Laws that criminalize HIV status should be denounced as these pose a major threat to the human rights of people living with HIV including transgenders. This is one of the battle cries of HIV Advocates, a global initiative that aims to share news, experiences, strategies as well as new tools that will energize communities fighting HIV/AIDS.
HIV Advocates believes that laws against HIV transmission, for instance, encourage discrimination and threats against patients. In truth, more often than not, people living with HIV do not even realize that there is HIV transmission at the time of sexual intercourse. Both the carrier and the recipient are not aware of the HIV transfer. Hence, the laws that prosecute people who do not disclose their HIV status, for example, can disparately impact the LGBT (lesbian / gay / bisexual / transgender) community. In fact, according to the National HIV Criminalization Survey, 58% of transgenders living with HIV tend to avoid HIV testing due to fear of criminal prosecution.
HIV Advocates wants to push for these laws to be reconsidered by lawmakers. They want to urge stakeholders to speak up and let their local government leaders see the impact of such laws. HIV Advocates wants to re-establish that trust in the justice system.
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