Advocate NL 10/7/26

For Democrats hoping to make Republican attacks disappear by adopting their own anti-transgender messaging, Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson believes that they are giving up too much for a political benefit that may never arrive.

Hello and Happy Wednesday folks, Audience Editor Edgar Ramirez here, back in your inbox with some insider reporting from The Advocate's Christopher Wiggins.

With roughly a month until the midterm elections, Robinson laid out a strategy at a roundtable breakfast conversation with reporters in Washington, D.C. that places LGBTQ+ voters at the center of competitive races and challenges Democrats to recognize the electoral cost of alienating them.

HRC, she said, has made a $15 million investment, its largest for a midterm election, and is concentrating its resources on candidates who will defend the community.

That support comes with conditions. Check out Christopher's full story here.

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