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Why do inmates have access to gender-affirming care? Those Trump ads you keep seeing debunked

Republicans have spent $65 million on attack ads that target 0.6 percent of the population. Here's all the context they're missing.

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Election

Drag queen featured in anti-trans attack ad against Kamala Harris considers suing Trump campaign

Pattie Gonia says that the Republican former president’s campaign used her likeness without permission.

Politics

Ron DeSantis Campaign Ad Used 'Peaky Blinders' Footage Without Permission

Footage from the show was included in an anti-LGBTQ+ video shared by a pro-DeSantis social media account.

World

Presidential Race Turns Negative, With Gay Issues Providing Fuel

Mitt Romney is the target, abortion is the issue, and the $100,000 ad buy will change the tone of the Iowa and New Hampshire presidential primaries. This weekend marks the first negative TV advertising in the two early voting states as campaigns headed into the critical weeks before the first vote, with an independent group's claim that the former Massachusetts governor has flip-flopped -- a sometimes crippling charge in presidential politics. Analysts say similar negative ads are likely to air against Romney's chief GOP rival, Rudy Giuliani, whose positions on gun control and immigration are markedly different from those he espoused as New York City mayor.

Election

A therapist's tips for coping with your 'valid' election season anxiety as an LGBTQ+ person

"It's natural to be pissed off and fearful and defensive. It's about accepting that and finding a way to challenge that," a licensed psychotherapist tells The Advocate.

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Why do inmates have access to gender-affirming care? Those Trump ads you keep seeing debunked

Republicans have spent $65 million on attack ads that target 0.6 percent of the population. Here's all the context they're missing.

Drag queen featured in anti-trans attack ad against Kamala Harris considers suing Trump campaign

Pattie Gonia says that the Republican former president’s campaign used her likeness without permission.

NOM Wants Freedom in Political Ads

Strangers Try to Bridge Political Divide in Heineken Ad

The new spot, featuring ordinary citizens, one of them transgender, is being called the right way for ads to address politics -- unlike the Kendall Jenner Pepsi commercial.

HRC Protests Tennessee Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws With Ad, Rally

The Human Rights Campaign is running a full-page ad with Gov. Bill Lee in drag and holding a rally in response to legislation banning gender-affirming care for youth and restricting drag shows.

Voters actually hate ‘mean-spirited’ anti-transgender political ads like Trump’s: survey

Donald Trump and the GOP have targeted trans people in the closing days of the election. Data suggests that’s not a winning strategy.

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Michele Bachmann?

Attack ads are pervasive in politics, but none call out antigay candidates -- yet. Is now the time to go negative?

WATCH: Why Republicans Advertise on Gay-Friendly TV Shows

A Washington Post study turns up some surprises about Republican political ad buys, while MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell analyzes the findings.

SNL Tackles Democrats and Anxiety About the So-Called 'Blue Wave'

Saturday Night Live ran a faux political ad in which jittery Democrats appear to remain hopeful about taking back part of the government during the midterms.

Seattle Times Pays For Full Page Ads Supporting Republican Governor Marriage Equality

The company behind The Seattle Times jumped into two of Washington's most closely watched political contests, running full-page ads supporting Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rob McKenna and the marriage equality initiative, Refendum 74, both at no cost to the campaigns.

Presidential Race Turns Negative, With Gay Issues Providing Fuel

Ted Cruz uses unauthorized images of cisgender students in anti-transgender attack ads

“It is alarming that your campaign would have produced/distributed/promoted this ad with false information, especially with minor children involved,” a school official wrote in an email to the Republican senator’s campaign.

Creepy Donald Trump cutout terrorizes unassuming Americans in new HRC campaign ad

The LGBTQ+ civil rights group uses humor to point out the future for Americans under Republican control.

Facebook Marks LGBTQ Advertisements as Political, Blocking Them Again

This isn't the first time the social media giant has gotten itself in trouble over blocking LGBTQ ads.

WATCH: This Is What Antigay Politicans Will Face One Day

It's never been done before, so The Advocate demonstrates what a negative campaign commercial might look like against an anti-LGBT candidate.

Debra Messing 'Ashamed' NBC Aired Racist Trump Ad

The actress and activist apologized to Will & Grace fans because the network she works for aired an inflammatory, inaccurate, and racist ad.

Ron DeSantis Unbothered by Uproar Over Homophobic Ad

The Florida Republican is re-upping his brand of hatefulness and bigotry.

Anti-trans ads erode support for transgender people in America with no effect on presidential election: study

While Trump and Republicans aren’t winning over voters with transphobic ads, they are succeeding at making Americans skeptical of trans rights.

Instagram and Threads won't promote ‘political’ content. No one knows what they define as ‘political’

The sweeping and opaque decision to reduce certain content it deems undesirable further extends Meta’s announcement in the fall that Threads is “not going to amplify news on the platform.”

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Republicans have spent $65 million on attack ads that target 0.6 percent of the population. Here's all the context they're missing.

Pattie Gonia says that the Republican former president’s campaign used her likeness without permission.

The new spot, featuring ordinary citizens, one of them transgender, is being called the right way for ads to address politics -- unlike the Kendall Jenner Pepsi commercial.

The Human Rights Campaign is running a full-page ad with Gov. Bill Lee in drag and holding a rally in response to legislation banning gender-affirming care for youth and restricting drag shows.

Footage from the show was included in an anti-LGBTQ+ video shared by a pro-DeSantis social media account.

Donald Trump and the GOP have targeted trans people in the closing days of the election. Data suggests that’s not a winning strategy.

Attack ads are pervasive in politics, but none call out antigay candidates -- yet. Is now the time to go negative?

A Washington Post study turns up some surprises about Republican political ad buys, while MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell analyzes the findings.

Saturday Night Live ran a faux political ad in which jittery Democrats appear to remain hopeful about taking back part of the government during the midterms.

The company behind The Seattle Times jumped into two of Washington's most closely watched political contests, running full-page ads supporting Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rob McKenna and the marriage equality initiative, Refendum 74, both at no cost to the campaigns.

“It is alarming that your campaign would have produced/distributed/promoted this ad with false information, especially with minor children involved,” a school official wrote in an email to the Republican senator’s campaign.

The LGBTQ+ civil rights group uses humor to point out the future for Americans under Republican control.

"It's natural to be pissed off and fearful and defensive. It's about accepting that and finding a way to challenge that," a licensed psychotherapist tells The Advocate.

This isn't the first time the social media giant has gotten itself in trouble over blocking LGBTQ ads.

It's never been done before, so The Advocate demonstrates what a negative campaign commercial might look like against an anti-LGBT candidate.

The actress and activist apologized to Will & Grace fans because the network she works for aired an inflammatory, inaccurate, and racist ad.

The Florida Republican is re-upping his brand of hatefulness and bigotry.

While Trump and Republicans aren’t winning over voters with transphobic ads, they are succeeding at making Americans skeptical of trans rights.

The sweeping and opaque decision to reduce certain content it deems undesirable further extends Meta’s announcement in the fall that Threads is “not going to amplify news on the platform.”