On January 1, 2023, AB 1041 took effect, marking a significant expansion of family and paid sick leave in California. This expansion is largely due to the law’s recognition of families beyond the white heteropatriarchal standards of family (that is,…
Washington, D.C. – February 2, 2023. The Woodhull Freedom Foundation, the national advocate for sexual rights, will host a human rights commission on the entrapment and harassment of LGBTQ+ people on February 18, part of the Creating Change conference in San…
Last month, South Africa announced that it intended to decriminalize sex work through publishing a draft bill, which is currently open for public comment. As a draft bill, decriminalization is not yet the law, but this marks an exciting step…
Entrapment and harassment of gay and bi men, trans people, and sex workers by law enforcement continue to be widespread in all parts of the country. These civil and human rights violations devastate individuals and their families but rarely receive…
In July 1953, agents from the Los Angeles postal inspector stormed the offices of ONE Magazine, a new ‘homophile’ publication, seizing all copies of their August issue. Postmaster Otto Oleson claimed the cover story on “Homosexual Marriage” was obscene and illegal to…
Anti-abortion groups were certainly jubilant when the Supreme Court announced in Dobbs that it was overturning Roe. But they were far from satisfied, and their attack on our most sacred human rights is far from over. The end of our…
