colin Johnson
blog.catie.ca/2025/04/02/h...
##HIVISNOTACRIME
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##HIVISNOTACRIME
Beautiful collection of peices on life living with HIV in contemporary Canada, inculding a vital focus on ongoing criminalization #HIVISNOTACRIME
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Still Positive: Stories of people in Ottawa navigating life with HIV
HIV rates are rising in Canada and Ottawa — but with medical advances, the significance of the diagnosis is very different than in its early days. In this series, CBC Ottawa shares first-person experi...
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February 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Beautiful collection of peices on life living with HIV in contemporary Canada, inculding a vital focus on ongoing criminalization #HIVISNOTACRIME
www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
#HIVisNotaCrime!
Current laws criminalising reckless #HIV transmissions don't stop new cases or fight stigma.
Using criminal law in relation to HIV can deter people from getting tested and from talking openly about living with HIV.
Current laws criminalising reckless #HIV transmissions don't stop new cases or fight stigma.
Using criminal law in relation to HIV can deter people from getting tested and from talking openly about living with HIV.
February 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
#HIVisNotaCrime!
Current laws criminalising reckless #HIV transmissions don't stop new cases or fight stigma.
Using criminal law in relation to HIV can deter people from getting tested and from talking openly about living with HIV.
Current laws criminalising reckless #HIV transmissions don't stop new cases or fight stigma.
Using criminal law in relation to HIV can deter people from getting tested and from talking openly about living with HIV.
Join us Feb 27 for a powerful webinar featuring DeKeitra Griffin, Jahn Jaramillo & Vanessa Leja sharing insights on HIV criminalization, disclosure & ending stigma.
Listen. Learn. Act.
HIV is not a crime. ✊
#HIVIsNotACrime #EndHIVStigma
REGISTER: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/43c8d2...
Listen. Learn. Act.
HIV is not a crime. ✊
#HIVIsNotACrime #EndHIVStigma
REGISTER: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/43c8d2...
February 20, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Join us Feb 27 for a powerful webinar featuring DeKeitra Griffin, Jahn Jaramillo & Vanessa Leja sharing insights on HIV criminalization, disclosure & ending stigma.
Listen. Learn. Act.
HIV is not a crime. ✊
#HIVIsNotACrime #EndHIVStigma
REGISTER: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/43c8d2...
Listen. Learn. Act.
HIV is not a crime. ✊
#HIVIsNotACrime #EndHIVStigma
REGISTER: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/43c8d2...
Health, not handcuffs.
Stigma is not protection. Criminalisation is not prevention.
#HIVIsNotACrime
On #HINACDay, we stand against the resurgence of laws targeting gay men and people living with HIV. Public health must be grounded in science, dignity, and human rights.
#EndHIVCriminalisation
Stigma is not protection. Criminalisation is not prevention.
#HIVIsNotACrime
On #HINACDay, we stand against the resurgence of laws targeting gay men and people living with HIV. Public health must be grounded in science, dignity, and human rights.
#EndHIVCriminalisation
February 28, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Health, not handcuffs.
Stigma is not protection. Criminalisation is not prevention.
#HIVIsNotACrime
On #HINACDay, we stand against the resurgence of laws targeting gay men and people living with HIV. Public health must be grounded in science, dignity, and human rights.
#EndHIVCriminalisation
Stigma is not protection. Criminalisation is not prevention.
#HIVIsNotACrime
On #HINACDay, we stand against the resurgence of laws targeting gay men and people living with HIV. Public health must be grounded in science, dignity, and human rights.
#EndHIVCriminalisation