A woman living with HIV received $115,000 in a legal settlement reached with Buffalo State University regarding HIV discrimination. She filed a lawsuit against the Buffalo campus of the State University of New York after the college evicted her from student housing and expelled her from campus due to her positive HIV status, according to the Legal Action Center (LAC).
Represented jointly by LAC, Housing Works and attorney Anna Marie Richmond, the woman, identified as Betty Jones to protect her privacy, argued that Buffalo State’s actions were discriminatory and based on outdated beliefs about HIV transmission.
In 2022, Jones contacted Buffalo State authorities after the person she was dating reacted aggressively when she disclosed she is HIV positive. Rather than offer support, Buffalo State suspended and removed Jones from campus. The school claims that she was involved in a “health and safety incidence that put [the] campus at risk.”…