First Forbidden Words. Next, Forbidden People!
In yet another disastrous display of the true agenda of the trump administration seven words were listed as “forbidden” for use by the Center for Disease Control. Vulnerable, Entitlement, Diversity, Transgender, Fetus, Evidence-Based, Science-Based Take a moment to think about…
Centering Sexual Freedom on Human Rights Day
Happy Human Rights Day! Today marks the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights , a document that identified the inalienable rights to which everyone is inherently entitled as a human being -- regardless of race, religion, sex, language,…
Woodhull Responds to Proposed Title IX Rollback
Yesterday Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, announced her decision to scale down or remove Title IX protections on college campuses. Title IX holds universities across the country accountable for supporting survivors of sexual assault. Hiding behind a false assertion that…
Woodhull Freedom Foundation Joins Global Call to Defend the UN Human Rights Council
Woodhull Freedom Foundation, along with 798 civil society organizations, representing 156 countries, submitted a letter to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations opposing resolution A/C.3/ 71/L.46. The Human Rights Council is responsible for the promotion and protection of…
Transgender People Aren’t Sick – They Are Failed By An Inadequate Classification System
Yesterday, Pam Belluck of the New York Times reported that the World Health Organization is working toward removing transgender identity from the list of mental health disorders in its International Classification of Diseases. Removing it from the list of mental…
How to Respond to Questions About Transgender Bathroom Access
Liberals: How Strong Is Your Support for Transgender Equality? by Nathaniel Frank (this article first appeared on Slate.com and is reposted here with the author's permission)
The United States is NOT Above Human Rights Law!
Woodhull Freedom Foundation, as Chair of the US Human Rights Network (USHRN) Sexual Rights and Gender Justice Working Group, joins the Network in expressing, via this statement, our deep disappointment in the response of the US Government to the 343…
USHRN’s Statement on the State of Emergency of Anti-Trans Hate Violence
The US Human Rights Network (of which Woodhull is a member and, with SisterSong, chairs the Social Rights and Gender Justice Working Group) Coordinating Center extends our thoughts and prayers to the families and loved ones of the 18 transgender…