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Main Forums => AIDS Activism => Topic started by: Jim Allen on March 24, 2021, 01:03:09 pm
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In full: https://www.poz.com/article/3m-hiv-discrimination-lawsuit-filed-morehouse-college
In short:
A former student at Morehouse College in Atlanta filed an HIV discrimination lawsuit against the historically Black men’s liberal arts school seeking over $3 million in emotional distress damages, reports The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The student, who remains anonymous and graduated in May 2020, claims that he disclosed his HIV-positive status in his application essay to the school’s Cinema, Television and Emerging Media Studies program. According to the lawsuit, a faculty member said the program was too demanding for a student with a health issue such as HIV. As a result, the student was not admitted into the program.
The college did not offer a comment to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution because, the school said, it doesn’t discuss pending legal cases.