--- title: LGBT Group's Ad Asks How Anyone Can Support Trump description: The nation's largest gay rights group combines its campaign for stricter gun laws with its effort to elect Hillary Clinton. canonical: https://time.com/4545309/donald-trump-lgbt-ad/ author: Philip Elliott article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-25T22:24:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:25.314Z article:section: Politics og:title: LGBT Group's Ad Asks How Anyone Can Support Trump og:description: It features the mother of an Orlando victim. og:url: https://time.com/4545309/donald-trump-lgbt-ad/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc96d6989df98d7f/6988ab90cf40a842d3c454e3/human-rights-campaign-fb.jpg?branch=production&width=978&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 978 og:image:height: 550 og:image:alt: human-rights-campaign-fb og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: LGBT Group's Ad Asks How Anyone Can Support Trump twitter:description: It features the mother of an Orlando victim. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc96d6989df98d7f/6988ab90cf40a842d3c454e3/human-rights-campaign-fb.jpg?branch=production&width=978&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # LGBT Group's Ad Asks How Anyone Can Support Donald Trump > Sponsored content. 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The group has invested heavily to mobilize at least 10 million LGBT voters, and its digital efforts are targeting specific voters. “If you love a gay person, if you know someone who is gay and you truly, really love them, I don’t know how you could justify a vote for Donald Trump,” says Christine Leinonen, whose son Christopher “Drew” Leinonen was among the 49 victims [killed](http://time.com/4367193/orlando-shooting-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-speeches) at Pulse nightclub. Leinonen also spoke at the Democratic National Convention. “Think about Christopher,” Leinonen continues in one version of the ad. “He lost his right to vote. You still have the right to vote. Vote for the future that you would want Christopher to have. He’ll be happy you gave him his vote for Hillary Clinton. I would be happy that you gave Christopher a voice.” The emotional appeal comes as Clinton appears to be [pulling ahead](http://time.com/4541959/donald-trump-kellyanne-conway-polls/) of Trump in public [polling](http://time.com/4543481/donald-trump-polling-democrats-rigged/) and is flexing her campaign’s political muscle to turn out supporters to [cast ballots](http://time.com/4544131/how-early-voting-helps-hillary-clinton/) early. Trump’s allies, however, are hardly conceding, and Trump himself has suggested he may cast doubt on a loss. Despite the advantages, Democrats are not letting up. Clinton and her allies have now spent almost $270 million on broadcast ads through this campaign, while Trump and his team are approaching $55\. Last week alone, Clinton spent almost $7 million on ads in Florida, while Trump spent half that. In the wake of the Pulse shooting, the Human Rights Campaign’s leadership [expanded](http://time.com/4373137/human-rights-campaign-gun-control/) its focus to include advocacy for restrictions on gun right rights. It left many observers puzzled, but it has been a powerful organizing tool for the group’s efforts in the states. “We have a responsibility to not only find commonsense solutions to gun violence, but to ensure we continue moving forward as a nation towards full equality for LGBTQ people,” Human Rights Campaign chief Chad Griffin said. “While Donald Trump threatens to drag us backwards, time and again Hillary Clinton has demonstrated through her words and actions that she has the vision and leadership to unite us and move this country forward.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4545309/donald-trump-lgbt-ad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4545309/donald-trump-lgbt-ad/"},"headline":"LGBT Group's Ad Asks How Anyone Can Support Donald Trump","datePublished":"2016-10-25T22:24:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:25.314Z","description":"The nation's largest gay rights group combines its campaign for stricter gun laws with its effort to elect Hillary Clinton.","url":"https://time.com/4545309/donald-trump-lgbt-ad/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","Gay Rights","2016 Election","LGBT","Guns","Donald Trump","campaign ads"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc96d6989df98d7f/6988ab90cf40a842d3c454e3/human-rights-campaign-fb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Philip Elliott","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/philip-elliott/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc96d6989df98d7f/6988ab90cf40a842d3c454e3/human-rights-campaign-fb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"human-rights-campaign-fb","caption":"Human Rights Campaign","creditText":"Human Rights Campaign","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4545309/donald-trump-lgbt-ad/","name":"LGBT Group's Ad Asks How Anyone Can Support Donald Trump"}}]}] ```