Overview

• An Instagram account features portraits of GOP leaders like Mike Pence and Ron DeSantis dressed in drag, created using AI.
• The account, called "RuPublicans," has gained nearly 100,000 followers in under two weeks.
• The creators of RuPublicans hope to use art and technology to draw attention to and protest anti-LGBTQ bills proposed by Republicans.
• More than a dozen GOP-controlled states have proposed legislation to curb drag performances and LGBTQ rights.
• The AI-generated images are meant to highlight the absurdity of laws that target and marginalize the LGBTQ community.