Chelsea Manning and others arrested for protesting Republican trans bathroom ban

Chelsea Manning speaking at the IMPAKT Festival 2023 (Image: flickr/Sebastiaan ter Burg)

Chelsea Manning, the trans former US Army intelligence analyst turned infamous whistleblower, was part of a group of protestors arrested yesterday for advocating for trans rights in the US Capitol.

The protest took place outside House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office after he supported a GOP-led resolution to ban transgender women from using women’s bathrooms at the US Capitol.

Last month, Republican GOP representative Nancy Mace filed the resolution to prevent transgender women using women’s bathrooms in what appeared to be a direct response to Democratic Rep.-elect Sarah McBride becoming the first out transgender woman elected to Congress.

The protest was organised by the Gender Liberation Movement (GLM) whose co-founder Raquel Willis was also amongst the group of approximately

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