More Details of LGBT Presidential Forum Released

Published: July 25, 2007, 12:51 pm

Tags: los angeles, summer 2007, 2008 elections, gay rights, lgbt, politics

Intrepid lesbian reporter Karen Ocamb over at The Bilerico Project and Bloggernista have posted interesting details of the recently announced HRC/Logo Presidential forum, which is being marketed as The Visible Vote '08: A Presidential Forum. Former Capital Gang panelist and Time magazine reporter Margaret Carlson and Jonathan Capehart, an openly gay, African American editor at the Washington Post have been named as additional panelists, joining previously announced Oscar winner Melissa Etheridge and HRC Executive Director Joe Solmonese.Karen has the particularly fascinating detail that the candidates will be appearing sequentially (with no cross-talk between candidates) and that they were allowed to choose their order of appearance with a priority established by the order they confirmed their attendance at the event. Thus the order of appearance will be:Senator Barack Obamaformer Senator John EdwardsSenator Christopher DoddCongressmember Dennis Kucinichformer Senator Mike

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