The repeated attacks on trans people’s fundamental human rights in the U.S. have been brutal. But trans communities and allies have fought back each time. Tireless activism across the country serves as a source of hope. So, too, does the…
The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR)[1], the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World)[2], Just Futures Collaborative, Pregnancy Justice, Global Alliance against Traffic in Women (GAATW),[3] Gender Centre Geneva Graduate Institute, Woodhull Freedom Foundation[4], and the Global…
Woodhull Freedom Foundation is a national organization dedicated to defending sexual freedom as a fundamental human right. We are responding to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Proposed Rule, “Collection and Use of Biometrics by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services”,…
2025 was brutal for LGBTQ+ communities. We covered an array of attacks on queer and trans rights, from President Trump’s January 28, 2025, Executive Order, to the destruction of gender-affirming healthcare for NYC trans youth, to Texas’s Senate Bill 8…
Woodhull Freedom Foundation Unveils New Fact Checked Module on Transgender & Gender-Expansive Myths The Woodhull Freedom Foundation has released the newest module in its Fact Checked by Woodhull series, a public education initiative dedicated to separating fact from fear and…
No. Sex and gender are often conflated, but they are not the same thing.
Across the U.S., states are quietly cutting child care funding, including by slashing the rates they pay providers on behalf of low-income families. To Ruth Friedman, the child care crisis, put simply, “disrupts parents’ employment, reduces earnings and savings, and…
Once again, President Trump’s administration is making history for all the wrong reasons. On August 28, the United States withdrew from the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. This marks the first time in UPR history that a United Nations Member…