Discrimination Against People With HIV Is Illegal. Here's What to Do if It Happens to You
If you've been the target of HIV-related discrimination, know you are not alone. There are laws to protect you, and people and organizations prepared to help. Understand your rights and use these tips to take action.
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Nushawn Williams Served Out His HIV-Related Sentence in 2010. Why Is He Still Not Free?
More than two decades after accepting a 12-year plea deal, the HIV-positive New Yorker remains in state custody.
Homelessness and COVID-19
In California’s East Bay, activists are bringing food to people experiencing homelessness, while larger nonprofits are unable to provide meals or masks.
What Would an HIV Doula Do? Collective Turns Attention to Radical Care in Time of COVID
By raising questions and considerations, these activists remind us to build community in a time of distance by loving, not fearing, each other.
Why Criminalizing COVID-19 Would Only Hurt Public Health
An effective response to COVID-19 must ensure that people who are the most marginalized are able to access the means to practice public health protocols.
How Instagram Live Helps Me Cope With COVID-19 Quarantine
Check out Charles Sanchez’s convos with HIV community members around the country every Thursday at 2 p.m. EST on TheBody’s IG.
Will COVID-19 Make Modernizing HIV Criminal Laws Harder?
As shelter-in-place violation arrests increase nationwide, HIV criminal law reform activists question the way forward.
Coronavirus May Have You Feeling Down. But Don’t Give Up Before the Miracle Happens
Even in mass loss, hope springs eternal.
HIV/AIDS Laws and Policies in the U.S.: A Brief Tour
From PEPFAR to Ryan White and from HIV criminalization to the HIV travel ban, we describe the biggest pieces of HIV legislation and HIV-related policies in U.S. history—some of which have changed things for the better, and some for the worse.
New York City Is Teaming Up With Nonprofits to Get COVID-Positive Homeless Folks into Medically Managed Hotels
Residents are coming in with underlying conditions including kidney failure, mental illness—and HIV.
America Has Responded to Outbreaks With Fear and Discrimination Many Times Before. With Coronavirus, We Can Do Better
On April 16, TheBody hosted a livestream panel discussion entitled “Policing Pandemics: Criminalization From HIV to COVID-19.” We invited four pillars of HIV advocacy to speak with us about our current moment, offer guidance on what to do next, and answer questions from the audience.