Pro-Trans Bills in Colorado
I think we can all agree that the news has been, in a word, terrible. Yet there are still glimmers of hope (however faint) that some people in power are trying to protect human rights. Take the recent example in…
Testimony Opposing Colorado’s Age Verification Measure – SB25-201
My name is Mandy Salley, and I’m COO of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation. Our work ensures that everyone can be themselves, love who they love, and speak their truth—free from discrimination or repression. We strongly oppose Senate Bill 201 and…
The Destruction of Gender-Affirming Healthcare for NYC Trans Youth
Trump’s January 28, 2025, Executive Order attacking gender-affirming healthcare for youth – the title of which is too awful to repeat here – is already causing unthinkable harm across the U.S. Among other horrors, the EO threatens the loss of…
Woodhull Supports Decriminalization Efforts in New York
Re: Woodhull Freedom Foundation Advocates for the passage of the “Cecilia’s Act for Rights in the Sex Trades”, New York State Senate Bill S2513 and Assembly Bill A3251 relating to the decriminalization of sex work The Woodhull Freedom Foundation is…
Woodhull Supports Immunity for Sex Workers in New York State!
February 25, 2025 Re: Woodhull Freedom Foundation Support A.1029 (Kelles) / S.3967 (Sepulveda) Dear Legislator: The Woodhull Freedom Foundation supports A.1029/S.3967, legislation to enable victims and witnesses to a crime to be able to seek help without fear of being…
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…