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Political ads with made-up trans people are being used to bash Democrats

Elon Musk’s super PAC dropped dozens of ads this week in key Senate races (including in Ohio), and the majority of them focus on trans people. Others are resorting to AI.
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Author Peyton June channels her Ohio childhood into sci-fi horror novel ‘The Monsters We Made’
“I feel like teenagers – especially with times like these, especially queer kids – are either going to want something that’s wish fulfillment, light and fluffy to escape or something that reflects the horrors that they feel are happening.”
Meet the Florida nonprofit sending hundreds of transgender Ohioans gender-affirming supply kits
The Queer Trans Project has sent more than 500 trans Ohioans custom gender-affirming supply kits worth a total of nearly $30,000
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Equality Ohio changes grade for Amy Acton from ‘Pending’ to ‘B’
Equality Ohio had changed Acton’s grade from ‘A’ to ‘Pending’ on July 28, following what they called ‘harmful remarks related to transgender people.’

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