Opposing Proposed Drag Bans in Oklahoma
February 11, 2025 To the Members of the Oklahoma Senate Public Safety Committee, My name is Ricci Levy. I am the President and CEO of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, a national human rights organization. As a representative of Woodhull and…
Trans Health Care Under Trump
Back during his campaign, President Trump was unequivocal: “I will sign a new executive order instructing every federal agency to cease all programs that promote the concept of sex and gender transition at any age.” On top of that horrifying…
Woodhull Cries Foul! At Slate of Alarming Bills Introduced in Oklahoma Seeking to Rollback Human Rights
Emboldened by President Trump’s election, Senator Dusty Deevers, an ultra-conservative abortion abolitionist, pastor, and Oklahoma State Senator, ignores the separation between church and state, Constitutional rights, and human rights in two slates of proposed bills. The first slate of eight…
Testimony in Opposition to HB 121, Montana’s Proposed Transgender Bathroom Ban
Dear Members of the Montana House Standing Committee of the Judiciary, My name is Ricci Joy Levy, and I am the President & CEO of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, a national organization whose mission is to affirm sexual freedom as…
Woodhull Calls on SCOTUS to Protect Trans Youth’s Access to Gender-Affirming Healthcare
On December 4, 2024, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in U.S. v. Skrmetti, a case that is critical to safeguarding transgender youth’s access to lifesaving gender-affirming healthcare. The case challenges Tennessee Senate Bill 1, which bans gender-affirming care for…
