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GENDER LIBERATION MARCH 2024
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50 images from the Gender Liberation March that say ‘F You’ to Project 2025, The Advocate, September 2024
We're here, we're queer, and we will not be ruled by existential fear.
Sometimes joy is our most powerful weapon.
At least two thousand protestors filled the streets of Washington, D.C., on Saturday for the Gender Liberation March, in which they not only demanded access to abortion and gender-affirming care, but also celebrated their identities and communities.
The inaugural Gender Liberation March linked the fights for reproductive and transgender rights, The 19th, September 2024
Under Pride flags, Black Lives Matter flags and Palestinian flags, thousands of LGBTQ+ people and their loved ones danced and chanted through the inaugural Gender Liberation March in Washington, D.C., on Saturday to send one unifying message: that fights for reproductive rights and transgender rights are inextricably linked.
Gender Liberation March Rallies for Queer Joy in DC, Paper Magazine, September 2024
The Gender Liberation March descended on Washington D.C. this Saturday, rallying more than two thousand protestors at the headquarters of the Heritage Foundation, the architects of Project 2025. Their goal? “Defend access to abortion, gender affirming care, and the lives that we deserve,” said Raquel Willis…
Hundreds rally, march to Supreme Court in D.C.’s first Gender Liberation March, Georgetown Voice, September 2024
Travelers at Union Station were greeted with chanting, dancing, cheering, and marching on Sept. 14 as over 500 demonstrators gathered for D.C.’s first Gender Liberation March at Columbus Circle.
The march was co-founded by writer and activist Raquel Willis and organizer Eliel Cruz…
Thousands of trans protestors hold a dance party outside of the Heritage Foundation, LGBTQ Nation, September 2024
Two thousand people marched in the Gender Liberation March on Washington D.C. last Saturday, ending up right in front of the conservative Heritage Foundation, the organization responsible for Project 2025.
Marchers voiced their opposition to Project 2025…
Gender liberation march on Washington DC demands bodily autonomy, Fight Back! News, September 2024
On Saturday, September 14, hundreds of activists from across the country gathered at Union Station lawn for the Gender Liberation March. The action brought into coalition local organizations, East coast regional groups, and national forces from the queer liberation, reproductive justice, feminist and Black liberation movements.
Trans Protesters Held a Fully DJed Dance Party and Ball Outside the Heritage Foundation, Them, September 2024
At least two thousand people marched on Washington, D.C. on Saturday, September 14 as part of the historic Gender Liberation March, demanding bodily autonomy in the form of gender-affirming healthcare and reproductive justice.
Gender Liberation March Brings Elliot Page, Miss Major, Peppermint, LGBTQ+ Youth to Washington D.C., Teen Vogue, September 2024
Teen Vogue spoke to march co-organizer Raquel Willis and youth attendees about the threat of Project 2025, the presidential election, and being trans in America.
Gender Liberation March participants rally for bodily autonomy outside Supreme Court, Heritage Foundation, Washington Blade, September 2024
Upwards of 1,000 people gathered in D.C. on Saturday for the first-ever Gender Liberation March, rallying for bodily autonomy and self-determination outside the U.S. Supreme Court and the Heritage Foundation headquarters.
The march brought together advocates for transgender, LGBTQ, feminist, and reproductive rights…
Why abortion and trans rights activists have found common cause, Time Magazine, September 2024
For Lizette Trujillo, there were multiple reasons it was worth making the 2,000 mile-trip from Tucson, Ariz. to the nation’s capital for the Gender Liberation March to fight for bodily autonomy.
“It's really important because, yes, I'm the mother of a transgender child, but I [also] had an abortion at 22, had a miscarriage at 40. Having bodily autonomy…
DC Gender Liberation March calls attention to anti-LGBTQ+ bills [video], WASU9, September 2024
The goal was to call attention to more than 600 anti-LGBTQ legislative bills, including a Supreme Court case on medical treatment for transgender youth.
Thousands expected to attend Gender Liberation March in DC [video], ABC News, September 2024
This will be the first Gender Liberation March in the nation’s capital. The event comes as the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up the case challenging Tennessee’s ban on gender affirming care.
Gender Liberation March will take to the streets to protest a second Trump presidency, HuffPost, September 2024
Daniel Trujillo’s first month of junior year has been a “cakewalk.”
He’s in two different jazz bands and is a member of his school’s chapter of March for Our Lives chapter, a student-led organization promoting gun control. He dreams of studying music in college.
But getting there has not been easy for Daniel and his family ― especially in Arizona, where a barrage of anti-LGBTQ+…
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The inaugural Gender Liberation March features Elliot Page, Miss Major, and more trans icons, Them, September 2024
Thousands of people are expected to protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Heritage Foundation headquarters on Saturday as part of the first Gender Liberation March.
The march will unite abortion rights, transgender, LGBTQ, and feminist…
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Thousands expected to participate in Gender Liberation March in DC, Washington Blade, September 2024
Thousands of people are expected to protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Heritage Foundation headquarters on Saturday as part of the first Gender Liberation March.
The march will unite abortion rights, transgender, LGBTQ, and feminist…
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The Gender Revolutionary Principles of Raquel Willis, Metro Weekly, August 2024
“I think people can be very performative, and we live in a time where it can be about the clicks and engagements and impressions, and people will say the most volatile things to get attention,” says Raquel Willis. “And attention can feel like power, but it’s very short-lived and finite.”
Willis is a core team member of the Gender Liberation Movement, the organizers…
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Inside the massive protest against Project 2025 and anti-trans laws coming to D.C., The Advocate, August 2024
It isn’t just transgender people’s rights at stake.
That’s the message organizers are emphasizing as September 14 approaches, when the streets of Washington, D.C. will be flooded with protestors turning out for the Gender Liberation March…
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17 impactful images of the Gender Liberation Movement's marches, The Advocate, August 2024
Fighting for our future! The Gender Liberation Movement is hosting its Gender Liberation March on September 14th in Washington, DC, championing rights and access to abortion and gender-affirming care. With much at stake in the upcoming U.S. elections…
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“There Is a Better World Out There:” Why The Gender Liberation Movement Is Marching on Washington, Them, August 2024
LGBTQ+ advocates and reproductive justice organizers are coming together for an unprecedented demonstration next month in support of bodily autonomy for everyone. Scheduled for September 14 in Washington, D.C., Gender Liberation March…
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