SERO
Sero is a network of people with HIV and allies fighting for freedom from stigma and injustice.
HIV is Not a Crime
Watch videos, like the Sero Stories Series, Rep. Barbara Lee on the Reveal HIV Discrimination Act Sero, and more on the videos page.
Sero Joins Oslo Declaration on HIV Criminalization. Read More >
Global Commission on HIV & Law Releases Important Report. Learn More >
HIV criminalization may discourage testing, study shows. Read More >
The Sero Project National Criminalization Survey View the Results >
HIV CRIMINALIZATION DISCOURAGES HIV TESTING, Creates Disabling and Uncertain Legal Environment for People with HIV in U.S.
HIV Criminalization What You Need To Know. Download Brochure>
20th Anniversary Benefit Performance of The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me Get Tickets>
More than 500 groups and individuals from nearly 60 countries have endorsed a call to action seeking answers on the safety of sexual lubricants for vaginal and anal sex. Read more >
The HOPE Act would lift the federal ban on research into the possibility of HIV-positive people donating organs to other HIV-positive people. Read more >
The campaign asks, "What's your reason?/¿Cuál es tu razón?" for getting an HIV test. Read more >
All nine U.S. Supreme Court justices ruled to prohibit patents on genes extracted from the human body. Read more >
The bipartisan amendment would require a report in no later than 180 days after the bill becomes law. Read more >
Researchers say it would also save millions of lives for decades. Read more >
Her new role is effective July 1. Read more >
Many of the cases have occurred on the Arabian Peninsula. Read more >
Protection Center
Tips for documenting disclosure and protecting against an HIV criminalization prosecution
The Denver Principles Empowerment Index
The Sero Project’s Denver Principles Empowerment Index will be a quantifiable measure of not-for-profit AIDS service providers’ adherence to and fulfillment of self-empowerment ideals in their delivery of services, governance, development of program and policy, advocacy and provision of HIV treatment information.
The Empowerment Index is designed to achieve several important goals:
- Improve health outcomes for people with HIV.
- Incrementally evolve not-for-profit HIV social service delivery from a traditional benefactor/victim model to one that is more partnership-based, focused on empowering the clients served.
- Increase client participation in civic and political processes.
To learn more about the Denver Principles Empowerment Index download the full pdf here.
HIV Criminalization
Even in states without an “HIV-Specific” statute,
people with HIV are at risk of prosecution under other criminal statutes.
Click on any state for basic information concerning statues and prosecutions.
Check back for more current updates, additional data coming soon.
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