HIV/AIDS Discrimination
The ACLU AIDS Project uses impact litigation, public education and advocacy at the state and federal level to fight discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS.
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Almost 30 years into the HIV epidemic, discrimination against PLWHA persists. Basic misinformation about HIV, how it is transmitted, and what it means to live with HIV is at the root of much of the discrimination PLWHA face, and remains a justification for exclusions from both private and public sector employment opportunities and other areas of civic life. Until people understand that HIV status does not categorically prevent anyone from doing a job, raising children, or accessing medical care, among other examples, discrimination will persist.
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The ACLU works to ensure that PLWHA are not denied the opportunity to participate fully in all aspects of society because of stereotypes, prejudice or misinformation about HIV, and ensure that HIV status is taken into account only when justified by a genuine medical necessity.
Additional Resources
HIV & Your Civil Rights: Know Your Rights in the Workplace (2009 resource): Some FAQs on HIV rights in the workplace.
ACLU Survey Reveals Massive Civil Rights Violations Against People With HIV/AIDS (2003 press release): The American Civil Liberties Union today released a survey, HIV & Civil Rights: A Report from the Frontlines of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic, which details widespread civil rights violations throughout the U.S. against people with HIV/AIDS. The survey was compiled from interviews over the past two years with community-based AIDS service providers from across the country.
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ACLU Tells Federal Appeals Court that HIV Positive Health Care Workers Pose No Threat to Others (2005 press release)
New National AIDS Strategy Will Address Discrimination Against Those Living with HIV/AIDS (2010 blog)
