More than 50 activists gathered Tuesday (17 February) in Washington, D.C. to protest proposed federal rules that would restrict access to gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The demonstration, organized by the Gender Liberation Movement with participation from ACT UP NY and ACT UP Pittsburgh, took place outside the Hubert H. Humphrey Building, headquarters of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Protesters blocked the entrance, held signs reading “Hands Off Our ’Mones,” and chanted in support of trans youth. Twenty-five people were arrested for blocking the entrance to the building and are now in custody of D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department. The protest coincided with the final day for public comment on the proposed rules, and 106 members of Congress sent a letter the same day opposing them. The rules, proposed in December 2025 by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., would bar hospitals providing gender-affirming care to minors from participating in Medica...