Prostitution

US Justice Department sues over Tennessee law targeting HIV-positive people convicted of sex work

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday sued the state of Tennessee over its decades-old felony aggravated prostitution law, arguing that it illegally imposes tougher criminal penalties on people who are HIV positive. The lawsuit, filed in western Tennessee, follows an investigation completed in December by the Justice Department that warned that the … Read more

Bill would revise Tennessee’s decades-old law targeting HIV-positive people convicted of sex work

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee would no longer be the only U.S. state to impose a lifetime registration as a “violent sex offender” on anyone convicted of engaging in sex work while living with HIV under a proposal that advanced Tuesday in the legislature. The controversial statute still on the books is being challenged in federal … Read more