Affirming Sexual Freedom as a Fundamental Human Right
Woodhull envisions a world that recognizes sexual freedom as the fundamental human right of all individuals to develop and express their unique sexuality; to be personally autonomous with regard to bodily integrity and expression; and to enjoy sexual dignity, privacy and consensual sexual expression without societal or governmental interference, coercion or stigmatization.
- Sex & Politics
- WOODHULL TESTIFIES AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN WASHINGTON, DC
Woodhull’s Executive Director Ricci Levy and Policy Advocate Elisabeth Fernandez-Kimmel both offered verbal testimony against Bill 19-567, the Prostitution Free Zone Amendment Act of 2011, at a hearing on January 24, before the D.C. Council Judiciary Committee. Also testifying against the bill were the local ACLU, GLAA, DC Trans Coalition, Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive, Best…
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- Sex & the Law
- Killing the Messenger: The Campaign Against Online Escort Advertising Sites Part II – Operational Policies & Legal Issues
In Part I of the Killing the Messenger blog post, we addressed the latest headlines highlighting the plight of online escort directories, specifically including the story of Craigslist.org, Backpage.com, and Escorts.com. We now turn to an overview of the legal issues associated with such attention-grabbing stories and attempt to identify preventative measures to be considered…
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- Sex in the Public Square
- Does Drivers’ Ed Undermine Parental Rights?
By Elizabeth Anne Wood and Ricci J. Levy Wouldn’t that be a silly headline and a ridiculous debate? And yet, we have the same debate about sexuality education. In an opinion piece published in the New York Times, Robert P. George and Melissa Moschella took the position that a new sexuality education curriculum to be offered in…
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- Sexual Intelligence
- Superbowl Sex Trafficking Increase? Super Nonsense
Sex trafficking—the real thing, not the political consumer product or object of sloganeering—involves kidnapping or manipulating someone out of their community, forcing them to engage in sex acts somewhere else, and not allowing them to leave at will. It’s horrendous. It’s not simply prostitution, not even underage prostitution. It’s not making porn films, even under [...]
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- AVN Legal Industry News
- High Court Justices Ponder the Meaning and Scope of ‘Indecency’
- With the 2011 legislative session coming to an imminent end, a House Federal and State Affairs Committee is making a last ditch effort to keep alive a bill that would impose severe restrictions on adult oriented business in the state.
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What Does Sexual Freedom Mean?
Sexual Freedom News
- January 16, 2012
- JURIST – Paper Chase: Canada to change marriage law to legally recognize all non-resident same-sex marriages
- January 14, 2012
- The evolution of gossip: How dishing got dirty – The Week
- January 12, 2012
- Bethany St. James: Sexuality vs. Sensuality: The Steady Decline of Affection in America
- January 11, 2012
- LA City Council Provisionally Approves Mandatory Condoms
- January 10, 2012
- First Amendment Law Prof Blog: First Amendment Scholarship Update
- January 9, 2012
- FBI changes definition of rape to include men – USATODAY.com
- January 5, 2012
- POTUS declares Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Key Issues
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Sex Work
Sex work refers to a wide range of activity.
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Sexual Speech and Expression
WSFA firmly believes that human beings possess a fundamental right to develop and express their sexuality.
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Sexual Health & Rights
Sexual Health is a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well being in relation to sexuality.
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Integration of Sex & Religion
Sexuality and faith are two of the most deeply important and deeply personal aspects of human identity.
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LGBT Rights
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are entitled to the realization of the full spectrum of their human rights that all people inherently possess by virtue of their birth.
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Civil Rights
Civil rights are one sub-set of human rights that exist equal to and interdependent with political, economic, social, cultural, environmental and sexual rights.
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Reproductive Rights
Grounded in the human rights framework, reproductive justice refers to all of the conditions necessary for all people to enjoy reproductive freedom.
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Sexuality Education
Every human being deserves access to medically accurate and inclusive information about sex and sexuality.
About the Alliance
- The Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance and Federation were named in honor of Victoria Claflin Woodhull, an American suffragist born on September 23, 1838, who was described by Gilded Age newspapers as a leader of the American woman's suffrage movement in the 19th century.
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