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Advocates condemn graphic anti-trans ad targeting leading Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger

"Voters want elected officials and candidates to show how they can improve lives and make our communities and country stronger and safer. Campaigns like this do the exact opposite,” a GLAAD spokesperson said.

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Pete Buttigieg will join Abigail Spanberger for Virginia get-out-the-vote rally

The gay former transportation secretary and Democratic star will join the pro-LGBTQ+ candidate for governor in Charlottesville.

Virginia Gubernatorial Debate between Abigail Spanberger and Winsome Earle Sears at Norfolk State University

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For New Yorkers, Stonewall’s new Pride flag is only step one

New Yorkers are doubling down on organizing efforts to combat an anti-LGBTQ federal agenda.

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Advocates condemn graphic anti-trans ad targeting leading Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger

"Voters want elected officials and candidates to show how they can improve lives and make our communities and country stronger and safer. Campaigns like this do the exact opposite,” a GLAAD spokesperson said.

Pete Buttigieg will join Abigail Spanberger for Virginia get-out-the-vote rally

The gay former transportation secretary and Democratic star will join the pro-LGBTQ+ candidate for governor in Charlottesville.

New Abigail Spanberger ad hits Winsome Earle-Sears for saying firing gay people is 'not discrimination'

The Democrat is not letting the Republican forget the outrageous claim she made about LGBTQ+ people during a statewide debate in the Virginia governor's race.

GOP candidate claims firing people for being gay ‘is not discrimination’ in Virginia governor’s debate

Winsome Earle-Sears's remarks drew immediate backlash.

Gay Virginia Republican plagued by Nazi porn scandal brags running mate is ‘100% against’ marriage equality

It's a statewide political ticket of extremes.

Anti-trans campaign against Spanberger in Va. governor race is failing. Poll shows why: people don't care

A new poll released in the Virginia governor's race shows that the anti-trans attack ads led by Republican Earle-Sears are failing: Spanberger is up 10 points, and people don't care about trans issues.

Glenn Youngkin injects trans issues into Virginia governor's race, where Democrat Abigail Spanberger leads

Republicans are returning to Donald Trump's 2024 playbook of demonizing transgender people.

Republican gubernatorial candidate claims Democrat ‘will transform’ Virginia in anti-trans political ad

The ad includes familiar anti-trans talking points.

Winsome Earle-Sears: The anti-LGBTQ+ ultraconservative Republican trying to replace Virginia's governor

LGBTQ+ advocates warn that elevating the lieutenant governor to the governorship would be detrimental to the community.

Virginia lieutenant governor offers awkward 'apology' after misgendering trans lawmaker Danica Roem

Winsome Earle-Sears said she meant no offense but that she herself suffered disrespect after she called Roem "sir."

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winsome earle-sears

Fighting against an illness with no treatment and institutional racism, Black queer communities had to look inward for support.

New Yorkers are doubling down on organizing efforts to combat an anti-LGBTQ federal agenda.

In Minnesota, staying human was treated as a danger—and innocent lives paid the price.

"Voters want elected officials and candidates to show how they can improve lives and make our communities and country stronger and safer. Campaigns like this do the exact opposite,” a GLAAD spokesperson said.

The gay former transportation secretary and Democratic star will join the pro-LGBTQ+ candidate for governor in Charlottesville.

The Democrat is not letting the Republican forget the outrageous claim she made about LGBTQ+ people during a statewide debate in the Virginia governor's race.

Winsome Earle-Sears's remarks drew immediate backlash.

It's a statewide political ticket of extremes.

A new poll released in the Virginia governor's race shows that the anti-trans attack ads led by Republican Earle-Sears are failing: Spanberger is up 10 points, and people don't care about trans issues.

Republicans are returning to Donald Trump's 2024 playbook of demonizing transgender people.

The ad includes familiar anti-trans talking points.

LGBTQ+ advocates warn that elevating the lieutenant governor to the governorship would be detrimental to the community.

Winsome Earle-Sears said she meant no offense but that she herself suffered disrespect after she called Roem "sir."