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A new study by UNDP, GNP+, and O’Neill Institute links legal reforms with improved HIV prevention and treatment, highlighting the critical role of decriminalizing same-sex relationships in public health.
HIV policy lab report finds wave of progress accompanied by dangerous threats to LGBTQ+ people in out-of-step countries Washington, D.C. — Today, a new report from the HIV Policy Lab shows remarkable progress in decriminalization of consensual same-sex globally amid dangerous regression in some places — an impressive reversal given that at the start of…
By UNAIDSAt the start of the AIDS epidemic, most countries in the world criminalized same-sex sexuality. As of this year, 129 countries — two thirds of states — do not criminalize same-sex sex, representing a significant reversal. However, despite this critical milestone, anti-LGBTQ+ persecution is on the rise in some countries, undermining progress to end AIDS. Experts from the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+...