Join us in honoring the first graduates of Spokes Hub, a leadership program hosted by Woodhull in collaboration with New Moon. Spokes Hub strives to support emerging sex worker advocates in developing their voice and authority on the issues. Participants…
The majority of sexually explicit or pornographic content is legal. Thanks to the First Amendment, our right to communicate that legal content is protected, with the notable exceptions of “obscene” content and child pornography. But though the content itself might…
The case for decriminalizing sex work has been made, over and over and over. The criminalization of sex work facilitates the policing and surveillance of women, people of color, immigrants, and LGBTQIA+ folks; it endangers sex workers’ health. Across the…
(New York, NY)— A grant from the Woodhull Freedom Foundation will support a new study on the effects of “de-platforming” adult sex workers in the U.S. conducted by Professor Samantha Majic of John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Melissa Ditmore,…
Washington, D.C.— May 18, 2022 - The Woodhull Freedom Foundation and a coalition of free speech and human rights organizations have filed an amicus brief today asking the Supreme Court to block HB20, the controversial Texas social media law. “Texas HB20 is…
This panel will focus on the legal issues surrounding sex work, human trafficking, sexual freedom, and human rights. All three panelists and the moderator are attorneys who have dedicated their careers to defending the rights of sex workers and human…
Sex work policy is an intersectional human rights issue - labor, immigration, racial justice, gender justice, disability justice, and LGBTQIA+ issues all arise under the criminalization of adult consensual sex work. We will discuss sex work policymaking within a human…
