Category Archives: Election '08


What’s So Gay About Monday, Feb. 11, 2008

• If you thought the gayest thing about the Grammys was Dave Koz, you obviously missed Tina and Beyonce, with an introduction by Cher! Girl!
• Millionaire Matchmaker could go gay next season. Insert “It’s already on Bravo, isn’t it?” joke here.
• A study shows that gay latino couples adopt children more than others. […]

What’s So Gay About Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008

• Robin Roberts goes without the wig for a Mizrahi fashion show. Fierce.
• Mitt Romney can’t keep his mouth shut.
The development of a child is enhanced by having a mother and father. Such a family is the ideal for the future of the child and for the strength of a nation. I wonder how it […]

S.F.: LGBT votes split on Super Tuesday

In my reporting around these parts, I found the gay vote tilting a bit toward Hillary. But the San Francisco Chronicle is reporting their gays are split on their Democratic choices.
Clinton has tapped into the network of gay support that her husband forged during his presidency and started with a stronger base of gay support, […]

What’s Gay About Monday, Feb. 4, 2008

Here’s a new little daily feature we’re going to try to spin out there and see what happens:

Hillary Supporters Get Out The Gay Vote

Hillary Clinton supporters will be working hard in the gay community tonight, drumming up support for their candidate. After a day full of door-to-door campaigning and CofC rallies, New York Assembly Member Danny O’Donnell and “Pushing Daisies” co-star Ellen Greene will be meeting LGBT voters out at Dudley’s and Pantheon tonight.

Hillary On LGBT Youth

Hillary answered a question on her online forum about GLBT youth and the high rates of depression and suicide. (At about 3:40).
 

She says there need to be more services, particularly efforts to educate teachers and peers. She also suggests mentoring.
“We’ve got to send a clear message that we value you as a total person,” she […]

Wish He Would Run

Even more proof that I wish Al Gore would step back into the political ring… He has now come out in full support for gay marriage. And that’s more than we can say for ahem…. any of the other candidates.
But why now? What would be Gore’s motivation for showing the disparity between […]

Huck Goes There … Again

It’s difficult for opponents of gay marriage to stay on topic without wandering off to some harshly perverted place. It’s no different for a conservative presidential candidate. Here’s Mike Huckabee’s interview with belief.net where he lumps us gays with pedophiles, and bestiality.
BELIEF.NET: Is it your goal to bring the Constitution into strict conformity with the […]

Obama Picks Gay “The Wire” Character As Fav

Okay, we’re back from the holidays. I know what you’re thinking: “It’s been weeks! Weeks!” We know. It’s been a really, really long disco nap.
We’ve actually been covering presidential politics like mad. So, it should come as no surprise that our first post out of the gate is about both gays and politics.
Sen. Barack Obama […]

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