California’s HIV Prescription Law: What You Need to Know
Before October 7, 2019, HIV-negative individuals couldn’t get HIV medication without a prescription. Now, that’s all changed. Here’s what you need to know about SB-159, California’s HIV prescription law. SB-159, California’s HIV Prescription Law, Is A Huge...
HIV/AIDS Criminalization Laws in California: Updated 2019
What You Need to Know About HIV/AIDS Criminalization Laws in California It is hard for most of us to imagine that someone could be guilty of a crime due to a medical condition. Sadly, that was the reality for many people for many years. Until 2017, people diagnosed...
California’s HIV Transmission Laws: Updated 2020
Prior to January 1, 2018, HIV laws in California were strict for HIV victims. The law provided that persons with HIV could be…
Disclosing Your HIV Status
“Failure to disclose a communicable disease (such as HIV) prior to intercourse vitiates consent and turns consensual intercourse into a sexual battery.” Never lie, always tell, or pay the price. In 1975, then-and-now California Governor Jerry Brown signed...
California Sex Worker Rights: Updated 2021
California sex workers just scored a huge victory in the legislature. On July 31st, 2019, California Governor…