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HIV/AIDS
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Consent at a Crossroads: Has New Jersey’s HIV/AIDS Confidentiality Standard Changed in the Era of Part 2 Reform?
The 2024 overhaul of 42 C.F.R. Part 2 reached its February 16, 2026 compliance deadline earlier this year: its consent requirements were rewritten to align more closely with HIPAA, allowing…
The Faculty Lounge
Taboo Trades Podcast: Risk & Resistance with Aziza Ahmed
My guest today is Aziza Ahmed, a Professor of Law and N. Neal Pike Scholar at the Boston University School of Law. She is also a Co-Director of BU Law’s…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Wilkins v. Austin Eliminates Discriminatory HIV Barrier to Military Service
By Jamie Abrams
Lambda Legal challenged the United States Military's prohibition on the enlistment of people living with HIV in Wilkins v. Austin. Here are excerpts from Lambda's press release describing the case: The lawsuit, Wilkins v.…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Global Fund Approves US$9.2 Billion in New Grants to Accelerate Fight Against HIV, TB and Malaria in More Than 70 Countries
I came across this press release today. It had a feel-good ring to it -- some good news to start the new year. Here it is, straight from the source:GENEVA –…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Military
By Jamie Abrams
https://lambdalegal.org/newsroom/legal-advocates-urge-court-to-strike-down-last-bar-to-military-service-for-those-living-with-hiv/
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Legal Challenge to Tennessee’s Aggravated Prostitution Law
By Jamie Abrams
OUTMemphis sued Tennessee challenging its existing aggravated prostitution law on statutory and constitutional grounds. Read the full complaint here. The preliminary statement is excerpted here.2.Unlike Prostitution, which is a misdemeanor,…
Roberts Disability Law Blog
California Equal Insurance HIV Act Bars Insurers From Declining Applications For Life or Disability Insurance
By Kristin Kyle
California Equal Insurance HIV Act Bars Insurers From Declining Applications For Life Or Disability Insurance, But Permits Insurers To Refuse Or Limit Coverage And Charge Different Rates Based On Sound…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Lambda Law Publishes 2022 “Protected and Served?”
By Jamie Abrams
Lambda Law has published its 2022 edition of "Protected and Served?" This survey examines the "experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) people and people living with HIV with…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
FDA Draft Guidance Seeks to Lift Historic Gender-Based Exclusions on Blood Donations After Years of Advocacy
By Jamie Abrams
The FDA published a draft guidance proposing revisions to its blood donation requirements, materials, questionnaires, and procedures to eliminate categorical exclusions against men who have had sex with men in…
Law Times News
Ontario Court of Appeal catches up with HIV science in voiding decade-old sexual assault conviction
Decision highlights need for broader approach for Human Immunodeficiency Virus nondisclosure conviction reviews: lawyer