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Dear Chair Feldman, Vice Chair Kagan, and Members of the Maryland Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee, My name is Ricci Levy. I am the President and CEO of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, a national human rights organization. As…
Regulations with the June 13, 2025 ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in State of Texas v. United States Department of Health & Human Services which concluded that the final rule “exceeded the Department…
Age-verification laws ostensibly targeting online pornography are causing significant collateral damage among sex educators and sexual health professionals, according to new data released today by the Woodhull Freedom Foundation. Despite promises that the age-verification laws would simply prevent minors from…
Across the country, state and federal legislators are concocting new laws and policies aimed at dehumanizing trans people. From Kansas to Texas to D.C., we have seen a slew of hateful, baseless attacks on trans people’s rights to travel, to…
Everyone seems to have a strong opinion about sex work, and those opinions are frequently based on lies about the oldest profession in the world. Fact Checked by Woodhull checked the facts about the most common myths impacting sex worker…
The Honorable Jim Thomas Chair House Judiciary Committee, State of Ohio Ohio State Capitol Columbus, Ohio 43215 The Honorable D.J. Swearingen Vice Chair House Judiciary Committee, State of Ohio Ohio State Capitol Columbus, Ohio 43215 The Honorable Eric Synenberg Ranking…
Gender affirming care (GAC) includes medical, psychological, and social supports that help people live in alignment with their gender identity. As of 2025, more than 20 states have passed laws restricting or banning this care, often under the claim of…
Re: Woodhull Freedom Foundation Opposition to Tennessee Senate Bill 2409 "No Pride Flag or Month Act” My name is Ricci Levy, and I am the President and CEO of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, a national organization whose mission is to…