This is the story of genital herpes and five rogue states. Apple-pie and mom states. But rogue all the same. It’s the story of how California, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Alabama and, yes, even New York, have laws on their books that make it illegal for someone with genital herpes to have sex… ever. Or even to [...]

California, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Alabama and New York – what do these five US states have in common? If you guessed “Outrageous Discrimination Against People with Genital Herpes”, you guessed right! These five rogue states have introduced laws that make living with genital herpes – and other STIs – a perilous task indeed. Before I go [...]

Is mixing genital herpes and compensation a good idea? In other words, should you be able to sue someone for lots of money if they give you herpes? This section of Genital Herpes Corner looks for an answer. By way of reminder, tort law is designed to compensate people who are victims of wrongful acts [...]

Genital herpes and tort law are not two terms I often used to use together. That is, until I met and fell in love with my forner partner. Before we met, she had caught genital herpes from a man who hadn’t told her of his condition. She seemed to have accepted the situation, but I [...]

Genital herpes prosecutions are actually very rare. Below are the details of the only two cases I have been able to find. One is from England, the other is from New York. Introduction Just to recap, we know now that judges today have moved back to the position their forerunners had way back in 1866 [...]

Did you ever think you’d see the terms genital herpes and criminal law in the same sentence? Well, neither did I, until I met my former partner and experienced the frustration of not being able to ‘fix’ someone I truly cared for. Frustration is the mother of revenge, and revenge is what I wanted for [...]

Like me, you probably never thought you’d use the words genital herpes and the law in a single sentence. But now, when you think about the person who gave you or your partner genital herpes, do you sometimes feel like dragging them through the courts? When I met my former partner and learned how she’d [...]

The Genital Herpes Corner website is no more, however, Living Sphere has gained permission to republish the content here. Below is the original intro / welcome page from the site: Welcome to Genital Herpes Corner Genital herpes is so much more than a medical condition, so why do websites usually concentrate so much on the [...]