Leading Democratic presidential candidates will participate in an unprecedented televised debate focusing exclusively on "gay," bisexual and transgender issues. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards have confirmed they will take part in the one-hour Aug.
9 event in Los Angeles scheduled to be broadcast on the homosexual-oriented LOGO network and live streamed at LOGOonline.com. Several other Democratic candidates also might join the debate, reports 365Gay.
com, a subsidiary of LOGO. MTV Networks launched LOGO two years ago as the television "home" for homosexual viewers. The panel questioning the candidates will include singer Melissa Etheridge, who identifies herself as a lesbian, and Joe Solmonese, president of the homosexual activist group Human Rights Campaign.
"In the 2008 presidential election, issues of concern to the LGBT community have already been at the forefront of the national conversation," said Solmonese, according to 365Gay.com. Solomonese, who also is a singer, said voters undoubtedly will demand a response to issues such as repeal of the military s "Don t ask, don t tell" policy and the recent signing of a civil union bill in New Hampshire.
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