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HIV Criminalization Hurts Women on Both Sides of the Courtroom
Année de publication : 2014Laws requiring individuals with HIV to disclose their status before sex are assumed to be in place to protect people. Often these laws are framed as protection for women. In a 2012 Supreme Court of Canada decision that made the law governing HIV non-disclosure...
“They Don’t Want Us to Have Sex”: Women Consider Life Under Threat of Criminal Law
Année de publication : 2013As one woman put it, “I didn’t know if I was screwed, not screwed, or still screwed.”October 5, 2012, was a day of media confusion. The Supreme Court had issued its decision on the circumstances under which people with HIV must legally disclose their...
When Disclosure Is Dangerous: Remembering Cicely Bolden
Année de publication : 2012Article published on TheBody.com concerning the murder of Cicely Bolden, a Black woman who disclosed her HIV+ status to a partner and was murdered.
Guide de poche à l’intention des femmes vivant avec le VIH
Année de publication : 2011HIV and Pregnancy
Année de publication : 2006Exact publication year unknown.