From HIV.gov: HIV Is Not A Crime Awareness Day – February 28, 2024
Posted February 23, 2024From HIV.gov
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February 28 is HIV is Not a Crime Awareness Day, which was first observed in 2022 by the Sero Project in collaboration with the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. This awareness day is an opportunity to amplify the voices of those who have been criminalized based on their HIV status.
Living with HIV is not a crime, but in more than 30 U.S. states, people are being imprisoned due to their HIV status. HIV criminalization laws consist of using a person’s positive HIV status in a criminal prosecution, increasing charges or punishments because the person has HIV.
Be prepared with the Sero Project’s HIV is Not a Crime Awareness Day toolkit that’s full of information, suggested best practices, social media templates, and more. You can access the toolkit here in English or here in Spanish.
Watch Harold Phillips, Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, in his video conversation with HIV.gov, filmed in April 2022, as he discusses the National HIV/AIDS Strategy’s call to modernize or repeal outdated HIV-specific criminal exposure laws:
Watch this 2019 video from the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) ‘Stigma Series’ regarding the modernization of HIV laws and policies in North Carolina:
