A conservative judge has ruled that companies in Texas are free to ignore trans pronouns, require gender-specific dress and bar employees from using bathrooms that match their gender identity. The decision rejects Employment Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidance that declared…
(September 20, 2022/Washington, D.C.) The Woodhull Freedom Foundation, the national advocacy organization for sexual rights, has launched a petition demanding Senators meet with Woodhull and other groups concerned about the controversial EARN IT Act. The EARN IT Act incentivizes internet…
Woodhull Freedom Foundation, the national advocacy organization for sexual rights, has filed an appellate brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The brief is the latest in Woodhull’s four year legal battle to…
(Washington, D.C. / July 26, 2022) The following can be attributed to Ricci Levy, President and CEO, Woodhull Freedom Foundation: At a time when powerful voices on the right are openly advocating for the reversal of Supreme Court precedents such as…
The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn not only Roe, but Casey is an unconscionable assault on our fundamental human right to bodily autonomy, and a giant step backward in the fight for sexual freedom in America. In today’s decision, Justice…
Google’s collection and storage of location data will make the company complicit in the criminalization of people seeking abortions in a post-Roe world. The company must immediately stop unnecessary collection and retention of our location data. 50 rights organizations are calling…
(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…
(WASHINGTON, DC / April 25, 2022) Woodhull Freedom Foundation, announced it has filed an appeal in its suit challenging the constitutionality of FOSTA, the controversial anti-trafficking law which devastated the sex worker community and damaged free speech more broadly. Woodhull…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Woodhull’s Human Rights Commission Releases “Fact or Fiction: Sex Trafficking, Sex Work, and Human Rights at the Super Bowls” (Washington, DC / February 8, 2022) -- Woodhull Freedom Foundation, as part of its Human Rights Commissions program,…