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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 > > > Peace Corps Agrees To Stop Discriminating Against Volunteers With HIV > HIV & Your Civil Rights: Know Your Rights in the Workplace 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.

Peace Corps Agrees To Stop Discriminating Against Volunteers With HIV (7/30/2008)
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 (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.