Pridefest 2014: A cause for celebration
Raise the multi-colored flag and find your flair to wear in the East Village this weekend for the 36th annual PrideFest 2014. A street party full of fun, a roving parade, enigmatic entertainment and...
View ArticleFirst National ‘HIV Is Not A Crime’ Conference at Grinnell College
June 2 – June 5 at Iowa’s Grinnell College, HIV advocates and activists are coming together for the first national “HIV Is Not A Crime” conference. The conference brings together hundreds of advocates...
View ArticleIowa revamps harsh HIV criminalization law
Iowa lawmakers dealt a death blow last week to especially harsh sections of one of the most draconian laws in the country criminalizing people living with HIV. Republican Gov. Terry Branstad signed a...
View ArticleNew HIV law to remove stigma of registered sex offender
Changes to Iowa’s HIV criminal transmission law won’t change Nick Rhoades’ felony conviction but it does mean he will no longer bear the stigma of registering as a sex offender. Rhoades has fought his...
View ArticleHIV LEGISLATION: ‘Archaic’ Law Rescinded
A national celebration in Grinnell, over a law that passed in Iowa. For years critics have complained about a law that they call “draconian”, criminalizing some people living with HIV. For eight...
View ArticleIowa helps spread the news that ‘HIV Is Not a Crime’
Iowa was a fitting (downright inspirational) setting for this week’s inaugural “HIV Is Not a Crime” conference at Grinnell College. Advocates, activists and legal scholars from across the country...
View ArticleSupreme Court Overturns Iowa Man’s HIV Conviction
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Supreme Court of Iowa has ruled in favor of Iowa resident Nick Rhoades. Rhoades was arrested in 2008 after having sex with a man he met online. Rhoades did not inform the man...
View ArticleIowa UUs win victories in decriminalizing HIV status
In more than 30 states, being HIV-positive can land you in prison under certain circumstances—if you spit on someone, say, or have sex without revealing your HIV status, even when the chances of...
View ArticleCharges dropped in HIV transmission case
Black Hawk County prosecutors are asking a judge to drop criminal transmission of HIV charges against an Iowa man, saying they cannot proceed with prosecution after the Iowa Supreme Court threw out his...
View ArticleProsecution asks to drop embattled HIV case
Prosecutors are asking the court to drop its case against a Plainfield man accused of having sex without revealing his HIV status in 2008. Nick Clayton Rhoades had pleaded guilty to criminal...
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