The American Civil Liberties Union claimed a 1991 state law that charges HIV-positive people taking part in paid sex work with a class C felony is unconstitutional.
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Transgender Law Center argue that HIV-positive status is protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Tennessee’s Aggravated Prostitution statute and related sex offender registration requirements are unconstitutional and violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), according to a federal lawsuit filed today against the state by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Transgender Law Center, and the ACLU of Tennessee in the U.S. District Court in Memphis on behalf of four Jane Doe plaintiffs and OUTMemphis, the state’s oldest and largest service provider for LGBTQ+ people.
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