Minority Rights in the Midterms: A Democratic Recoil from Transgender Rights

US Republicans made transgender rights a prominent issue in the midterm campaign, following Donald Trump’s suggestion that the party raise the subject shortly before the election. The article says the focus reflects a political strategy of using attacks on transgender people to mobilise voters.

Campaigns and political action committees spent tens of millions of dollars on anti-transgender advertising during the election cycle. In early September, Elon Musk’s America PAC made an advertising purchase worth more than $100 million, much of it focused on transgender messaging.