The Buckeye Flame, a statewide LGBT news outlet in Ohio, revisited the case of a Dayton man who was arrested and convicted for felony assault because he had oral sex without disclosing his HIV status. With support from the Fund, Cid Standifer reported that the man was taking antiretrovirals and had an undetectable viral load, which would make it impossible for him to transmit HIV, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Regardless, the man was arrested and publicly humiliated, and he was sentenced to five years’ probation by a judge who said Ohio’s law is discriminatory and stigmatizing.
Grantee investigates Ohio prosecution of man with HIV
