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Olympics, Russia and the Human Family
July 31, 2013 Christophe De Kepper, Director General International Olympic Committee Château de Vidy 1007 Lausanne Switzerland Dear Mr. De Kepper: As you are aware, Russian President Vladimir Putin...
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Everything is Sticky
Last week I proposed to write weekly previews of chapters that will make up this new project, My Mother’s Cross. So far, I’ve shared previews of the introductory chapter called “Maternity Leave,” and a...
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Patient Dominance
Yesterday marked one year since the day my mother left this world, and I spent much of the morning with my grief and my memories. In the afternoon, my partner and I headed out to Staten Island for an...
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Hartford Zoning Board to Family: Enter Servitude Or Move Out
“Sentados a la mesa en Can Masdeu” by Brinerustle I just read in the Hartford Courant that the city’s zoning board is forcing a family out of their home by upholding city official’s ruling regarding a...
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Raw Deal: The Unseen (And Unjust) Struggle Over Child Support
Editor’s Note: Recently on Sex In The Public Square I posted a critique of the criminalization of poor parents who fall behind on their child support. Today I’ve invited a dear friend, someone I’ve...
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Expanding the Conversation about Sex Ed Reform
When we talk about sex education reform, the discussion is often a two-sided debate between teaching adolescents about sex or teaching them to wait until marriage. As of January 2015, only 19 states...
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Countdown to SFS15: Family Matters Project
In just two short weeks on August 12th, sexual freedom fighters will gather in Alexandria, VA to educate, advocate, and strategize ways to make a sexually free future a reality. Pioneers of pleasure...
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Countdown to SFS15: Sexuality and Spirituality
It’s almost here! We are less than one week away from the Woodhull’s 2015 Sexual Freedom Summit and we’re continuing our Summit Countdown to August 13th! We’re bringing you the Countdown to SFS15...
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5 Ways to Advocate for Human Rights
As sexual freedom activists, there is never a question of the amount of work to be done. Two weeks ago we learned of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s raid on Rentboy.com (which some are...
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Asexuality Awareness and The Right to Family
Last week was Asexuality Awareness Week, an international campaign to educate communities about asexual, aromantic, demisexual, grey-asexual experiences. In honor of the shared stories about asexuality...
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Baby Steps: In Brooke S.B. v. Elizabeth C.C. New York Highest Court Expands...
By Thomas E. Joaquin, Esq. Being a parent used to be easy. Not the job, of course — I doubt that’s ever been easy — I mean being a legal parent of a child, with all the responsibilities and rights...
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Progressive Policies Make Families Stronger
A newly released report from the Center for American Progress confirms what many of us may already know, that strong families are linked to access to resources and financial stability. Family stability...
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Woodhull Freedom Foundation Joins Global Call to Defend the UN Human Rights...
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/...
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Time to play chess, not checkers, with Bannon/Trump
by Guest Blogger: Nadine Smith, Executive Director, Equality Florida After my 8th invitation in two days to Emergency Calls, I thought it wise to pause and reflect on how we avoid the Whack-A-Mole trap...
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Children Denied Families
Guest blog post by Brandon Studler Twitter: @kkstud13 March 18, 2017 Imagine denying children a home, a family, for no reason other than who the potential parent chooses to love and with whom they...
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State Legislatures Are Proposing Laws Denying Those In The LGBTQ Community...
By Thomas E. Joaquin, Esq. The two-year anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges, the US Supreme Court decision recognizing the constitutional right of same-sex couples to marry, will occur on June 26th. It...
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The Right to Family in the Era of the “Zero Tolerance” Immigration Policy
Guest post by Tess Joseph On May 7, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a new iteration of the Trump administration’s draconian stance on immigration: the “zero tolerance” policy. In short,...
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