HIV-positive teen avoids jail for unprotected sex

[fuckfrosti]

EDMONTON - A 17-year-old girl has been given a conditional discharge for having unprotected sex with two teenagers without disclosing her HIV-positive status.

The girl, who cannot be identified, was living on Edmonton streets when she met the two male youths in the spring of 2011. Both of them were homeless as well. The teen twice had drunken sexual

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[benihime99]

That sentence bugged me so much

[tabaqui]

I liked that statement. It made it clear, to me at least, that the girl might very well have been assaulted sexually, or at the very least, taken advantage of when she was not in a fit state to consent. And/or, that often men in a sexual encounter refuse to wear condoms, and while a lot of women would simply say no way, and walk, it's possible that sex was 'paying' for food, or shelter, and the man saying 'no' was something she had no control over.

[tabaqui]

Yeah, it's really upsetting that she's being charged, and that she was basically 'outed' to an entire city and her life was potentially put in danger....

It's like the police arresting underage girls for prostitution. They are *not* the criminals!

[youkiddinright]

That's exactly where my mind went reading the title and it seems it's what happened in the end. :/

[eridaelectric]

Everything in this whole thread.

The media had no business what so ever releasing her name or photo, minor or not.