- Political candidates face uptick in anti-LGBTQ attack ads. The "homophobic and transphobic attacks" are "more frequent and more direct than we have seen in at least a decade," LGBTQ Victory Fund CEO Annise Parker said. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/political-candidates-face-uptick-anti-lgbtq-attack-ads-n1244032 14 comments politics