It should be a felony to knowingly expose anyone to ANY disease.
Not sure if serious.
I'm dead serious.
HIV is prevalent af in the gay communities, even more so in the black LGBT community. Why do you think people don't get tested as much as they should? It's criminalized; you have a risk of going to jail just for transmitting the disease. So say your argument is, "oh well if it's intentional–" but what if it's not? What if you have HIV, you disclose the info with your partner, y'all have sex, break up a few months later, he sleeps with another dude who also has the disease but never told him, ol' boy gets a checkup, congratulations you have HIV.
If he's feeling vindictive after a bad breakup, what do you think is going to happen? He can claim that his ex willingly gave him HIV, he might think he just infected his current partner...the shit show continues.
Decriminalizing HIV is important, and it sounds impractical on paper. But this just helps people who have the disease/know others that have it. Less criminalization means people are more willing to get tested, get diagnosed, and get help. It also helps get rid of the "IT RUINS LIVES" stigma, as well as helps those born into the world, with HIV transmitted through birth.
Help people, don't put them in fucking jail.