The phrase “gender justice” refers to the full equality and equity between women and men in all spheres of life. It requires that women jointly, and on an equal basis with men, define and shape the policies, structures and decisions that affect their lives and society as a whole. Achieving gender justice requires us to redistribute power, resources, and access to the benefit of people of all genders. By necessity, this redistribution is intersectional and centers the experiences and needs of those who have been most profoundly affected by oppressive systems.
The fight for sexual freedom is a fight against such oppressive systems and a fight for the human rights of people of all genders.
Gender justice connects with a number of human rights, including the right to equality and non-discrimination, the right to privacy, the right to health, and the rights to freedom of opinion and expression.
Allies
Blog Posts
- Texas’ H.B. 991: An Unconscionable Attack on Abortion Rights and Free Speech 2024
- The Popularity of Abortion Rights Ballot Measures 2024
- Conservatives Attack Mifepristone, Yet Again 2024
- Nurses’ Role in Abortion Care 2024
- Keeping Ourselves (and Our Data) Safe 2024
- Protecting Pregnant Workers 2024
- Improving Access to Gender-Affirming Care in Hawaii 2024
- Missouri’s HB 2885 Criminalizes Supporting Trans Kids 2024
- A New Tennessee Ordinance Threatens to Erase the LGBTQIA+ Community 2023
- Banning Gender-Affirming Care in Texas 2023
- Censorship in Iowa 2023
- To President Biden Re: Decriminalization 2023
- Banning Drag in Tennessee 2023
- Recognizing Families 2023
- Sex Work Decriminalization in South Africa 2023
- Dear FDA… Approve Over-the-Counter Birth Control, Now 2022
- Denying Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth 2022
- Abortion and Family Separation 2022
- Criminalizing HIV 2022
- Censorship in Schools 2022
- Don’t Say Trans 2022
- Strippers on Strike 2022
- Abortion While Incarcerated 2022
- Abortion and Section 230 2022
- Decriminalizing Sex Work in Vermont 2022
- Criminalizing Queerness 2022
- Parental Rights 2022
- Woodhull Statement on Roe, Human Rights, and Sexual Freedom 2022
- The Right to Gender Affirming Care 2022
- Reaching Settlement in the City of Jacksonville 2022
- Texas’ Anti-Trans Directive 2022
- Birthing While Incarcerated 2022
- The Human Right to Childcare 2022
- Caring for Trans Youth 2021
- Crowdfunding Human Rights? 2021
- First Forbidden Words. Next, Forbidden People! 2017
- Centering Sexual Freedom on Human Rights Day 2017
- Woodhull Responds to Proposed Title IX Rollback 2017
- Transgender People Aren’t Sick – They Are Failed By An Inadequate Classification System 2016
- How to Respond to Questions About Transgender Bathroom Access 2016
- The United States is NOT Above Human Rights Law! 2015
- What Makes A Woman? What Doesn’t! 2015
- Ladies and Gentlemen – huh? 2014
- Sex and the People, Keynote by Carmen Vazquez 2013
- Sex & God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality 2013
- Caged Pussy Riot: Protecting the Peace or Putin’s Political Revenge? 2012
- Mommy Porn & Social Media: Erotic and Mainstream Meet in the Middle 2012
- Basic Human Rights Should Not Be ‘Controversial’ 2012
- Conservatives’ Deep-Set Fear of Sexual Freedom 2012
- An Open Letter to White People in the Sexuality/Sexology Field 2012
- 10 Reasons the Rest of the World Thinks the U.S. Is Nuts (hint: frenzied misogyny) 2012
- Lesbian Judges and Elephants in the Room 2011
- Two stories about gender inequality 2011
- The Next Leaders of the Movement? 2010
- Fragments of Evolving Manhood: Korea 1 2010
- Fragments of Evolving Manhood: Thinking About Pornography 2 2010
- Fragments of Evolving Manhood: Thinking About Pornography 1 2010
- Body, Be Good 2010
- Fragments of Evolving Manhood: Do You Like Your Body 3 (Preliminary Notes On the Expendability of the Foreskin) 2010
- Fragments of Evolving Manhood: Do You Like Your Body 2 2010
- Fragments of Evolving Manhood: A Full-Throated Protest Against Existence and the World 2010
Summit Programs
Press Releases
- Woodhull Participates in Day of Action in Albany, NY 2023
- Woodhull Foundation to Host Commission on Entrapment and Harassment at Creating Change 2023
- The Fight to Speak About S3x 2022
- A Declaration of Human Rights Is Only the Beginning 2022
- The Tsunami of Sexual Repression 2022
- Stop the Sexualization of Children Act is Bad News for Sexual Expression 2022
- Conservative Judge: Texas Can Discriminate Against Trans Employees 2022
- The Battle After Roe 2022
- Woodhull Announces Human Rights Commissions 2021
- Woodhull Freedom Foundation Joins Global Call to Defend the UN Human Rights Council 2016
- USHRN’s Statement on the State of Emergency of Anti-Trans Hate Violence 2015
- Civil Liberties Groups Condemn Government Attacks on Escort Service Providers – Cite First Amendment and Human Rights Concerns 2014
- Letter to Southwest Airlines 2014
- Letter to JP Morgan Chase 2014
- Letter to Amtrak 2014
Media Mentions
- The Kids Online Safety Act Could Ruin the Internet for LGBTQ+ Youth. Or Will it Protect Them? 2024
- Know Your Rights – The Censorship of Sexual Freedom 2023
- Sugar Daddy Appreciation Day with Mandy Salley – DTF: Darryl & Timaree Fun Hour 2023
- Interview with Ricci Levy & Mandy Salley of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation 2023
- The Sexual Freedom Episode – Part Two 2022
- Woodhull Warns Against GOP’s New Anti-LGBTQ Censorship Bill 2022
- Sexual Freedom Summit: It’s about Males, Females, and X Controlling Their Bodies 2022
Coalition Sign-Ons
- Comments in Support of the State Department’s Non-Discrimination Rules for Service Delivery and Employment Across the Performance of All Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
- Maryland HB 603 Coalition Opposition Letter
Chamber of Progress
- 25+ Human Rights Organizations Call on 2024 Congress to Investigate Big Tech and Publishing’s Stranglehold over Digital Books
- Pennsylvania SB 22 Coalition Letter
Chamber of Progress
- Over 200 LGBTQ+ and Allied Organizations Call on Target, Business Community to Speak Out Against Extremist Anti-LGBTQ+ Attacks
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
- Letter of Support for Rhode Island Senate Bill 0412 “Patient’s Bill of Rights”
- Open Letter on Fighting “Anti-Woke” Censorship of Intersectionality and Black Feminsim
Freedom to Learn Network
- FY24 Global LGBTQI+ Rights CSO Letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
- Joint Statement with National Coalition Against Censorship Statement on Florida Attack on Drag Performances
National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC)
- New York Times Sign On Letter: From LGBTQ and Allied Leaders and Organizations
GLAAD
- Letter to Appropriators About the Importance of Sexual and Reproductive Health Piorities in the final FY23 Omnibus
National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association
- Global Sexual and Human Rights Budget Request
PAI
- Campus Pride Joins 36 Organizations Urging the National Center for Education Statistics to Incorporate Nonbinary Students into the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
Campus Pride
- Global Civil Society Letter on Gender Persecution Policy
- Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality (GLOBE) Act
American Jewish World Service
- Urging Biden to Attend the Generation Equality Forum
International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC)
- Call for Transformational Change in Policing
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
- In Solidarity with the WHO
CHANGE
- Repeal the “Walking While Trans” Ban
Center for Constitutional Rights
- Against the Use of Freedom of Religion to Violate Human Rights
Human Rights Watch
- Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Needing to Be Compatible with IHR Standards
- The Workplace and LGBTQ Individuals
Lambda Legal
- Against the Commission of Unalienable Rights
Human Rights First