Friday, April 4, 2008

LGBT Media Moves to the Forefront in Pennsylvania Primary

As presidential hopefuls vie for the vote in the upcoming Pennsylvania primary, the Philadelphia Gay News invited the candidates to an interview about their positions on LGBT issues. Sen. Hillary Clinton accepted the invitation and spoke at length with the newspaper about her stances on legislation that would affect LGBT lives.


Clinton’s interview with the Philadelphia Gay News and the Associated Press’s report about it again reinforce the growing visibility and importance of LGBT media in the 2008 election and the willingness of candidates to discuss the issues that matter to LGBT Americans. However, both Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama declined to talk with the Gay News. The paper responded to Obama’s refusal by printing a blank space in its pages where his interview would have appeared.


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