🏳️‍⚧️🗳️ On Wednesday, it was reported that Republicans have spent $183 million on anti-trans ads this midterm election cycle, up $32 million from the 2024 election season. 217,000 anti-trans TV ads are currently running.

• More information:

  • Republicans have spent nearly $200 million on anti-trans ads in the midterms"

    • https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/10/republicans-have-spent-nearly-200-million-on-anti-trans-ads-in-the-midterms/

  • "Republicans emphasize transgender ads, putting cultural issues over economy"

    • https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/republicans-emphasize-transgender-ads-putting-cultural-issues-voters-137628940

🏳️‍⚧️🏛️ In early October, the U.S. National Institute of Justice sent out a research call with up to $1 million in federal funding to researchers who can link gender dysphoria and violent crime, and experts have noted that this study will likely find heightened levels of crime, because researchers are asked to only look at those who have committed violent crime, rather than ranges of crime or wider trans community.

• More information:

  • "Trump administration seeks researchers to link gender dysphoria to violent crime"

    • https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/10/administration-seeks-researchers-to-link-gender-dysphoria-to/

🏳️‍⚧️🏀 A recent survey revealed that 51% of U.S. adults support anti-trans sports bans, but only 31% correctly believes that less than 1% of NCAA college athletes are trans, demonstrating that 69% believe in an outsized misconception about how many trans athletes exist in reality.

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  • "Republicans have made Americans believe transgender people are everywhere. They're barely anywhere"

    • https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trans-sports-panic-poll-reality

🏳️‍⚧️🏀 A survey of U.S. adults released on October 20th found that sexist people are more likely to support laws banning trans youth from sports, with 79% of people with a "high" degree of hostile sexism against women supporting bans, while only 28% of people with a "low" amount of sexism support trans youth sports bans.

• More information:

  • "Are transgender sports bans really about protecting women? Survey data tells a different story"

    • https://theconversation.com/are-transgender-sports-bans-really-about-protecting-women-survey-data-tells-a-different-story-293927

  • "Sexist people more likely to support trans sports bans, study finds"

    • https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/10/people-more-likely-to-support-trans-sports-bans-study-finds/

  • "Are transgender sports bans really about protecting women? Survey data tells a different story"

    • https://www.umass.edu/poll/about/reports/2026-09-national-public-opinion-poll-3

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