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Peace Corps Agrees To Stop Discriminating Against Volunteers With HIV (07/30/2008)
NEW YORK – After pressure from the American Civil Liberties Union, the Peace Corps has agreed that it will no longer terminate volunteers just because they have HIV. The ACLU demanded the policy change on behalf of a volunteer who was sent home from his post in the Ukraine and terminated after he tested positive for the disease.

Ban on HIV/AIDS Travelers is Discrimination (07/24/2008)
Washington, DC – Today the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on a bill to reauthorize the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program, a presidential initiative to combat the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. Since the House is taking up the Senate bill, it will go straight to the president for signature. The American Civil Liberties Union strongly supports a PEPFAR provision ending the ban on HIV-positive travelers and immigrants and opposes any efforts on the House floor to strike this provision.

ACLU Tells Peace Corps To Stop Barring People With HIV From Serving As Volunteers (04/21/2008)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to the Peace Corps today demanding that it change its policy of barring people with HIV from serving as volunteers. The ACLU sent the letter on behalf of a Denver volunteer who was sent home from his post in the Ukraine and terminated after he tested positive for HIV.

ACLU Tells Alabama RV Park to Stop Discriminating Against People with HIV (07/16/2007)
MONTGOMERY, AL – The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to the owner of the Wales West RV park in Silverhill, Alabama today demanding that it stop discriminating against people with HIV by barring people with the disease from using the swimming pool, showers and other common areas of the park without a letter from a doctor. 

ACLU Sues West Virginia Police Chief Who Blocked Life-Saving Measures for Gay Heart Attack Victim Assumed to Be HIV Positive (03/02/2006)
CHARLESTON, WV – The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal discrimination lawsuit on behalf of the surviving family members of a Welch man who died of a heart attack after the police chief physically prevented his friend from performing CPR. The police chief blocked the CPR because he falsely assumed that the man, who was gay, was HIV positive and therefore a health risk.

Peace Corps - ACLU Response to Peace Corps Letter Acknowledging Policy Change (07/30/2008)

Peace Corps - Peace Corps Letter Acknowledging Policy Change (07/15/2008)

Peace Corps - HIV Medicine Association Letter in Support of ACLU Demands (06/09/2008)

Peace Corps - Letter from Peace Corps Director in Response to ACLU Demands (06/02/2008)

Peace Corps - Demand Letter (04/21/2008)

Doe v. A Nebraska Restaurant (11/13/2003)
This is the original state complaint in the case of Priscilla Doe v. A Nebraska Restaurant, an HIV discrimination case

Estate of Claude Green v. Robert Bowman - Case Background (03/02/2006)

Couture v. Belle Bonfils (04/13/2005)

HIV & Civil Rights
Know Your Rights in the Workplace (11/21/2006)

HIV & Civil Rights
Know Your Rights in the Workplace (11/21/2006)

HIV Advocacy on Behalf of Peace Corps Volunteer (04/21/2008)

Estate of Claude Green v. Robert Bowman - Case Profile (02/27/2006)

Dugas - Arkansas Board of Cosmetology (06/02/2005)
Allan Dugas was kicked out of cosmetology school because of his HIV status. SETTLED

Couture v. Belle Bonfils (04/13/2005)
Colorado HIV employment discrimination. Status: The 10th Circuit Court upheld a lower court ruling against Couture.

Priscilla Doe v. A Nebraska Restaurant (04/01/2005)
Priscilla Doe (not her real name) was fired from her job as a hostess at a small restaurant in rural Nebraska because her employer learned that she is HIV positive.

Peace Corps Agrees To Stop Discriminating Against Volunteers With HIV (07/30/2008)
NEW YORK – After pressure from the American Civil Liberties Union, the Peace Corps has agreed that it will no longer terminate volunteers just because they have HIV. The ACLU demanded the policy change on behalf of a volunteer who was sent home from his post in the Ukraine and terminated after he tested positive for the disease.

Ban on HIV/AIDS Travelers is Discrimination (07/24/2008)
Washington, DC – Today the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on a bill to reauthorize the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program, a presidential initiative to combat the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. Since the House is taking up the Senate bill, it will go straight to the president for signature. The American Civil Liberties Union strongly supports a PEPFAR provision ending the ban on HIV-positive travelers and immigrants and opposes any efforts on the House floor to strike this provision.

ACLU Tells Peace Corps To Stop Barring People With HIV From Serving As Volunteers (04/21/2008)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to the Peace Corps today demanding that it change its policy of barring people with HIV from serving as volunteers. The ACLU sent the letter on behalf of a Denver volunteer who was sent home from his post in the Ukraine and terminated after he tested positive for HIV.

ACLU Tells Alabama RV Park to Stop Discriminating Against People with HIV (07/16/2007)
MONTGOMERY, AL – The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to the owner of the Wales West RV park in Silverhill, Alabama today demanding that it stop discriminating against people with HIV by barring people with the disease from using the swimming pool, showers and other common areas of the park without a letter from a doctor. 

ACLU Sues West Virginia Police Chief Who Blocked Life-Saving Measures for Gay Heart Attack Victim Assumed to Be HIV Positive (03/02/2006)
CHARLESTON, WV – The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal discrimination lawsuit on behalf of the surviving family members of a Welch man who died of a heart attack after the police chief physically prevented his friend from performing CPR. The police chief blocked the CPR because he falsely assumed that the man, who was gay, was HIV positive and therefore a health risk.