"From arrests during sit-ins at Capitol Hill bathrooms to injecting hormones on the steps of theU.S. Supreme Court, the Gender Liberation Movement's freshman year has been defined by defiance. January marks the first anniversary of the launch of GLM, a grassroots and volunteer-run national collective seeking to unite LGBTQ+ people and women with their neighbors in the fight for bodily autonomy. You might have heard of the group already - GLM spearheaded several demonstrations in 2025 that resulted in the arrests of dozens of activists, adding to the great American tradition of causing good trouble."
"Even before Donald Trump's election, the activists who would become GLM were fighting back against Project 2025. The streets of Washington, D.C., were flooded with protesters on September 14, 2024, when the group led the Gender Liberation March, speaking out against laws restricting abortion and gender-affirming care. The group made waves again before its official launch with a U.S. Capitol bathroom sit-in in December 2024. Willis and trans whistleblower Chelsea Manning were among 15 activists arrested protesting Republicans' transgender bathroom ban and treatment of the first out trans member of Congress, U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride of Delaware."
Gender Liberation Movement (GLM) launched as a grassroots, volunteer-run national collective to unite LGBTQ+ people and women with neighbors in defense of bodily autonomy. GLM organized high-profile actions in 2024–2025, including Capitol Hill bathroom sit-ins, demonstrations outside conservative institutions, and mass rallies such as the Gender Liberation March and the Rise Up for Trans Youth in New York City's Union Square. Activists faced arrests during civil disobedience protesting transgender bathroom bans and policy attacks on gender-affirming care. The movement positioned itself against Project 2025 and executive orders that denied trans existence and sought to restrict care for minors while building local leadership and movement infrastructure.
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