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  Sign up for  The Agenda   —   Them' s news and politics newsletter, delivered to your inbox every Thursday. By NICO LANG November 6, 2024 ​ In what is likely to be remembered as one of the darkest days in U.S. history, a twice-impeached former president who is an accused rapist and convicted felon has once again been elected to the White House. Donald Trump overtook Vice President Kamala Harris early Wednesday morning in an election defined by the Republican candidates’  anti-trans , anti-immigrant messaging. Trump won the key battleground states of North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin after weeks of polls showed Trump and Harris in a dead heat. Trump was likely to declare victory even if he lost, but his win will permit him to pursue what is poised to be one of the most extreme presidential agendas in the history of the country. The damage of yet another Trump presidency stands to be especially acute for LGBTQ+ Americans, with his campaign pla...

  BY   BILL BARROW Updated 2:34 PM GMT-4, November 1, 2024 Share ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump ha hecho de su oposición a los derechos de las personas transgénero un tema central en su argumento final antes del día de las elecciones, y utilizó un lenguaje denigrante y tergiversaciones para referirse a una porción extremadamente estrecha de la población estadounidense como una amenaza a la identidad nacional. La campaña del expresidente y candidato republicano y de los comités de acción política alineados con él han gastado decenas de millones de dólares en publicidad que ataca a la candidata demócrata y vicepresidenta Kamala Harris por sus declaraciones previas en apoyo a los derechos de las personas transgénero.  Sus discursos de campaña ahora incluyen un video de parodia en el que se burla de las personas trans y su lugar en el ejército estadounidense. El montaje, intercalado con clips de la película “Full Metal Jacket”, de la guerra de Vietnam, suele provocar fuerte...

  By  Rebecca Schneid Updated:  November 12, 2024 1:42 PM EST  | Originally published:  November 9, 2024 12:24 PM EST A s the reality of  President-elect Donald Trump’s victory  begins to settle, LGBTQ+ rights groups and individuals are grappling with the realities of what that means—especially now that he has a GOP-majority Senate to back him on his policies.  Throughout his campaign, Trump showcased an anti-trans rhetoric across his speeches, ads, and written platform policies. One of his  advertisements stated that his Democratic opponent , Vice President  Kamala Harris , is for “they/them—not you.” Republicans spent nearly $215 million  on anti-trans ads this election cycle, according to data released by Ad Impact. Trump’s inflammatory words against LGBTQ+ Americans—most notably aimed at trans persons—is not new. In his first term as President, Trump put forth  several   policies  that attempted to repeal protecti...