A coalition of LGBT advocacy groups will run a television advertisement about transgender equality during the Republican National Convention.
The ad will make its debut on national television on Fox News on the evening of July 21, shortly before Donald Trump is expected to accept the GOP nomination.
It will air again nationwide on MSNBC during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia the following week.
The 60-second ad was released online Monday by Fairness USA.
Freedom for All Americans Education Fund, the Movement Advancement Project, the National Center for Transgender Equality and the Equality Ohio Education Fund made the ad with support from the Equality Federation Institute, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
The ad features a transgender woman from North Carolina, where House Bill 2 was passed this year. The law mandates that transgender people use the restroom facility that corresponds with their birth gender, not gender identity.
In the ad, the transgender woman is denied access to a bathroom by a restaurant worker.
“Creating this visibility on a national scale is crucial in our effort to bring equality, fairness and dignity to transgender people in every state,” Jay Brown, the Director of Communications for the Human Rights Campaign, said in a statement. “Anti-transgender extremists continue to use scare tactics and spread lies, and we have to fight them by putting a spotlight on how these laws hurt transgender people who just wish to live and work without fear of discrimination or violence. No matter what your political views are, we know that just meeting a transgender person or hearing their experience alters perceptions and builds understanding.”
