JORDYN CLOSE

Deputy Director (she/her)

Jordyn Close (she/her) is a pro-sex, pro-abortion 26-year-old. She is the Deputy Director with Ohio Women's Alliance, building collective power with womxn, BIPOC, and young folks. Additionally, she is the Board President of Abortion Fund Of Ohio, Ohio’s only statewide abortion fund, providing practical support and abortion access across the Midwest. She is an abortion storyteller with We Testify, focusing on busting abortion stigma and centering the voices of Black and brown people. Jordyn is an abolitionist and organizer focusing on decriminalization, pro-abortion policy and Black feminist political education. She is a sex and pleasure advocate, working to provide direct access to the community in Columbus and statewide, as well as working on destigmatizing and uplifting sex work. Her work has been featured in Teen Vogue, Bustle, Cosmopolitan, Rewire, Prism, VICE, The Columbus Dispatch, If When How, Matter News, and more. She continues to organize and mobilize young people in Ohio and the Midwest to build community with a Reproductive Justice lens.