LGBTQ&A Podcast - HIV is Not a Crime: Making the Case for Ending HIV Criminalization
In this episode of LGBTQ&A, Robert Suttle participates in a long-form conversation examining HIV criminalization as a structural issue rooted in stigma, misinformation, and state power.
Drawing from lived experience, the discussion documents Robert’s prosecution under Louisiana’s HIV-specific criminal law and situates that experience within a broader analysis of how outdated statutes—many originating in the 1980s—continue to govern people living with HIV across the United States. The episode explores how these laws intersect with queer identity, stigma, and justice, and how systems of fear and punishment persist despite advances in HIV science and care.
Archived here as part of Robert’s Lived Experience Archive, this conversation represents a period of public witnessing that informs—but does not replace—his current work focused on systems analysis, policy reform, and institutional accountability related to HIV criminalization.
Archive Note:
This material is archived to document lived experience already shared publicly. Current inquiries should focus on systems analysis, policy strategy, and structural reform.
