Republican attacks on transgender people backfired spectacularly in the 2026 US midterm elections, according to a new poll commissioned by the LGBTQ advocacy organization GLAAD.
A Morning Consult survey of 2,026 registered voters found that 37 percent were less likely to support candidates running anti-transgender advertisements, compared with just 18 percent who viewed such campaigns favorably.
A scientific review published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine debunks the belief that transgender women have a physical advantage over cisgender women in sports.
“While transgender women exhibited higher lean mass than cisgender women, their physical fitness was comparable. Current evidence is mostly low certainty and has heterogenous quality but does not support theories of inherent athletic advantages for transgender women over cisgender.”
“Trans rights are human rights. That’s not a radical thought. People deserve to live freely in this country,” Broderick said. “And if we’re not going to protect those amongst us that are the most vulnerable, that’s unacceptable to me.”
The Republican spent millions of dollars to scapegoat trans people. The voters did not care. The Republican party lost both chambers of Congress. Texas, run by transphic MAGA haters, has elected a Democratic senator and a Democratic governor.
The Republican defeat represents a huge victory for trans people in the US.
