Weekly Updates

(Weekly Update #187) Dear Members and Advocates, This is a story I’ve waited years to tell. I wasn’t able to write about it while his case was pending, but now I am free to. Sadly, it’s a true story and it’s a cautionary tale of how far someone will go to shut down an advocate for our cause. Chapter 1.

(Weekly Update #186) Dear Members and Advocates, I know this Weekly Update comes to you much earlier in the week than usual (right at the beginning of the week), but when there’s something brewing inside me, I find it hard to hold back. I’m feeling really cheated by OPPAGA! As a taxpayer and as a citizen of the State of

(Weekly Update #184) Dear Members and Advocates, Happy New Year! I woke up this morning imagining what it would have been like had I slipped into a coma in 2019 and just woke up. The world has sure changed a lot in just a few years. I imagine I would be a bit freaked out walking into grocery stores and

(Weekly Update #183) Dear Members and Advocates, The holidays are intended to be a time of joy and celebration. For some of us, that will be the case. Unfortunately, for many of us, the holidays serve as a reminder of our status. Every day, people are separated from family and friends because of estrangement or residency restrictions. Worse than living

(Weekly Update #182) Dear Members and Advocates, For those who have not been following our site, we have a crisis going on in Brevard County. Brevard, like most counties in Florida, has a residency restriction for persons required to register as sex offenders (SORR). Not only does Brevard have a SORR, they have a proximity ordinance. This means that not

(Weekly Update #181) Dear Members and Advocates, Last week our registered community received some good news. A Tennessee District Court found their State’s registry to be punishment and violative of the constitutional prohibition on Ex Post Laws. While relying on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeal’s Does v. Snyder as precedent, Judge Aleta Trauger of Tennessee’s Middle District held that,