Podcast appearances and mentions of robert suttle

Jordan, Damon, & Tony are curious – do HIV criminalization laws increase stigma? This week, we are excited to welcome Robert Suttle, a social justice advocate, to our Surface Level Family. We'll be discussing his personal experiences and advocacy work concerning the impact of HIV criminalization laws on Queer communities. Many of these laws, enacted in the 80s and 90s, do not align with current scientific understanding and perpetuate stigma and shame. HIV status is a private health matter and should not be used as a weapon against vulnerable populations. In this episode, we explore the harm caused by using legal punishment to address a health crisis. We know a lot but we don't know it all, so join the conversation on social and let us know your thoughts.

No one wants to be surveilled. It's the reason we put tape over our webcams and diligently monitor privacy settings on our phones. Being watched makes you feel like you're already guilty, and someone is just waiting for you to slip up. For people living with HIV, being monitored—and being treated like criminals—isn't some speculative, dystopian fear. It's a constant reality. And as we'll explore in this episode, it's a reality that could see innocent people serving lifetime sentences simply for engaging in consensual sex. Our guests are: Alexander McClelland, an interdisciplinary socio-legal researcher working to reform HIV criminalization policies in Canada. He recounts his experiences with having his sex life policed and scrutinized since being diagnosed with HIV at age 18. McClelland also shares harrowing details about the lengths some people living with HIV must go to in order to prove they have disclosed their status with partners. Robert Suttle, an HIV racial justice leader who serves on the HIV Justice Network's Global Advisory Panel. He shares his story of losing his job, getting arrested, and being forced to register as a sex offender when a former partner accused him of failing to disclose his HIV status. This podcast was created and fully funded by Gilead Sciences, Inc. GILEAD, the GILEAD logo, and the & design are trademarks of Gilead Sciences, Inc. © 2023 Gilead Sciences, Inc. All rights reserved. IHQ-UNB-4185 Date of Preparation July 2023. References: Sullivan PS, Woodyatt C, Koski C, et al. A data visualization and dissemination resource to support HIV prevention and care at the local level: analysis and uses of the AIDSVu Public Data Resource. Journal of medical Internet research. 2020;22(10):e23173. Calabrese SK, Mayer KH. Lancet: Providers Should Discuss U=U with All Patients Living with HIV. Lancet HIV. 2019;6(4):e211-e213. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(19)30030-X US Department of Health and Human Services. Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Adults and Adolescents with HIV. March 2023. Accessed July 7, 2023. Available at: https://clinicalinfo.hiv.gov/sites/default/files/guidelines/documents/adult-adolescent-arv/guidelines-adult-adolescent-arv.pdf Kavanagh MM, Agbla SC, Joy M, et al. Law, criminalisation and HIV in the world: have countries that criminalise achieved more or less successful pandemic response? BMJ Global Health. 2021;6:e006315. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006315 McClelland A. The Criminalization of HIV Non-Disclosure in Canada: Experiences of People Living with HIV. 2019 Ratevosian J. Legal and policy barriers for an effective HIV/AIDS response. Lancet. 2023;401(10386):1405-1407. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00729-8 Symington A, Bernard EJ, et al. Advancing HIV Justice 4: Understanding Commonalities, Seizing Opportunities. HIV Justice Network; Amsterdam. July 2022. Fact sheet 2022. Global HIV statistics. Accessed July 7, 2023. https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/UNAIDS_FactSheet_en.pdf

Michael Ward is joined by Robert Suttle, Amir Sadeghi and Brad Sears for our HIV Criminalization Roundtable. The panel is discussing the latest news on efforts to modernize HIV criminal laws around the country. Originally broadcast on Facebook on September 22, 2021. Support CNP ✔ Donation ► https://www.thecounternarrative.org/donation✔ Merchandise ►https://www.thecounternarrative.org/shop Join us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram ✔ Twitter ► https://twitter.com/cnptribe✔ Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/cnptribe✔ Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/cnptribe

Social Justice Educator and Activist Robert Suttle returns to chat with Michael Ward on Revolutionary Health to continue our dialogue on the work of HIV criminal law reform. Robert Suttle is a student affairs practitioner in higher education and a respected leader and activist in the HIV racial justice and decriminalization movement for over a decade. His professional interests and efforts focus on multicultural and diversity education, meaningfully connecting with marginalized communities in collective leadership, advocacy, and policy work that advance social justice and inclusion. He is also a founding member of The SERO Project, an advisor for HIV Justice Network's Global Advisory Panel (GAP), Originally broadcast live on Facebook on 6/23/2021.

Robert Suttle joins Michael Ward on Revolutionary Health Live to discuss his personal story and his journey to decriminalize HIV. Originally broadcast on Facebook on October 28, 2020 Support CNP ✔ Donation ► https://www.thecounternarrative.org/d...✔ Merchandise ►https://www.thecounternarrative.org/shop Join us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram ✔ Twitter ► https://twitter.com/cnptribe✔ Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/cnptribe✔ Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/cnptribe

HIV criminalization activist Robert Suttle speaks with Inés Ixierda and Clio Sady about their comic “Legalize Positivity.” Together, they discuss how HIV criminalization codifies stigma, the origins of the prison-industrial complex, and how prisons perpetuate harm. Read the comic at visualaids.org/comics Transcript available at https://visualaids.org/blog/podcast-ep2

On this episode of #DatinginNYCPod, I talk to content creator Eric Jamahl and HIV criminalization advocate Robert Suttle about loving while living with HIV, the many stigmas they face within their own communities, how HIV impacts us in more ways than one and much more. For more info on HIV Criminalization and The Sero Project: http://www.seroproject.com/ Make sure you follow, comment, like, share and subscribe to Dating in NYC: The Podcast on all streaming platforms.

Pozitively Dee Discussion Saturday, February 18th 4:30 pm MST, 3:30 pm PST, 5:30 pm CT, and 6:30 pm EST. Call 515-605-9375 to join the talk or listen online at www.blogtalkusa.com. We will discuss something I feel needs to always be discussed and that's HIV criminalization something that is very controversial today. There are some that agree that a person deserves to be put in prison for not disclosing their HIV status and some that don't agree. If a person doesn't disclose and is criminalized, put behind bars 5, 10, 15 20 or 30 years will that stop the transmission of HIV? Everyone has their own opinion on this matter and it touches us in so many different ways. My featured guest will be Robert Suttle a man who is the assistant director of the Sero Project (HIV Is Not A Crime) and someone himself who was charged with HIV criminalization by his partner. Those who are diagnosed with HIV are criminalized the day they get their diagnosis. Join the call listen in or give your opinion it will be great ti hear what you have to say.    

Robert Suttle was convicted under Louisiana’s HIV-specific criminal statute after accepting a plea bargain and served six months in a Louisiana prison for HIV non-disclosure to a former partner, with whom he had a contentious relationship. Upon his release in January 2011, he has become engaged in anti-criminalization advocacy work. Today he is now assistant director of The SERO Project, a network of people living with HIV and allies fighting for freedom from stigma and injustice. He oversees the community outreach and education and coordinates Sero’s HIV Criminalization Survivors Network.  Prior to joining, SERO in March 2012, Suttle was a case manager and prevention specialist at the Philadelphia Center, a local AIDS service organization in Shreveport, Louisiana, working with other positive young African American men who have sex with men. Robert is also featured in the documentary film HIV is Not A Crime, has traveled abroad to Geneva, Switzerland to speak at the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board’s meeting in December, 2011, and Oslo, Norway for UNAIDS High Level Consultation on HIV criminalization in February, 2012, sharing his story. Robert is active with the Positive Justice Project and the HIV Justice Network. 

Tonight Robert & Aaron will be discussing HIV Criminalization with Robert Suttle and Tami Haught Robert Suttle was convicted under Louisiana’s HIV-specific criminal statute after accepting a plea bargain and served six months in a Louisiana prison for HIV non-disclosure to a former partner, with whom he had a contentious relationship. Upon his release in January 2011, he has become engaged in anti-criminalization advocacy work.Today he is now assistant director of The SERO Project, a new nonprofit initiative combating HIV criminalization, stigma, and discrimination, promoting the empowerment of people with HIV, providing support to those charged or at risk of being prosecuted. Tami Haught is the Community Organizer for Community HIV/Hepatitis Advocates of Iowa Network (CHAIN) the lead advocacy group in Iowa working to modernize Iowa's HIV specific criminalization law.  Tami is also President of Positive Iowans Taking Charge, the lead educational, emotional and social support group for Iowans living with HIV/AIDS.  She is on several other boards including the SERO Project Board of Directors and USPLHIV Caucus.

Robert Suttle was convicted under Louisiana’s HIV-specific criminal statute after accepting a plea bargain and served six months in a Louisiana prison for HIV non-disclosure to a former partner, with whom he had a contentious relationship. Upon his release in January 2011, he has become engaged in anti-criminalization advocacy work. Today he is now assistant director of The SERO Project, a new nonprofit initiative combating HIV criminalization, stigma, and discrimination, promoting the empowerment of people with HIV, providing support to those charged or at risk of being prosecuted. Prior to joining, SERO in March 2012, Suttle was a case manager and prevention specialist at the Philadelphia Center, a local AIDS service organization in Shreveport, Louisiana, working with other positive young African American men who have sex with men. Robert is also featured in the documentary film HIV is Not A Crime, has traveled abroad to Geneva, Switzerland to speak at the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board’s meeting in December, 2011, and Oslo, Norway for UNAIDS High Level Consultation on HIV criminalization in February, 2012, sharing his story. Robert is active with the Positive Justice Project and the HIV Justice Network.