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Over 25 years into the epidemic, Americans living with HIV/AIDS continue to face discrimination. Listen to AIDS Project Director Matt Coles talk about the ACLU's work defending people with HIV/AIDS. Podcast > > > HIV & Your Civil Rights: Know Your Rights in the Workplace > Learn about the ACLU's advocacy on behalf of HIV-positive prisoners in Alabama No one should be deprived of their basic constitutional protections of equality, privacy or free expression because they have HIV or AIDS. The AIDS Project fights to eliminate discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS in all aspects of society, including employment, housing and public accommodations. We also work to ensure that people can make informed decisions about HIV testing and treatment, and to challenge government responses to HIV that reflect prejudice rather than scientific principles.

Ban on HIV-AIDS Travelers is Discrimination (7/24/2008)
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 (4/21/2008)
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.

HIV-Positive Prisoners Receive More Equal Treatment in Alabama After ACLU's Efforts (11/1/2007)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- After years of advocacy by the American Civil Liberties Union, AIDS Alabama and state legislators, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) has agreed to give HIV-positive prisoners greater access to visitation, educational programs, substance abuse treatment programs, and religious services. Until now, HIV-positive prisoners have been denied these programs and services offered to the general population of inmates.