The Woodhull Freedom Foundation is the only national human rights organization working full time to protect the fundamental human right to sexual freedom. Our work includes fighting sexual violence, eliminating discrimination based on gender or sexual identity or family form,…
Sex In The Public Square
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 CrossStatement on the Passing of Carmen Vázquez
We at the Woodhull Freedom Foundation are heartbroken to announce the death of Carmen Vázquez, long-time sexual freedom fighter, Vicki Sexual Freedom award winner, and co-chair of our Board of Directors. Carmen died on Wednesday, January 27th of COVID. Carmen…
Still 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 • youthThe United States is NOT Above Human Rights Law!
Woodhull Freedom Foundation, as Chair of the US Human Rights Network (USHRN) Sexual Rights and Gender Justice Working Group, joins the Network in expressing, via this statement, our deep disappointment in the response of the US Government to the 343…
The War on Sex
In computing, a Trojan horse is a program that appears harmless, but is, in fact, malicious. This malicious program is named for the Trojan horse of Greek mythology….a hollow wooden statue of a horse used by enemies to sneak themselves into…
Turning “Yes We Can” into “YES WE WILL!”
Join the conversation at Woodhull’s Sexual Freedom Summit in 2017! #SFS17 is August 3th to 6th, 2017 Deadline for Workshop Proposals: Monday, February 6, 2017! The thing every single Trump advisor, nominee and cabinet member shares is a negative attitude…
Tagged with: sexual freedom • SFSViewing Rights – The Constitutional Right to View Erotic Material
Author Lawrence G. Walters, Esq. What are your constitutional rights when it comes to viewing pornographic, violent or controversial material in your own home? This is a question we frequently address as First Amendment attorneys, and on which there is…
Tagged with: Lawrence G. Walters Esq. • Sex and the LawWe will not go back!!
In the days immediately after the stunning defeat of freedom, equality and justice that accompanies the election of Donald J. Trump as the next President of the United States, the words of the quotation from Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the…
We will stand firm! Woodhull joins 200 organizations nation-wide to uphold civil and human rights under Trump
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,…
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 to Hold Sexual Freedom Town Halls
November 14, 2017 Philadelphia, PA – On Saturday, December 2nd, Woodhull Freedom Foundation will launch a series of town hall conversations about sexual violence and sexual freedom. The Town Halls will create a space to talk about strategies for addressing…
Tagged with: Philadelphia • press release • sexual freedom • town hall • WoodhullWoodhull 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…
