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Blog Posts
- Texas’ H.B. 991: An Unconscionable Attack on Abortion Rights and Free Speech 2024
- 2024 US General Election Analysis: Impacts, Challenges, and Opportunities for Advancing Sex Worker Rights 2024
- Conservatives Attack Mifepristone, Yet Again 2024
- The False Promise of Florida’s Fatal Fetal Anomaly Abortion Ban “Exception” 2024
- Honoring Amber Nicole Thurman 2024
- New(ish) KOSA, Same Old Problems 2024
- Nurses’ Role in Abortion Care 2024
- California’s A.B. 3080 and Threats to Our Rights to Free Speech and Privacy 2024
- Advocacy Day Reflections 2024
- Digital Surveillance In the Wake of Dobbs 2024
- Letter to the Editor of the NY Times re: “What It Means to Call Prostitution Sex Work” by Pamela Paul 2023
- Criminalizing Sex Work in Maine 2023
- Sex & Censorship 2023
- To President Biden Re: Decriminalization 2023
- FOSTA Five Years Later 2023
- Sex Work Decriminalization in South Africa 2023
- Abortion Access in Guam: Contending with Colonialism & its Devastating Consequences post-Dobbs 2022
- Criminalizing HIV 2022
- Strippers on Strike 2022
- Censoring Nudity 2022
- Abortion While Incarcerated 2022
- Abortion and Section 230 2022
- Woodhull Statement on Roe, Human Rights, and Sexual Freedom 2022
- Reaching Settlement in the City of Jacksonville 2022
- Birthing While Incarcerated 2022
- The Human Right to Childcare 2022
- Tech’s Censorship of Porn & the Difficulty of Getting Paid 2022
- Discrimination Against Sex Workers 2022
- Violence Against Sex Workers 2021
- OnlyFans’ Banning of Porn and Reversal 2021
- FOSTA – Woodhull’s Fight against a Miserable Failure 2021
- Stepping Toward Decriminalization 2021
- Marginalization and Murder 2021
- The Dangers of the SAFE Tech Act 2021
- Section 230, the “Internet’s First Amendment” 2021
- The Pandemic Economy and Camming 2020
- Social Solidarity in Practice: Supporting Sex Workers During the Coronavirus 2020
- Holding Space for International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers 2019
- What’s Happening with Woodhull Freedom Foundation vs. the United States? 2019
- What About SESTA? 2018
- Centering Sexual Freedom on Human Rights Day 2017
- 5 Ways to Advocate for Human Rights 2015
- Rentboy.com Latest Victim in the Ongoing War Against Sex 2015
- The War on Porn Rebranded as the War on Sex Trafficking 2015
- Communities of Privilege, Ethics Of Pleasure, Economies of Pain 2015
- Let Labor Unite Us 2014
- Still Harmful to Minors 2014
- How To Help Young People For Real, Step One: Listen To Them 2014
- Talking About A Revolution 2014
- 91 Bad Words About Young People and Prostitution: The New York Times Edition 2014
- Censorship by Money: Snuffing Out Adult Entertainment by Denial of Banking Services 2014
- For love or money? 2014
- Witnessing Transformation – Performers into Producers 2014
- Criminalizing Online Innovation: State Attorneys General Seek to Amend Section 230 2013
- Florida Sheriff Continues ‘War on Porn’ and Sets Sights on Backpage 2013
- Dangerous Intersections 2013
- The ‘Naked Truth’ on adult entertainment Theocrats eager to legislate morality 2013
- Feminism or Fascism: Iceland’s Stunning Ban on Pornography May Be Spreading 2013
- Erasing Criminal Convictions for Survivors of Trafficking: One Step in the Right Direction 2012
- Why Are Sex Workers Being Banned From Participating in the International AIDS Conference? A Call to Action on Sex Work and HIV 2012
- A Call to Change U.S. Policy on Sex Work & HIV 2012
- “Liberate Your Ass: How Sexual Freedom is Key to Fighting the Right” 2012
- Why the Women’s Rights Movement Must Listen to Sex Workers 2012
- Sin Tax Error 2012
- Trafficking in War Zones: Making Zero-Tolerance Meaningful 2012
- Some People Enjoy Being Prostitutes……… Get Over It 2012
- If you can’t beat it, regulate it 2012
- Killing the Messenger: The Campaign Against Online Escort Advertising Sites Part II – Operational Policies & Legal Issues 2011
- Killing the Messenger: The Campaign Against Online Escort Advertising Sites 2011
- Ad Placement Fail? 2011
- Ten 2011
- My first whore job 2010
- Don’t tell anyone: I’m a whore 2010
- Sex Workers Stop Traffick 2010
Summit Programs
Press Releases
- DC Circuit Upholds FOSTA 2023
- Woodhull Participates in Day of Action in Albany, NY 2023
- Woodhull Foundation to Host Commission on Entrapment and Harassment at Creating Change 2023
- Woodhull Defends Free Speech In Latest Court Battle Over FOSTA Censorship 2023
- A Declaration of Human Rights Is Only the Beginning 2022
- The Tsunami of Sexual Repression 2022
- Statement by Ricci Levy, President & CEO on The “Respect for Marriage Act” 2022
- The Battle After Roe 2022
- Removing Sex Work From the Internet May Make It More Dangerous: Grant from Woodhull Freedom Foundation to Support John Jay Study 2022
- Woodhull’s Human Rights Commission Releases Findings from Super Bowl Sex Trafficking Myths 2022
- OnlyFans Statement 2021
- The Sex Workers Human Rights Commission 2021
- Woodhull Freedom Foundation Files Motion to Declare FOSTA Unconstitutional 2020
- Woodhull Wins FOSTA Appeal 2020
- FOSTA Appeal Moves Forward With Woodhull’s Statement 2018
- Woodhull Freedom Foundation Appeals FOSTA Ruling 2018
- Woodhull Freedom Foundation Files Lawsuit Challenging FOSTA 2018
- Washington, DC Passes Bill to Repeal Discredited “Prostitution Free Zones” 2014
- Civil Liberties Groups Condemn Government Attacks on Escort Service Providers – Cite First Amendment and Human Rights Concerns 2014
- Legendary Sexual Freedom Advocates to be Honored for Dedication to Establishing Sexual Freedom as a Fundamental Human Right 2012
- International Sex Worker Rights Day 2012
- Woodhull Testifies Against Human Rights Violations in Washington, DC 2012
- Human Rights Victory 2011
Media Mentions
- Dirty Laundry Piles up at Utah’s Anti-Porn and Anti-Trafficking Charities 2024
- Deplatforming Puts Sex Workers at Risk, Study Says 2024
- Adult Site Broker Talk Episode 214 with Ricci Levy of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation 2024
- Woodhull Freedom Foundation Debuts ‘Fact Checked by Woodhull’ Program 2024
- Student Loan Forgiveness and Sex Work (Not related!) – Podcast 2023
- Artists Call on Congress to Stop “Bad Internet Bills” 2023
- Leading Digital Rights, Privacy Orgs Urge Immediate Action Against ‘Bad Internet Bills’ 2023
- Court Says Prostitution Law Doesn’t Violate First Amendment but Language Should Be Interpreted Narrowly 2023
- Court Rules Against Woodhull in FOSTA Appeal 2023
- Sugar Daddy Appreciation Day with Mandy Salley – DTF: Darryl & Timaree Fun Hour 2023
- 5 Years After the Backpage Shutdown, Sex Workers—and Free Speech—Are Still Suffering 2023
- Motion to Dismiss Calls Out DOJ Duplicity in Backpage/Woodhull Cases 2023
- Breaking The Stigma with Ricci and Mandy from Woodhull 2023
- Watching OnlyFans Improves Sexual Confidence, Says a New Report 2023
- Woodhull’s FOSTA Challenge Lays Bare DOJ’s Lies in Lacey/Larkin Case 2023
- Appeals Court Seems Poised to Void Part of Sex Trafficking Law 2023
- How a War on Porn is Endangering US Sex Workers 2023
- Woodhull Files New Reply Brief Challenging FOSTA 2022
- The Sexual Freedom Episode – Part Two 2022
- Petition To Stop Law Silencing Legal Sexual Expression 2022
- Woodhull Freedom Foundation to Host ‘Censorship of Sexual Freedom’ Webinar 2022
- OnlyFans Is Finally Showing Some Political Support for Sex Work 2022
- Woodhull Files Appeal in FOSTA-SESTA Challenge Suit 2022
- Woodhull Freedom Foundation Files Motion to Declare FOSTA Unconstitutional 2022
- New Woodhull Report Examines ‘Super Bowl Sex Trafficking’ Myth 2022
- Johns Hopkins University Hosts Panel on Decriminalization 2021
- LGBTQ Agenda: Queer, sex worker rights advocates sound off on OnlyFans flip-flop 2021
- Woodhull Freedom Foundation Denounces Anti-Porn Campaign 2021
- Top Digital Rights Organization Highlights Woodhull’s Anti-FOSTA Litigation 2020
- Federal Court Hears Woodhull’s Appeal Challenging FOSTA 2019
Coalition Sign-Ons
- Subject: Final HIV Community Funding Requests for FY2025 Domestic HIV Programs
The AIDS Institute
- Coalition Letter Regarding Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for International Family Planning and Reproductive Health Funding and Policy
PAI
- Coalition Letter to the Senate Opposing the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA)
Software & Information Industry Association
- PRESS Act Markup (S.2074)
Freedom of the Press Foundation
- Letter to the House House Energly and Commerce Committee Opposing the Proposal to Sunset Section 230 of the Communications Act
Chamber of Progress
- Coalition Letter to Oppose Adding KOSA to the FAA Reauthorization Act
Chamber of Progress
- Coalition Letter to Leader Schumer on Opposition to STOP CSAM Act
ACLU Human Rights Program
- Letter of Support – California’s AB 1726, Record Clearing for Immigrants
- Letter of Support for Rhode Island Senate Bill 0412 “Patient’s Bill of Rights”
- Opposition to the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2023 (EARN IT Act)
Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT)
- Letter in Support of Rhode Island H6140
Decriminalize Sex Work
- Letter in Support of Rhode Island S0402
Decriminalize Sex Work
- Letter in Support of Rhode Island HB6064
COYOTE RI – Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics
- Letter in Support of California AB 93: Stop Baseless Searches
ACLU California Action
- Coalition Letter to Susan Rice on Establishment of Domestic Human Rights Institution
ACLU Human Rights Program
- Oppose Judicial Ethics Internet Censorship Provision of NDAA, Section 5934
Demand Progress
- Senate Floor Consideration of the Open App Markets Act (S.2710)
Tech Freedom
- Letter to Appropriators About the Importance of Sexual and Reproductive Health Piorities in the final FY23 Omnibus
National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association
- Wood Hull Signs on to Letter on Sex Worker Pride Day to Human Rights Organizations Urging US Congress to Pass SAFE SEX Workers Study Act
Sex Workers Project
- Civil Liberties Groups Urge Social Media Platforms to Better Protect Free Flow of Information in Crisis Zones
Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Decriminalize Sex Work California Coalition’s Housing as Healthcare Budget Ask
ACLU California Action
- Oral Contraceptives (OCs) Over-the-Counter (OTC) Working Group
Oral Contraceptives (OCs) Over-the-Counter (OTC) Working Group
- CDT Leads Broad Human Rights Coalition Urging Senate to Drop EARN IT Act
Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT)
- Response to Shootings at Gold Massage Spa
Red Canary Song
- Harms Done by SESTA/FOSTA and Section 230
- Eliminate EARN IT Act
Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT)
- Repeal the “Walking While Trans” Ban
Center for Constitutional Rights
- Support for the Community Safety and Health Amendment Act of 2019
Decrim Now DC