HIV

Today, a federal judge ordered the U.S. Department of Defense and Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan to halt discharge proceedings against HIV-positive members of the U.S. Air Force.

Two HIV-positive Air Force members were given discharge orders just days before the holiday season.

Lambda Legal and Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service (MPAS) today announced the successful settlement of a 2015 lawsuit filed on behalf of John Dorn against the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC).

The Superior Court of California (San Francisco) on Monday denied A.J. Boggs & Company’s motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit Lambda Legal filed on behalf of a California man living with HIV and 92 others whose confidential medical records – including their HIV status – were compromised by a data breach of A.J. Boggs & Company’s California AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) online enrollment system.

Today, a Virginia federal court ruled a case filed by Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN, along with pro bono counsel from Winston & Strawn LLP, challenging the military's discriminatory policies governing the enlistment, deployment, and promotion of service members living with HIV will continue by denying the government's motion to dismiss.

Hoy, Lambda Legal y el Black AIDS Institute (BAI) lanzaron una campaña de educación pública, Elimina el Estigma, enfocada en las comunidades de color con el propósito de disipar ideas erróneas sobre la transmisión del VIH, así como reducir el estigma y discriminación. La campaña fue desarrollada en conjunto con una demanda radicada por la organización Lambda Legal en la Corte de Distrito de Estados Unidos en representación de Nikko Briteramos en contra del dueño de una barbería en Los Angeles quién se rehusó a recortar el cabello a Briteramos porque es una persona que vive con VIH.

Today, Lambda Legal and the Black AIDS Institute (BAI) launched CUT THE STIGMA, a joint public education campaign focused on Black communities developed to dispel misconceptions surrounding the transmission of HIV and reduce HIV stigma and its resulting discrimination. The campaign was developed in conjunction with a complaint filed today in U.S. District Court by Lambda Legal on behalf of Nikko Briteramos against the owner of a Los Angeles barbershop who refused to cut Briteramos' hair because he is living with HIV.