On at least four separate occasions in remarks and on social over the weekend, Donald Trump referred to gay CNN anchor Anderson Cooper as Allison Cooper.The overtly homophobic name-calling comes as part of the former presidents closing message to conservative young men that Democrats are weak and gay, in the words of one prominent supporter, with an appeal for them to get out and vote. Related Trump rally insults Puerto Rico as floating garbage. Now PR stars are rallying for Harris. Kamala Harris posted her plans to uplift Puerto Ricos economy the same day team MAGA bashed the island. Cooper has called Trumps previous use of the sobriquet a 3rd grade taunt. Your LGBTQ+ guide to Election 2024 Stay ahead of the 2024 Election with our newsletter that covers candidates, issues, and perspectives that matter. Subscribe to our Newsletter today On Friday morning, Trump posted to his Truth Social platform, calling the anchor Allison. Later that day, during a rally in Traverse City, Michigan, Trump again taunted Cooper with the name as he criticized the anchors performance in a town hall CNN hosted with Vice President Kamala Harris.If you watched her being interviewed by Allison Cooper the other night hes a nice person. You know Allison Cooper? CNN fake news, Trump said before taking a beat to add in a mocking tone, Oh, she said no. His name is Anderson. Oh, no.He may as well have said it with a lisp.On Saturday, Trump returned to the name-calling during another Michigan rally, then followed it up once more that night in Pennsylvania.They had a town hall, Trump said at the Michigan event. Even Allison Cooper was embarrassed by it. He was embarrassed by it.Trump is charging hard at young men in his effort to tilt the polls in his favor. Last week, he spent three hours in a rambling mostly-monologue with podcast host Joe Rogan, the iconoclastic former host ofFear Factor, whos earned a following among anti-vaxxers and other conspiracy theorists looking for confirmation of their views. Trumps appearance pulled the convicted felon over 20 million views among the historically low-propensity voting bloc of men ages 18 to 34. Ten days ago, Trump went on a minutes-long riff describing legendary golfer Arnold Palmers junk, and on Sunday, he held what one speaker called a Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City, where the Republican nominee and his MAGA clown show cast variously disparaged immigrants, Jews, Puerto Ricans, and Harris, while pumping fists and flexing for the alphas they hope to motivate to vote.Cooper hasnt responded to the latest taunts, but in May, after Trump invoked the same slur on social when he accused the anchor of coaching writer E. Jean Carroll during an interview about her successful sexual assault lawsuit against him, Cooper dismissed it as 3rd-grade gay taunt. Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.