Liberals: How Strong Is Your Support for Transgender Equality? by Nathaniel Frank (this article first appeared on Slate.com and is reposted here with the author’s permission) In the wake of draconian laws passed in North Carolina and Mississippi restricting which…
Tagged with: Transgender Rights
Sex In The Public Square
Human Rights Cup: Corporations=1, Human Beings=0
In a stunning (but not unexpected) decision, the anti-human rights, anti-sexual freedom Supreme Court of the United States affirmed sexual freedom for corporations and denied it to human beings. Not good. Very, very bad. The decision is not out of…
Injustice In Iowa: Pleasure, Danger, and Dementia
You know that I’m working on a book about sexuality, aging, illness, and dying, and that it’s a mother-daughter memoir, and so you know that issues about parents’ sexuality and the care that hospitals and nursing homes afford them are…
Tagged with: aging • consent • dementia • Health Care • Henry Rayhons • Law • new york times • sexIs the LGBTQ Movement All Sunshine and Rainbows?
In the two weeks since the Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality, the world has witnessed a surge of rainbows. From our Facebook friends’ profile pictures to corporate advertising, the symbol of LGBTQ pride is everywhere. Some have…
Tagged with: civil rights • LGBTQ • media • Politics • sexual freedom • sexual politics • sexualityIt’s Party Time at the Summit!
VIP RECEPTION ON SATURDAY NIGHT Looking for more fun? Mix and mingle with Vicki Sexual Freedom Award Recipients Carol Leigh (Scarlot Harlot), Scout, Kenyon Farrow and Megan Andelloux. Chat one-on-one with Woodhull board members Buck Angel, Ted Bernhardt, Metis Black, Hardy Haberman, Nina…
Let’s Talk About the Summit Parties!
Work all day and PARTY THE NIGHT AWAY! at Woodhull’s Sexual Freedom Summit In just 9 weeks, you’ll be celebrating your sexual freedom each night at the Summit! REGISTER NOW Join us Thursday night for the Rocky Horror Picture Show and pajama…
Low-Income Children Need Public Support No Matter Who Their Parents Are
Two republican state legislators in Illinois co-sponsored a bill that lit up my social media feeds this week and sparked an outpouring of fury about regressive ideas about family and cold-hearted attitudes about public assistance. The good news is that,…
Tagged with: Family Matters • Illinois HB 6064 • poverty • welfareMarriage Equality – Step One!
One step toward the right to family… Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance applauds the decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in favor of the freedom for anyone who wishes to marry to do so. This is one step…
October News from Woodhull
JOIN US AT WOODHULL’S FIRST SEXUAL FREEDOM TOWN HALL Philadelphia, PA on Saturday, December 2, 2017 Taking #MeToo to “Now What” This October, the 30th Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we’ve seen thousands of people speak out against sexual harassment and assault. With…
Tagged with: accessibility • newsletter • Philadelphia • sexual freedom • sexual violence • VAWA • volunteer • WoodhullOppression Is Not In the Interests Of The Children
Yet the state, and many citizens, use them as proxies in the fight to protect systems of privilege and oppression. Walter Scott may have been running from Officer Michael Slager, who shot and killed him on April 4, because he was afraid of…
Tagged with: carceral state • Children • economy • free range parenting • gender • incarceration • kim brooks • lenore skenazy • Politics • shanesha taylor • tanya mcdowell • walter scottOregon Legislators Say “No Toys For Teens”
Pioneer in Male Sexual Health Elected to Woodhull’s Board
David Mandell Joins the Ranks of Sexual Freedom Advocates Washington, DC – November 3, 2015: – Woodhull Freedom Foundation, committed to the advancement of sexual freedom as a fundamental human right, announces the appointment of board member David Mandell. Mandell is…
Preventing Reactionary Activism from Being Extra Press for the Other Side
As sexual freedom activists, we often have to play defense. We are regularly responding to the laws that inhibit our human rights, and the statements and actions that harm our community members. Sometimes, it’s difficult to fight against something without…
Tagged with: adult entertainment • censorship • Human Rights • sexual freedom • sexual politicsProgressive Policies Make ALL Families Stronger
A newly released report from the Center for American Progress confirms what many of us may already know, that strong families are linked to access to resources and financial stability. Family stability has been tied to the following progressive policies:…
Progressive Policies Make Families Stronger
A newly released report from the Center for American Progress confirms what many of us may already know, that strong families are linked to access to resources and financial stability. Family stability has been tied to the following progressive policies:…
Tagged with: family • Human Rights • Politics • sexual freedomProtest: The Gift of Disruption
Protests are spreading across the country, and this, I think, is a gift. And I hope it is a very disruptive gift. Before you complain about the inconvenience of protests, remember this: protests need to be disruptive. They need not be violent, but…
Tagged with: protest • Race • social change • social justice • social movementsRentboy.com Latest Victim in the Ongoing War Against Sex
Woodhull opposes recent arrests This morning, federal and state law enforcement officials conducted a raid against Rentboy.com and arrested seven people associated with the website, charging them with prostitution and money laundering. In June, 2014, Woodhull made the following…
Richard D. Moore III and Metis Black Join Board of Directors of Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance
WASHINGTON — The Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance recently elected Richard Moore and Metis Black to its board of directors. The nonprofit Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance works to advance the recognition of sexual, gender, and family diversity, not just recognizing diversity…
Senior Sex Is Not A Joke
A Florida woman has just been sentenced to six months in jail for disorderly conduct and indecent exposure after being caught having sex in a public place. The sex itself took place in June. In a retirement community. The woman…
Tagged with: aging • crime • Florida • senior citizens • sexSex Work, Sex Trade, Prostitution & Human Rights
In just 2 weeks, we’ll kick off the Summit (8/14-17) with an all-day Institute: “Sex Work, Sex Trade, Prostitution and Human Rights!” In only 7 weeks, folks will come together from all over the country – in fact, the world…
Sex, lives and disability
What can disabled bodies teach us about sex, and why should we listen? Katharine Quarmby reports. Millie Dollar sashays onto the stage in a green, feathered dress to conclude the evening’s entertainment with a sultry burlesque routine. The capacity…
Sexual Freedom Day 2017!
“…To recognize the Woodhull Freedom Foundation (Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance) for its generous and valued contributions to the recognition of sexual freedom as a fundamental human right, and to declare September 23, 2010, as “Sexual Freedom Day”… RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF…
Tagged with: advocacy • sexual freedom day • sexual violence • Victoria WoodhullSexual Freedom Honorees for 2014
Woodhull is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2013 Vicki Sexual Freedom Award; Pam Spaulding, Cory Silverberg and Carol Queen. Hardy Haberman, Woodhull’s Board Chair, said, “I am humbled and inspired in equal measure by the body of…
Sexuality and Playfulness Aid the Aging and Ill
As I was working on my book and thinking about what I might blog about this week, the good fairies that live in the internet dropped two lovely bits of sexuality-related articles into my lap. The first is a Wall Street…
Tagged with: aging • caregiving • Health • Health Care • illness • My Mother's CrossStill Harmful to Minors
In 2002, Judith Levine wrote a prize-winning critique of sex-related laws called Harmful To Minors (Thunders Mouth Press). It provides a very carefully researched, clearly written argument that the laws we make in the name of protecting kids often does more damage…
Tagged with: Alternatives for Girls • Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation • Detroit Youth Passages • harm reduction • Law and Policy • prostitution • Ruth Ellis Center • youth