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From Lambda Legal's Impact magazine: Arrested for Safe Sex

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November 30, 2012

Nick Rhoades was sentenced to 25 years [in prison] for "exposing" someone to HIV -- even though he practiced safe sex. Now Lambda Legal is appealing his conviction.

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Criminalizing the HIV-Positive Community

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August 9, 2012

"There are still countless jurisdictions in which it is essentially a crime to be a sexually active HIV-positive man," writes Towleroad's Ari Ezra Waldman.

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Des Moines Register: Repeal Iowa's Outdated HIV Law

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July 31, 2012

The Iowa daily writes about Lambda Legal plaintiff Nick Rhoades, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison—and lifetime registration as a sex offender—after a one-time sexual encounter with another man, during which they used a condom.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Legislation and Amendments, Criminal Justice, HIV, Lambda Legal in the News, Rhoades v. Iowa
Is There a Criminal-Transmission-of-HIV Law in Your State?

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June 21, 2012

Chances are there is. Mother Jones has a handy map.

See Also: HIV, Lambda Legal in the News, Rhoades v. Iowa
Lambda Legal Appeals Conviction of HIV-Positive Man

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June 14, 2012

Today Lambda Legal filed an appeal on a petition for post-conviction relief in the Iowa Supreme Court on behalf of an HIV-positive Iowa man, Nick Rhoades. Rhoades was sentenced to 25 years in prison and lifetime registration as a sex offender after having a one-time sexual encounter with another man during which they used a condom.

See Also: Criminal Justice, HIV, Rhoades v. Iowa

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From Lambda Legal's Impact magazine: Arrested for Safe Sex

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Criminalizing the HIV-Positive Community

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Des Moines Register: Repeal Iowa's Outdated HIV Law

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Is There a Criminal-Transmission-of-HIV Law in Your State?

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Lambda Legal Appeals Conviction of HIV-Positive Man

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