“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” - Robin Williams
I know, without even a modicum of doubt, that Brett Kavanaugh is not only unfit to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States but also that he should be removed from the bench. HE FAILED HIS JOB INTERVIEW.…
By Tess Joseph Consensual sexual practices should not be medicalized. In fact, the medicalization of consensual sexual practices and sexual identities is an affront to human rights and sexual liberation, one that echoes a disturbing history that includes the categorization…
By Tess Joseph Here is a fact: sexual and reproductive rights are fundamental human rights. Yet historically, the United States government has repeatedly chosen to deny this truth, instead invoking the fiction of “protecting” us as it systematically violates our…
Guest post by Tess Joseph The Woodhull Freedom Foundation remains outraged at the Trump administration’s systemic and horrific separation of migrant families. Parents, like Elsa Johana Ortiz Enriquez, are being deported without their children. The photograph below of a child…
Guest post by Tess Joseph In 2014, the United States Board of Immigration made a landmark decision: fleeing violence perpetrated in the “private sphere”—e.g., domestic and sexual violence—was rightfully recognized as grounds for asylum. Yet, on June 11, 2018, Attorney…
Thank you for being patient with us as we continue to consider our options around the onerous, vague, and punitive restrictions in SESTA, a bill recently passed with bipartisan support. The bill was framed as an anti-trafficking measure when, in…
Guest Blog Post By Cindy Soohoo Reprinted with permission from the Human Rights at Home Blog. For two weeks at the end of last year, Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty crisscrossed the United States, speaking to communities in Los…
Guest post by Tess Joseph On May 7, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a new iteration of the Trump administration’s draconian stance on immigration: the “zero tolerance” policy. In short, the “zero tolerance” policy directs prosecutors to charge as…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC — April 3, 2018 — The Woodhull Freedom Foundation is a national human rights organization working to advance sexual freedom. Each year we present the “Vicki Sexual Freedom Award” in recognition of the people who…
SEX WORKERS need YOU to take action by calling your Representative TODAY and demanding a NO vote on FOSTA! Why? Because #FOSTAHurtsSurvival! FOSTA FAQ Sheet FOSTA, House Bill 1865, will turn the harm reduction tools like bad date lists, online…
