The Woodhull Freedom Foundation is standing firm in the face of threats from the Trump Administration and Congress. As a proud member of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition consisting of more than 200 national organizations,…
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When 8 Adults and 3 Children Are a Family
by Guest Blogger: Hugh Ryan Justice Alito used them as a scare tactic, but why doesn’t the law recognize unusual family configurations? During the recent Supreme Court hearing on same-sex marriage,Justice Samuel Alito questioned if finding for the plaintiffs would…
White Supremacy, Sex, and Ferguson
**UPDATE, DEC. 4, 2014: It was brought to my attention by a reader on December 3 that Frankel and Winston’s post had been edited with a very different tone after I linked to it here. It is unfortunate that instead…
Tagged with: Aida Manduley • Carl Frankel • Ferguson • Racism • Sheri Winston • white supremacyWhy Planned Parenthood’s Funding is a Human Rights Issue
In a recent blog post, I talked about some ways to be an advocate for human rights. The overarching theme of these tips was to educate yourself in order to educate others. To keep up with that theme and our…
Tagged with: Feminism • Health Care • Human Rights • reproductive justice • reproductive rightsWill Flibanserin Bring Focus to Female Sexuality?
Throughout history, female sexuality has rarely been taken seriously. It’s almost always compared to male sexuality—or worse, claimed to be in existence only to satisfy men’s sexual desire. We’ve come a long way from Freudian years. However, the creation of…
Tagged with: Health Care • sex • sexual freedom • sexual health • sexualityWithout Sexuality-Affirming Education, Affirmative Consent Polices Are Destined To Fail
Campus sexual assault is a serious problem. It is not a new problem, not an emerging crisis, but rather a part of a serious ongoing problem of sexual assault and rape culture in the United States. Campus rape is the current moral…
Tagged with: college students • Law • policy • Sexuality educationWoodhull Files Amicus Brief at U.S. Supreme Court in Sexual Discrimination Case
Washington, DC—Today the Woodhull Freedom Foundation filed an amicus brief at the United States Supreme Court, supporting a petition for review by Dave Mech. Woodhull joins the First Amendment Lawyers Association (FALA) and the Free Speech Coalition (FSC) in the…
Woodhull Freedom Foundation Issues Statement on Censorship at Utah Pride
Foundation Dedicated to Human Right to Sexual Freedom Sends Letter Urging Organizers Reconsider Decision to Omit Adult Studio from Pride Festivities ALEXANDRIA, VA (April 25, 2016) – The Woodhull Freedom Foundation issues its statement regarding the recent decision by the…
Tagged with: expression • freedom • Freedom Foundation • Human Rights • LGBT • LGBTQ • Ricci Levy • rights • sexual • sexual freedom • Utah Pride • WoodhullWoodhull Freedom Foundation Joins Global Call to Defend the UN Human Rights Council
Woodhull Freedom Foundation, along with 798 civil society organizations, representing 156 countries, submitted a letter to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations opposing resolution A/C.3/ 71/L.46. The Human Rights Council is responsible for the promotion and protection of…
Tagged with: family • gender • Human Rights • LGBT • Politics • sexual freedom • sexual rights • sexualityWoodhull Freedom Foundation mourns death of one of its founders, Jeffrey Montgomery, a leader, activist, a mentor and sexual freedom movement hero.
Woodhull Freedom Foundation mourns death of Jeffrey Montgomery, a leader, activist, a mentor and sexual freedom movement hero. The Woodhull Freedom Foundation mourns the death of Jeffrey Montgomery, a leader, activist, sexual freedom hero, and founder to Woodhull. He died…
Woodhull Joins 156 Civil and Human Rights Groups in Call for Stronger Response to Hate Incidents
This is a press release from The Leadership Conference. Please find the original post here. WASHINGTON –The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 155 civil and human rights groups today called upon the Executive Branch to respond more…
Woodhull Joins Amicus Brief to Protect College Student Whistleblowers’ First Amendment rights
Woodhull Freedom Foundation joined a coalition of national free-speech organizations led by the Foundation for Individual Rights, calling for the federal appeals court to reverse a ruling on a case involving three Valencia College students punished for objecting to a college…
Woodhull Recognized for Commitment to Transparency
Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance received the GuideStar Exchange Silver participation level, a leading symbol of transparency and accountability provided by GuideStar USA, Inc., the premier source of nonprofit information. This level demonstrates Woodhull’s deep commitment to nonprofit transparency and accountability. “We have…
Woodhull Speaks Out on BDSM Court Decision
The federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia recently ruled that American’s have no constitutional right to engage in consensual BDSM activity. The decision in Doe v. George Mason University, et. al, should be a clarion call for advocates of…
Woodhull Urges President Obama to Adequately Fund HIV Programs!
HIV/AIDS has not gone away. New HIV infections continue to climb and the number of people needing care and treatment are increasing. According to the Center for Disease Control, More than 1.2 million people in the United States are living…
WOW! Have we got Summit news for you!
How could we make Woodhull’s 2016 Sexual Freedom Summit even bigger and better than 2015? That was the question we were asking ourselves. And we got the answer! Beginning Wednesday evening, 8/12 and continuing all day Thursday, 8/13, Dr. Patti…
