Tennessee to Remove Sex Workers With HIV From Sex Offender Registry

Published on July 18, 2024

The state of Tennessee will remove the names of individuals convicted of prostitution while carrying human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from the sex offender registry after settling lawsuits over the matter. The settlement agreement, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee on July 17, covers separate lawsuits filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) alongside the Transgender Law Center. Under the agreement, Tennessee’s Bureau of Investigation (TBI) must post a notice on the sex offender registration (SOR) information page of the public-facing sex offender registry website explaining that “aggravated prostitution” will be removed from the definition of “violent sexual offense” and “sexual offense” in early July....

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