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My family roots go back to “The Old Country” on my father’s side and the hills of Tennessee on my mother’s side, so it is no surprise that my ears perk up whenever news comes from the Volunteer State. Lately…
Question: To Whom it May Concern, I am a female seeking a committed gay couple to raise a child with. What better way than to raise a child with two fathers? Most heterosexual men take the gift of fatherhood for…
by Guest Blogger: William Smith April is Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Awareness Month, and as a veteran of public health, I’ve seen STD Awareness Months come and go. But this April there is an extra urgency among public health officials…
I cringed when I saw the promos for last night's 20/20 and their "exclusive" first interview with former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi, just found guilty on 15 counts -- including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation -- last week for…
The Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance is disappointed by the decision of the European Court of Human Rights which ruled yesterday in Strasbourg, France that "The European Convention on Human Rights does not require member states' governments to grant same-sex couples…
As the battle over same-sex marriage heats up, the opponents of same-sex marriage are stepping up their rhetoric. It’s not surprising.The idea of marriage for most people involves the idea of consummating that marriage and that means SEX. The idea…
Do We Need a More Nuanced View of Sexuality? - a response from Joan Garrity I've always been firmly in the "orientation is hardwired" camp, but this article* made me think...If we put any stock in the Kinsey Scale, then…
Woodhull's Executive Director Ricci Levy and Policy Advocate Elisabeth Fernandez-Kimmel both offered verbal testimony against Bill 19-567, the Prostitution Free Zone Amendment Act of 2011, at a hearing on January 24, before the D.C. Council Judiciary Committee. Also testifying against…
Once upon a time there was a person much like you or me. This person didn’t have any super powers or special gifts from another world. But this person knew something vital and very, very important. This person knew that…
What an exciting experience to be on a White House Briefing call today with activists from around the country! Ted Bernhardt, Jeffrey Montgomery and I joined Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Deputy Director Brian…